Reflections on Skin of Our Teeth

I'm not too clear on some of the FW parts, but I think SOOT has the same element of rambling on and on to create a mood. They talk things out and often times, it doesn't make much sense or it's out of character (Sabine), which fits in, because it also doesn't make sense in a play, but then if you think about it, it kind of does have meaning, because we're human too. At the end of the first scene, they're talking about saving the human race, even though it seems hopeless or a losing battle. They save it with fire, the multiplication table and the Bible. It's not just the physical part they have to save. They want to preserve knowledge and thinking, but they only want to do it when Antrobus feels like it's worth preserving. I guess it isn't that unclear at the end, but how they got there was interesting.
Something else I feel this play does well, is how it waves up and down. Starts low and ends rising, starts high and declines. I don't feel like this book is constantly cycling, I think it's like a flower, up and down the petals, but ultimately coming back to the same place. Hopelessness starts with Sabine, rises with the goal of preserving the human race, High as president to low questioning the sanctity of family, high in starting over, war is over whooshing low family feud, rising again with knowledge, back to the beginning.
Another thing I noticed is Henry. Henry's name might have changed, but his nature doesn't. His reasoning evolves, but he's hot tempered and rebellious. I think he represents the frustration of having to play the same rules over and over again. At some point, one kind of wants to say, "Enough!" Which is what I wanted to say by the end of the play. The inevitability of the waves is hope sucking. It reminds me of that cartoon, Invader Zim and the doom song. It never ends- it's all doom.
So with that, I'll say, "Enough!"