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What do you think the play says about the treatment of the elderly?
It seems as if the author is saying that people do not respect their elders. Mommy and daddy simply drop grandma into the sandbox and ignore her as she tries to call out to them. They don't even bother to try and make conversation with her. But grandma does mention that when mommy married daddy they moved her off the farm and into their townhouse in the city. This could be her where are you of “Helping” her mother, but grandma refers to herself as being treated like a solider would at boot camp. Mommy and daddy don't seem to be too terribly saddened when grandma passes and go on with their days as gracefully as one could.

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