Read through chapter 7 for Monday. Now let's be a little creative!!! Write a minimum of a ten line monologue to perform in drama class on Monday. Write and in turn deliver the monologue (speech) as if you were a character in All Quiet on the Western Front. Be passionate, be thoughtful, be CREATIVE.
A monologue is a speech that one actor delivers in a play. Before you get started, consider these questions!!!
WHERE IS THIS PERSON SPEAKING?
WHO IS LISTENING?
WHAT IS THE MAIN THING THEY ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT?
I found a soldier on the ground next to my bed in the barracks. He is completely still. He has a journal between the fingers in his right hand, and I decided to open it to his last entry. The words are faded from teardrops. I decide to read what it says:
"How can this be? I can feel it deep inside, and I know nothing is right. So much fear, so much dis-ease. When I was home, I thought I had everything wrong. Service sounded like the right the to do. But now, I'm even more disconnected, and my simplest needs are not being fulfilled. There's no love, all pain. I'll never wake from this nightmare that will haunt me for the rest of my days. People screaming with their limbs torn apart. I used to not believe in hell, but it now feels too real to dismiss. Animals of the same species don't kill each other, so why should use humans be doing this for power? I don't want to be right, I just want to be happy. Is there really any love in the world? I can't take it anymore. I am completely intact, but my mind is beyond repair. This intensiveness will never be healed. I have lost my chance to truly understand the purpose of life."
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