While sitting through the play, A Minor Cycle, I couldn’t help but relate it to the A.P. calculus class I had to take during my senior year in high senior. I was utterly confused in my calculus class and I never understood what was going on and that is exactly how I felt watching A Minor Cycle. I did not feel like the play had a flow or pattern and it was very untraditional. Although calculus may have a “flow”, it was not one I could ever depict or appeal to and it is not your average math class. Both calculus and the play are intricately complex and it takes a lot of background knowledge to fully be engaged and understands its purpose. The dialect of the cast through me off and the out of tuned flute playing was truly dreadful to my ears. I think A Minor Cycle requires some prior insight into the Noh culture to acknowledge and appreciate its value. With retrospect to calculus, you need to take elementary functions or pre-cal in order to successfully complete a calculus course. A Minor Cycle and Calculus has a lot of little details that makes up for the bigger picture but unfortunately for myself I was not able to pick up on those minor or big details. Therefore, sitting through this play was as if I was reliving my bubble of confusion in my calculus class.