Water by the Spoonful

The significant moment I have chosen to talk about is in Scene 7. However, more specifically it is the first exchange between Odessa and Elliot. Not only does the moment finally reveal the connection between Elliot and the other characters in the story; however, it also provides a nice contrast between Odessa and Haikumom. We already knew that Odessa was different than her online personality, but this is the first time we see it affect her real life. She shirked her responsibilities with her real son to be a mother to everyone in the chat room. She truly sees the chat room members as her children. Haikumom is Odessa's chance to be the great mom she never was. Unfortunately, this need makes her shirk her duties to her actual kids. This moment is crucial in showing this scripts dissonance. Odessa's different worlds are colliding and things are not going well. This moment shows her struggle to balance her different lives, and also ties together all of the different story lines.