Changing Elements in Brighton Beach Memoirs

In the story, the Jerome family was to be expecting more of their family to come stay with them. On page 129, Jack, the man of the household "It's a letter from London. My cousin Sholem got out...(Simon129)" The family is Jewish, and it is close to World War II. Jack tells his family that his family is out of Poland, and they are coming to live with them. In this play, what would have changed it if the family had not had a happy ending? What if Jack found out his family has not escaped from Poland before the war? Personally, I think it would have cause Stanley to later join the army as he was once going to do before he came back home. I feel like her would have felt like her needed to take some sort of charge in honor of his family. I also feel like if Stanley had not told his mother about losing his money from gambling, "I gambled it! I lost it playing poker!(Simon 95)" the argument between the sisters, Kate and Blanche would not have occurred the night it did, but possibly would have still occurred later on in the play. Th anger, I feel, is what triggered Kate to get upset at Blanche, and start an argument with the sister she seemed to have a good relationship with, considering her and her daughters were living in the house with Kate and her family. I feel as though in life, even though it seems to be a domino effect; certain events occur after another certain chain of events occurs, but life is driven by the fate we are given from birth. Even though some of small events may not occur in life, the bigger picture they lead up to will. For instance, after Kate and Blanche had their fight, Blanche decided she thought it was time to move out, and felt her whole life she had been very dependent on other people. So what if Kate had never found out about Stanley's gambling mishap? The fight between Kate and Blanche may have never happened, but that doesn't necessarily mean Blanche wouldn't have found another motive to move out and begin taking care of herself like she felt she never did. In life, certain things can change small aspects, but in the end, you can't fight with the fate you were dealt.