As a famiily joke, the parents taunt the children into getting in the car after exiting the restaurant only to be let down. Something of this sort would make me furious and to the point where I would cry. Feeling humilated and manipulated, letting out my sorrow for such a prank is all I can do. When I think about it, I get shivers sent down my spine to think my parents would ever do this to me.
Looking at the essay, it is unbeleivable to find everyone in the family including David amused by this joke. I don not understand this family. I'm sorry but now I am confused. David and his sister are silent when punished entertained when forced to obdiently follow a car. I remember the Tiger Wood' Buick commercial in which a guy gets locked out of the car ends up trying to get in but Tiger and his buddy don't let him. It seems as though, everything in Mamet's life is backwards. Parents are not encouraging; in fact, they are the opposite.
Why is this in the essay, specifically this scene? Maybe David is telling us how his childhood was like a rake. We talked about what a rake symbolizes:gathering, cleansing, dislike, harsh. Mamet disguises the rake gathering the children as a rake does with leaves.
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