Nine Ten

Everyone complains about things in life they rather not do. Anything from doing the dishes at home to even boarding a plane for a holiday vacation. People tend to highlight the negatives on what they're doing and not the positives. If the task they have to do doesn't benefit them they will most likely consider it negative. This brings out how selfish some people can really be if it doesn't pertain them. As shown in the play, "Nine Ten," by Warren Leight, a group of people awaiting on jury duty give out commotion on why they shouldn't be there. These people try to give out reasons why they should go back to their normal lives instead of doing this. Many think jury duty is a way of putting others through annoying and compensated work . In reality, jury duty isn't as bad and it's a great way of serving our country in many different aspects. The jurors think everything is going bad with their lives just because of these simple ways of making their country even better. After completing these tasks they are let free in just a short amount of time. Little does everyone know, a real tragic event, and not some trivial thing, is going to happen the next day and will change their lives forever.

As the play unfolds, we are presented with some of the characters and their situation at the jury grand hall. People are seated at different benches in the room. "Lyris: Why do they call us at eight-thirty? It's like, nine already, and they haven't said anything." (Line 7), the opening consist of complaints on why they're up so early if nothing is happening. Jury duty is a slow process for everyone and not just the jurors. Picking out the names of people who are going to serve takes a hefty amount of time as people come in at different times in the morning. One individual, Nick, thinks about a way of getting out of jury duty. He tries to do so by making them think he's a criminal and not some ordinary person. "Nick: I'm going to tell the judge that I'm a felon. He won't even