"Something is being Eroded"

Sometimes it is easy to take unique gifts, or other attributes for granted. Often over look the little things that make our town or our home unique. Act II presented several different themes, but one idea that really interested me was the connection that Yolland was beginning to feel to this Irish community, where he was an outsider. He was intrigued by the very names of the places that he and owen were renaming. He was intrigued by the very language that he was, in some ways, trying to eradicate. He was intrigued by the people who were being renamed. To me, Yancey represented innocence of a subordinate. He was doing his job by renaming the towns and people, but he even stated at the end of the act, "something is being eroded." Yolland, perhaps more than Owen, understands the richness of this community and my taking character out of people and places, the truly is "something eroded." Owen does not seem to appreciate his past, and has taken the little things for granted. Although Yolland does not have a past in Dun na gall, he already feels that it is a special place. I am curious, as the play continues, if name changes will continue as Yolland is feeling deeper connections to the town and the people.