In Tennessee William's, Cat on A Hot Tin Roof, Brick contains feelings of bitterness, longing, and reverence towards his past discovery of Skipper's sexuality preference to effectively demonstrate the importance of facing personal problems and moving on with life. Brick demonstrates the negative consequence of holding emotions bottled inside instead of talking to someone ... but also pushes away anyone who tries to help. Maggie tries to help but repeatedly gets shut out by Brick. "I don't want to lean on your shoulder." Maggie's persistent attempts foreshadows her future attempt to help Brick...

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