Without Money Monologue
Without Money by Michael Baker
First and Last Name
Mrs. Love Hilliard
Creative Writing
29 January 2016
Characters
MITCH, Homeless man in his 40s
HARRY, Successful business man in his 40s
Setting
Streets of downtown. Present.
Lights up to reveal MITCH sitting on the sidewalk asking passersby for money. HARRY approaches him with a hateful message.
HARRY
Hey, you. Yeah, you. Why don’t you try getting off the streets and get a job, ya filthy drunk?
MITCH
Ya know, sir, it might surprise you, but I used to have a fancy suit and tie and briefcase just like you. And I haven’t had a drop of alcohol in nine years.
Harry
Yea right, like i haven’t hear that before. If you had a fancy suit and tie like mine why don’t you still …show more content…
have it. And dress with those hideous, atrocious ,dirty, smelly, cloths?
Mitch
The business i was involved in had to make some cuts because of financial problems. I wasn’t so lucky.
Harry
So why not get another job? It’s not that hard stop being lazy and look.
MITCH
It’s not that easy. who wants to hire a 40 year old man?
Harry
Well i see where you going there but if you was doing so good you should have planned for and emergence like this. There’s some companies out there looking if you have any degrees. Which i’m pretty sure you don’t.
MITCH
Actually i do have my master’s degree thank you very much.
HARRY
Yeah, we see how far that got you.
MITCH
You Know just because you have more money than me doesn’t mean, you get to talk to me any kind of way.
HARRY
Says who where i come from more money more power and respect you have.
Mitch
Where i come from they say money is the root to all evil.
People go crazy over money. what if there was no money in this world?
HARRY
I don’t get it a world without money isn’t right. Money is everything you simply can’t live without money.
MITCH
There is another life outside of money. Like people would care more about others and the earth without money. Just image you working as hard as you or for money image all that effort focused on something you love. You would have to work anymore. You could spend time with your family.
HARRY
I worked hard for what i have accomplished and i’m successful.
I work 16 hours a day everyday and have plenty of money for me and my family.
MITCH
I can see you are successful at one point i thought i was to.
I use to work the same hours and all those hours i could be spending with my family. I used to go home and go to sleep because i was tired from working.
HARRY
I don’t have time for this i have a meeting to attend. Excuse me sir have a good day.
MITCH
If you would just give me 5 mins of you time, it won’t be a waste.
HARRY
I rather not i have a really important boring meeting to get to.
MITCH
I can walk you there i know it’s a far walk.
HARRY
NO it’s okay son i’m sure you have other stuff you need to be doing. Finding a job (cough cough)
Mitch
I really don’t and i have been looking for one for a while now.
HARRY
So i can listen to your idea of a world without money. That’s never going to happen.
MITCH
So you can get a intake on how happy you could be in life instead of waking up early every day going somewhere you don’t want to go.
HARRY
Yeah, I really hate waking up really early going to a office and doing paper work for hours.
MITCH
See if you didn’t have to work you would have to wake up miserable.
HARRY
Yeah then i have to get the paperwork approved it has to be perfect.
MITCH
What happens if it isn’t perfect?
HARRY
If they don’t approve of you paperwork then you have to stay later to get it approve.
MITCH
That sucks so how do your family feel when you have to stay really late?
HARRY
My wife hates it when i have to stay late and it sucks cause i have to focus on my work for a couple more hours. When all i can think of is getting to my wife and baby.
MITCH
You have a kid to?
HARRY
Yes, i have a daughter i rarely get to see her i want to spend more time with her but i have to work. When i do get to see her she cries every time.
MITCH
Maybe it’s because she doesn’t recognize you if you working all the time you don’t have time to spend with you little girl.
HARRY
I just want to make sure her life is better than mines make sure she’s going to be successful in life. Want to make sure she doesn’t have to work as hard as i do.
MITCH
Yeah, i understand but you have a life to and watching her grow it is a important thing that you are going to miss out on. If you don’t start spending more time with her.
HARRY
Anyway we’re getting close you time it almost up so if i was you i would get to talking.
MITCH
After all that we just talked about and you still acting grumby.
HARRY
I understand what you are talking about but it’s not going to happen.
MITCH
The point of me telling you all of this so you change.
HARRY
Why do i have to change?
MITCH
You never know what can happen you can change and built a stronger relationship with you family.
HARRY
Me and my family are fine.
MITCH Trust me if you just change you and family can be much closer to each other.
HARRY
Don’t tell me what me and my family can be.
MITCH
Life can be so much more enjoyable and i want you to see that.
HARRY
I understand but there’s nothing i can do about it now.
MITCH
See that’s were your wrong you can spend more time with your daughter. You can be a father to you daughter she needs a father figure and only you can make that happen.
HARRY
I see that but i have so much work i don’t know where to start.
MITCH
You can start by taking a day off work to spend with her.
HARRY
I want to but that’s less money i would have to spend on her.
MITCH
Money isn’t more important then watching your little girl grow up.
HARRY
Yeah, okay i’ll take a day off but what am i going to do for that whole day.
MITCH
There’s lots of things you can do go see a movie, got to a park and push her on the swings. You can take her out for some ice cream later alot of stuff.
HARRY
I can’t believe im taking advice from a lonely homeless man.
MITCH
Yeah thanks!
HARRY i didn’t mean it like that i’m sorry.
MITCH it’s okay i guess.
HARRY
So you wife a kid left you because you worked to much.
MITCH
Yeah but it wasn’t just that if i just can get a job i know i can get them back.
First and Last Name
Mrs. Love Hilliard
Creative Writing
29 January 2016
Characters
MITCH, Homeless man in his 40s
HARRY, Successful business man in his 40s
Setting
Streets of downtown. Present.
Lights up to reveal MITCH sitting on the sidewalk asking passersby for money. HARRY approaches him with a hateful message.
HARRY
Hey, you. Yeah, you. Why don’t you try getting off the streets and get a job, ya filthy drunk?
MITCH
Ya know, sir, it might surprise you, but I used to have a fancy suit and tie and briefcase just like you. And I haven’t had a drop of alcohol in nine years.
Harry
Yea right, like i haven’t hear that before. If you had a fancy suit and tie like mine why don’t you still …show more content…
have it. And dress with those hideous, atrocious ,dirty, smelly, cloths?
Mitch
The business i was involved in had to make some cuts because of financial problems. I wasn’t so lucky.
Harry
So why not get another job? It’s not that hard stop being lazy and look.
MITCH
It’s not that easy. who wants to hire a 40 year old man?
Harry
Well i see where you going there but if you was doing so good you should have planned for and emergence like this. There’s some companies out there looking if you have any degrees. Which i’m pretty sure you don’t.
MITCH
Actually i do have my master’s degree thank you very much.
HARRY
Yeah, we see how far that got you.
MITCH
You Know just because you have more money than me doesn’t mean, you get to talk to me any kind of way.
HARRY
Says who where i come from more money more power and respect you have.
Mitch
Where i come from they say money is the root to all evil.
People go crazy over money. what if there was no money in this world?
HARRY
I don’t get it a world without money isn’t right. Money is everything you simply can’t live without money.
MITCH
There is another life outside of money. Like people would care more about others and the earth without money. Just image you working as hard as you or for money image all that effort focused on something you love. You would have to work anymore. You could spend time with your family.
HARRY
I worked hard for what i have accomplished and i’m successful.
I work 16 hours a day everyday and have plenty of money for me and my family.
MITCH
I can see you are successful at one point i thought i was to.
I use to work the same hours and all those hours i could be spending with my family. I used to go home and go to sleep because i was tired from working.
HARRY
I don’t have time for this i have a meeting to attend. Excuse me sir have a good day.
MITCH
If you would just give me 5 mins of you time, it won’t be a waste.
HARRY
I rather not i have a really important boring meeting to get to.
MITCH
I can walk you there i know it’s a far walk.
HARRY
NO it’s okay son i’m sure you have other stuff you need to be doing. Finding a job (cough cough)
Mitch
I really don’t and i have been looking for one for a while now.
HARRY
So i can listen to your idea of a world without money. That’s never going to happen.
MITCH
So you can get a intake on how happy you could be in life instead of waking up early every day going somewhere you don’t want to go.
HARRY
Yeah, I really hate waking up really early going to a office and doing paper work for hours.
MITCH
See if you didn’t have to work you would have to wake up miserable.
HARRY
Yeah then i have to get the paperwork approved it has to be perfect.
MITCH
What happens if it isn’t perfect?
HARRY
If they don’t approve of you paperwork then you have to stay later to get it approve.
MITCH
That sucks so how do your family feel when you have to stay really late?
HARRY
My wife hates it when i have to stay late and it sucks cause i have to focus on my work for a couple more hours. When all i can think of is getting to my wife and baby.
MITCH
You have a kid to?
HARRY
Yes, i have a daughter i rarely get to see her i want to spend more time with her but i have to work. When i do get to see her she cries every time.
MITCH
Maybe it’s because she doesn’t recognize you if you working all the time you don’t have time to spend with you little girl.
HARRY
I just want to make sure her life is better than mines make sure she’s going to be successful in life. Want to make sure she doesn’t have to work as hard as i do.
MITCH
Yeah, i understand but you have a life to and watching her grow it is a important thing that you are going to miss out on. If you don’t start spending more time with her.
HARRY
Anyway we’re getting close you time it almost up so if i was you i would get to talking.
MITCH
After all that we just talked about and you still acting grumby.
HARRY
I understand what you are talking about but it’s not going to happen.
MITCH
The point of me telling you all of this so you change.
HARRY
Why do i have to change?
MITCH
You never know what can happen you can change and built a stronger relationship with you family.
HARRY
Me and my family are fine.
MITCH Trust me if you just change you and family can be much closer to each other.
HARRY
Don’t tell me what me and my family can be.
MITCH
Life can be so much more enjoyable and i want you to see that.
HARRY
I understand but there’s nothing i can do about it now.
MITCH
See that’s were your wrong you can spend more time with your daughter. You can be a father to you daughter she needs a father figure and only you can make that happen.
HARRY
I see that but i have so much work i don’t know where to start.
MITCH
You can start by taking a day off work to spend with her.
HARRY
I want to but that’s less money i would have to spend on her.
MITCH
Money isn’t more important then watching your little girl grow up.
HARRY
Yeah, okay i’ll take a day off but what am i going to do for that whole day.
MITCH
There’s lots of things you can do go see a movie, got to a park and push her on the swings. You can take her out for some ice cream later alot of stuff.
HARRY
I can’t believe im taking advice from a lonely homeless man.
MITCH
Yeah thanks!
HARRY i didn’t mean it like that i’m sorry.
MITCH it’s okay i guess.
HARRY
So you wife a kid left you because you worked to much.
MITCH
Yeah but it wasn’t just that if i just can get a job i know i can get them back.