The Boys Next Door Act I

The beginning of Act I was so funny, I absolutely loved the comedic lines and description of Arnold, and it was kind of interesting reading about how someone would describe themselves as so nervous and actually act out in there nervousness through dialogues with the other characters in the first Act. At first the dialogue between Arnold and the manager I thought it was a joke, I would never think that the manger would have been serious of telling a customer to buy 17 boxes of cereal. But this point actually showed I guess the weirdness and naive nature of Arnold who actually went out to buy 17 boxes of the cereal. I found that to be very interesting. Another dialogue which sort of first confused me was the dialogue between Arnold and Lucien. At first I thought the book had a typo when Lucien was talking to Arnold, but I began to notice his speech impediment. I began to wonder at first what was his relationship with Arnold was. What made me laugh a little but it made have been cruel was your in a house with someone who is mentally challenge and a nervous wreck, how could they possibly survive together! But I guess their relationship is more of Arnold taking care of Lucien. What my question is about Lucien is what is his story and why is he the way that he is. I see in the small introduction of Lucien he is a black old guy, so I began to wonder if his handicap was based on a lack of a good education while he was young, or was he mentally disabled at birth. And then I began to wonder about Arnold and what happen to him that made him sort of socially handicap the way that he is. Its as though they both have issues that spark of concerns.