4,000 Miles

4,000 miles was by far one of the best plays we've had to read so far. As far as the motifs for this play, it is swarmed with them.  One of the motifs I noticed the most was the incompleteness of Vera's sentences.  This contributes to a theme of 4,000 miles when it comes to "miscommunication and the side effects of that".  There is also a motif as far as Leo trying to make out what his grandmother is saying.  There are over 50 instances where Vera says "whatchyacall it" and Leo responds perplexed like and even gets frustrated at times.  Towards the end of the play, Leo begins to understand what Vera means at the end of her sentences and overall the bond between these two characters strengthens due to effective communication.  Another motif was the pattern of Leo's attitude.  Leo constantly had a "idgaf" attitude and it pushed people away from him.  He lacks a lot of sympathy and has a hard time thinking past his own cares.