The Importance of Being Earnest

Author – Oscar Wilde

Act One

In the first act, Algernon and Jack tell each other their secrets. Algernon has an imaginary friend called Bunbury, who is very sick and lives in the country. Every times when Algernon wants to go the country, he use it as a reason – to visit Bunbury. He also use Bunbury as an excuse so he don’t have to have dinner with his Aunt Augusta. Jack creates an imaginary brother called Earnest who lives in the town, so that he can go to the town whenever he wants. I found Algernon’s and Jack’s lies very reasonable. We always find many different reasons and excuses to keep us out of the things or people that we don’t like and go to do the things we like, just like Algernon and Jack. Although I never created an imaginary person as an excuse, I used homework as an excuse. When my parents wanted to take me to dinner with their friends, I’ll tell them that I have too much homework to complete so that I don’t need to go with them.