"I don't know how to explain it, except to say that it was sort of a caveman thing. Instincts that had laid dormant in my genome for generations had awoke. Who were these strangers in my rock-shelter? Why were they walking in and out without knocking or saying goodbye, why did they keep referring to it as "Peyton's House"? This is my house" (pg. 308).
This passage describes some of the feelings of discontentment and uneasiness that Sullivan starts having with the crew of One Tree Hill while they are shooting in his house. This is the height of his irritation, while he thinks the crew is becoming a little too familiar with his house, and the producers are invading his space too much. His primal and territorial feelings begin to come out, which leads to him ending the contract with the show. This passage fits with the project and argument of Sullivan because it states one of his main points, that he felt invaded by the show in his house, and eventually that he feel as if he was but was not on the show.
This passage is original because Sullivan appeals to the audience by using something as basic and crude as relating himself to a "caveman". He gets his point across, however, and tries to let the audience find similarities between his basic instincts and theirs. He wants to relate his condition to something they have possibly felt. He has an almost hostile tone, reverting back to his primal ancestor's territoriality, and he paints a very clear picture with his simile. He almost starts speaking in a primitive language: "This is my house". He adopts a primeval tone to relate with the audience and draw them in. His method of question after question without pause gives his tone a frantic quality, like these strangers need to leave immediately.
I don't know how to say it except for that it was a a sort of mother thing. Instincts that had always been sheltered in me awoke. Who could treat a child like this? Why would they take his parents, why would they leave him on the street? This was a child
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