Girl Without A Name Monologue
Girl Without a Name
Girl, Without a Name
Andorra
Prologue
“I see what she sees. I hear what she hears.” I began to explain. I know what I said couldn’t possibly be real. But it was the truth that day, and it still is the truth. “I am glad you’re feeling better Emily.” Dr. Hobbs patronized me with sincerity as the meme from the Sixth Sense; ‘I see dead people’ amused his mind. I busied myself by topping up the tea he never touched. I’ve come to accept how his thought processes operate. I knew the reason he habitually lost himself in meaningless thought. It became his way of coping with his inner demons. I waited through his inspirational thoughts that logically leapt to include lines from the movie The Fifth Element, and then to …show more content…
I thought about showing him the journal I kept in the bag beside me. Then thought better of it. Showing him may lead him to consider I suffer from schizophrenia. He saw my silence and calm demeanor as a good sign, but then wondered if I would feel more comfortable in an institutional setting in order to begin talking. Self-preservation kicked in and intuition rather than thought blurted, “I touched her. Still careful he asked, “Who did you touch Emily?”
“Maggie.” I waited as he took a moment to decide what the name meant to me. And then I heard his mind splinter in several directions. I had a difficult time picking out a question to answer. I needed one that would bring him back to the point of what I was attempting to prove. I went with ‘how’, “Her skin was blue at the time.” The astonishment in his eye seemed muted compared to what ran though his mind. “This is…” I interrupted him, “Hard to take in.” I finished for him. His mind went over ever detail of what little I had said. Understanding made him jump from his chair. Not knowing what to do with his hands made him look like the mental patient in need of
Girl, Without a Name
Andorra
Prologue
“I see what she sees. I hear what she hears.” I began to explain. I know what I said couldn’t possibly be real. But it was the truth that day, and it still is the truth. “I am glad you’re feeling better Emily.” Dr. Hobbs patronized me with sincerity as the meme from the Sixth Sense; ‘I see dead people’ amused his mind. I busied myself by topping up the tea he never touched. I’ve come to accept how his thought processes operate. I knew the reason he habitually lost himself in meaningless thought. It became his way of coping with his inner demons. I waited through his inspirational thoughts that logically leapt to include lines from the movie The Fifth Element, and then to …show more content…
I thought about showing him the journal I kept in the bag beside me. Then thought better of it. Showing him may lead him to consider I suffer from schizophrenia. He saw my silence and calm demeanor as a good sign, but then wondered if I would feel more comfortable in an institutional setting in order to begin talking. Self-preservation kicked in and intuition rather than thought blurted, “I touched her. Still careful he asked, “Who did you touch Emily?”
“Maggie.” I waited as he took a moment to decide what the name meant to me. And then I heard his mind splinter in several directions. I had a difficult time picking out a question to answer. I needed one that would bring him back to the point of what I was attempting to prove. I went with ‘how’, “Her skin was blue at the time.” The astonishment in his eye seemed muted compared to what ran though his mind. “This is…” I interrupted him, “Hard to take in.” I finished for him. His mind went over ever detail of what little I had said. Understanding made him jump from his chair. Not knowing what to do with his hands made him look like the mental patient in need of