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    A Study Guide for Amy Herzog's "4,000 Miles"
    A Study Guide for Amy Herzog's "4,000 Miles"
    A Study Guide for Amy Herzog's "4,000 Miles"
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    A Study Guide for Amy Herzog's "4,000 Miles"

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    A Study Guide for Amy Herzog's "4,000 Miles", excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama for Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateMay 15, 2018
    ISBN9781410393197
    A Study Guide for Amy Herzog's "4,000 Miles"

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      4,000 Miles

      Amy Herzog

      2012

      Introduction

      Amy Herzog's play 4000 Miles centers around Leo, a young man who has just completed a cross-country trip on his bike, and his grandmother Vera, with whom he stays at the end of his journey. As the play unfolds, the audience learns that Leo's best friend died during the course of the trip. In New York in his grandmother's apartment, Leo begins to cope not only with the death of his friend, but with family issues as well. Vera offers unconditional love and straightforward—and often unsolicited—advice to Leo, whose choices have hurt his former girlfriend, as well as his sister. Ultimately, Leo finds a way to move forward. Herzog treats such themes as grief and healing, along with the notions of family and identity, in 4000 Miles. It was originally staged in 2011 and published in 2012. It was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 2013.

      Author Biography

      Herzog was born in 1979 in Highland Park, New Jersey. She attended Yale University as an undergraduate and then the Yale School of Drama, graduating with a master of fine arts degree. For a time, Herzog pursued acting before turning to playwriting. She has taught playwriting at Yale University and creative writing at Bryn Mawr College. Her first full-length play was 2010's After the Revolution. In it, Herzog explores her family history, particularly the challenges her family members faced when in 1999 it was revealed that her step-grandfather had provided government secrets to the Soviets during World War II. For 4000 Miles, she won the 2012 Obie Award for Best New American Play. In this play, she draws on some of the same family history she explored in After the Revolution. Herzog is married to director Sam Gold; they have one daughter.

      Plot Summary

      Scene 1

      The play opens in an apartment in Greenwich Village, New York. Leo, the

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