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I wake up in a crowded room full of people sleeping on the floor,Come from Away · 2021 — Chapter 11 of 22 · 5'05" · B1
Stranded Passengers Wait for News, Explained: suit yourself
Waking in shelters, the passengers change into donated clothes and line up to call home. Then comes the announcement they dread: "The American airspace remains closed." With no way out and no clear end, one person can only say she wanted to hear her son's voice, while another refuses to leave the room at all.
What happens
Passengers wake in crowded shelters, hand out donated clothes, and queue to call home. A captain announces that American airspace is still closed and that everyone will be on the ground for some time. One woman only wants news of her firefighter son, while another, exhausted, refuses to go outside.
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suit yourselfblend indo you goodfor some time
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Phrase of the scene
suit yourself
随你便；你爱怎样就怎样
有人劝旅客出去走走、看看身在何处，对方宁愿躺着装作没事，于是被回应了这句随你便。
If you won't come, suit yourself.
Also in this scene
- blend in
look like everyone around you
- do you good
be good for you
- for some time
for a fairly long while
Everything marked in this scene
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I mean, you look nice. I like it.elision
I mean, you look nice. I like it.Well, thank you. It's no shampoo for three days.They start handing out clothes to anyone who needs 'em.look like everyone around you
He says he's incognito and that he's going to blend in with the locals,be going to
He says he's incognito and that he's going to blend in with the locals,It's like I changed into somebody else But who?And it's somehow like We're at a costume partyAnd barely even recognize The person in the mirror Who's turned into someone elseAre you taking care of Mom?I'm just freaking out. I wish I was home.wish + past
I'm just freaking out. I wish I was home.Shut up. You're such a brat.Shut up. You're such a brat.I just needed to hear your voice.need to do
I just needed to hear your voice.Praying for a phone callPraying for a way homeAnd all around me, people chat And people act like nothing's happenedflap
And all around me, people chat And people act like nothing's happenedI know this is gonna be hard to hear.The American airspace remains closed.for a fairly long while
I can't tell y'all how long we'll be on the ground, but we are gonna be here for some time.No, what'll do me good is to lie down, pretend this isn't happening.No, what'll do me good is to lie down, pretend this isn't happening.Suit yourself.liaison
Suit yourself.Far away from those you care for On an isolated island in betweenAnd we have a bunch of German passengers down at the Moose Club who would like to try elk.Anyway, he takes me aside and he says…You're doing beautiful work.I'd like you to be my personal liaison and work closely with me,What are you on about? He did not say that.May I ask, this food, what is it?Are you sure I cannot help you with the food?Stranded Passengers Wait for News, explained
What's really going on
The scene is about waiting, and how differently people survive it. The passengers have clothes and food, but the news never changes: "The American airspace remains closed." Some fill the time with small kindnesses and jokes, others cannot stop checking for a phone call. Hannah's line cuts through the bustle, "I just needed to hear your voice," and the answer she gets is the town's steady offer to help. Not everyone wants help, though; one person would rather shut the door and pretend nothing happened, and the reply is a shrug: "Suit yourself." In between, the shelters keep feeding people of every faith and diet, turning a stranded crowd into guests. The waiting is the crisis now, and ordinary generosity is the only cure.
Theme
LonelinessPeople are safe but cut off, and the ache of missing family runs through every phone call and closed door.
FaithA town keeps showing up with food and offers of help, carrying the stranded through an open-ended wait.
Listen for
- look nice — elision
- act like — flap
- Suit yourself — liaison
I just needed to hear your voice.The simplest reason for the call: not news or logistics, just the comfort of a familiar voice.
I know this is gonna be hard to hear.The careful preamble before bad news, warning the room that the announcement will not be welcome.
No, what'll do me good is to lie down, pretend this isn't happening.A refusal of comfort: the only thing that would help, she says, is to hide from reality.
And it's somehow like We're at a costume partyAn image for the strangeness of the shelter, where borrowed clothes make everyone look like someone else.
Questions about this scene
Why do the passengers need donated clothes?
Their luggage stayed on the planes, so locals hand out clothes and toiletries. The borrowed outfits make the shelter feel like a costume party.
What news does the captain announce?
She tells them the American airspace is still closed and they will be on the ground for some time, with no clear date for leaving.
Who is Hannah waiting to hear from?
Her son, a firefighter. She keeps hoping for a phone call from him, and tells Beulah that is all she really needs.
Why does one person refuse to go outside?
She is overwhelmed and would rather lie down and pretend none of it is happening, so her friend leaves her alone with a brief "Suit yourself."
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