This character suggests that God should recreate the world after positing the “principle of perpetual disappointment” as a “fundamental law of the Universe.” This character almost leaves behind a stack of comic books after going on a tirade in which he smashes a bottle of brandy and tears up an unfinished essay on global politics. This character claims that a copy of On the Origin of Species is safe because he put it in the library’s theology section. This author of “A World Without Collisions” declares himself an atheist after an older interlocutor suggests Jesus Christ as a “man of magnitude.” This character lets out his frustration about his alcoholic father returning from the hospital on Sam and Willie. For 10 points, an Athol Fugard play is titled for what character “…and the Boys”? ■END■
ANSWER: Master Harold [or Hally; accept “Master Harold” …and the Boys]
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