Delmore Schwartz "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities"

     This story had me confused at so many different times but because of this it made it very hard for me to stop reading. In the beginning i thought the he was just telling us what was going on in a movie he was watching. Then as i read on further i thought it was maybe a home made movie from before he was born. It takes me until the very end of the story to actually figure out that he was dreaming the whole time.
     On page 474 the author says "my father thinks of my mother, of how lady like she is, and of the pride which will be his when he introduces her to his family". This is the point of the story were i kind of figure out that the author hasn't even been born yet. The rest of the story goes on to tell of a date that his mother and father went on, they took a t trip to coney island. He then describes the scenery of were they are and were they go, as well as keeps us up to date with what is happening between his mother and father. While watching he notices the similarities and differences that his mother a father have. Towards the end he says his father feels omnipotent, this means to feel like you have unlimited power. He says his mother has principles of economy and housewifelyness, these two characteristics seems to clash with each other a few time throughout the story.
     Later on in the story after his father has asked his mother to marry him the author finds himself standing up in the theater screaming "Don't do it! It's not to late to change your minds, both of you". This sort of makes me think that there family fell apart since the author is now 21 years old at this time, maybe the parents were divorced by this time. But, later on in the story when his mother and father have an argument the boy again gets up and shouts and the screen for them to be nice to each other. This makes me think that he really wants his parents to get together because his life would be so different or maybe even not exist at all.
     In the very end of the story when the boy is being taken out of the movie by the usher he is told that "everything you do matter to much", and at this point the boy wakes up. I think this kind of tells the boy that he can't make hasty decision to quickly before he gives them a chance to work. If he does then he might miss out on some of the best things in his life. Overall i think this was a very good story it keep me interested the whole time which made me read without stopping, which are the kind of stories i like.