Monologue http://www.playingafterdark.com/men-monologues.htm ------------------------------------------------- Monologue from "GONE FISHIN’" by Todd McGinnis‚ Act 1 <Edited/altered by Byron> PETER’S "ANTI-CELL PHONE RANT" PETER: [(Sneering‚ mimicking.)"I need to check my voice mail"] I don’t believe it. It’s four in the morning‚ we’re in the middle of a lake‚ gazillion miles from Nowhere Street and Nothing Boulevard and I still can’t get away from people with those friggin’ phones. (Muttering
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I am not the only one thinking that our global climate change debate has gone wrong. Too many solutions are made in short term policies and our long term investing in a better and easier future is too little considered which jeopardizes our future economy. We have disturbed the climate‚ and accelerated temperatures faster than naturally. To adapt to these changes it is going to bring‚ we need collective action. The responsibility lies in the hands on the developed countries but it is not them who
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Transformation of the Southern Economy 1850 to 1880 Based on the movie “Gone with the Wind” Many economic differences between the North and South are contributing factors to the Civil War‚ but what are the effects of the Civil War on the economy in the South? The Civil War transformed the southern economy in many ways. Before 1861‚ the South provided a great majority of the federal income through exports to England. By 1880‚ the south was broken by the war. Many proud plantations were
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“Maybe You Should Have Gone to Trade School’’ by Rachel Ryan is a professionally written article because the author supports her claims‚ is clear‚ and has adequate tone. Ryan supports her claim throughout the article by showing evidence and variations in statistics. For example‚ “more than thirty percent of U.S. adults have a diploma’’ (Rayan). Adding this detail is important because it allows the reader to have a perspective on how common a diploma is‚ and she adds in reasons to support her evidence
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An Alternate Reading: New Historicism and Harjo’s Depiction of 9/11 After the terrorist group Al-Qaeda violently attacked the Twin Towers on September 11th‚ 2001‚ writer William Heyan asked fellow poets to respond to how the destruction “had awakened us and shaken our senses of identity and security” (Publishers Weekly). The resulting work was published in the anthology September 11‚ 2001: American Writers Respond. Rather than responding with surprise and shock‚ however‚ Joy Harjo’s poetic contribution
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In “Where Have You Gone‚ Charming Billy?” by Tim O’Brien‚ the main character Paul Berlin feels very menace on his first night in Vietnam. When Paul is walking through the rice paddy‚ the author writes‚ “The fear had been bundled and tight and he’d been on his hands and knees‚ crawling like an insect‚ an ant escaping a giant’s footsteps‚ and thinking nothing‚ brain flopping like wet cement in a mixer‚ not thinking at all‚ watching while Billy Boy Watkins died” (O’Brien 133). The fact that the author
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Who Determines When is Life Gone From a Person on Life Support Systems? The judge should have the final say in when a person should be taken off of life support‚ with two disagreeable parties. Unfortunately‚ the person on life support does not have the ability to determine when to end life support. The battle is perhaps one of the most important cases the court system has dealt with. For the first time in history‚ medical ethics have been under great inquiry. Over the past few years‚ there
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A ten-year married couple consistently argues in “Premium Harmony”‚ after a long time of things being fair‚ stuck in a roundabout now. Ray‚ the husband‚ Mary‚ the wife‚ argue in a car ride on an awfully hot day about their situation in life. Finance was a major problem. Heading towards a Wal-Mart in Maine‚ Mary persists they stop at a store named Quik-Pik to purchase a kickball she intends to gift her niece for her birthday. And even about that they argued. Mary‚ as usual‚ gets her way and the stop
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his service in the Vietnam War‚ placing it at the heart of a few of his writings (“Where Have You Gone Charming Billy” 273). ”Where Have You Gone Charming Billy‚” a short story by Tim O’Brien written after the Vietnam War‚ reveals that through the usage of characterization and symbolism‚ people have a natural tendency to implement escapism in order to avoid challenging situations. In Where Have You Gone Charming Billy‚ a short story by Tim O’Brien‚ the main character Paul Berlin is spending his first
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“You don’t know what you have until it’s gone” Like an old saying “You don’t know what you have until it’s gone”. For some people these are just words‚ but for others it’s really more a life changing phrase. To me this phrase are more than just words. I question myself every time I see or hear about mother’s abandoning their children’s. I really can’t understand what come across their minds to make a life changing decision. Every woman who has the blessing of having children’s should be grateful
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