Grace Caldwell, a young Pennsylvania newspaper heiress living with her widowed mother, has trouble restraining herself when it comes to the amorous attentions of young men. As word starts to spread about her behavior, Grace becomes a major source of heartache for her mother and a big source of concern to her brother.

在他的成名作《生日晚会》里，品特以卡夫卡式的方法，描述一个人莫名其妙地受到两个陌生人的诱骗和威胁，他试图逃跑，但还是被跟踪；剧中的荒诞性从隐喻一下子跳跃到了具体，好像任何人在任何地方都得不到安全。正如哈罗得·霍布森所说：“虽然你到了地球最远的地方，在最不受人注意的小镇藏在最隐蔽的住处，但终有一天可能出现两个陌生人。他们在找你，你无论如何是逃不掉的。而某个人也在寻找他们。到处都充满了恐怖。”因此，品特的剧作充满了政治的寓意，表现了对社会现实的焦虑。

故事发生在一个荒芜之地，主人翁温妮被沙土埋至腰身，她井井有条地借助她的生活必需品，牙刷，牙膏， 眼镜，药品，伞， 在一个无法行动的状态下乐观地安排着自己美好的日子，在她精神摇摆之时，她举起自己的手枪却选择快乐着继续下去。在这长日无尽的世界里，只有闹铃帮她来划清睡觉与苏醒的界限，与她厮守到最后的是与她无言以对的威力，在明灭灯吹之际，记忆中的华尔兹再次在二人耳边响起。

In turn-of-the-century Mississippi, an 11-year-old boy comes of age as two mischievous adult friends talk him into sneaking the family car out for a trip to Memphis and a series of adventures.

1969 film directed by John Schlesinger

Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.