Intro
Paragraph: My goals in writing these monologues. Is to show how many views
there are. Whether you are for or against the pipeline. I wanted to show all
the different emotions of this situation, sadness, anxiety, rage, regret,
confidence and many more. I want to show the government how much they are
hurting their citizens.
Monologue #1: Are You Serious
Setting: outside of her house,
showing the factories. In her hand is a newspaper.
I’ll tell you how hard it’s been to live here. My community has had illnesses
like throat cancer, if they build the pipelines, what’s going to happen? When
did they start building factories? They’ve been making different factories
across the street from my house ever since I was in kindergarten. This isn’t
worth losing more people. I would come home and smell this horrible smell that
was deadly. Money is going to be wasted. They need to make wiser choices.
We have all these different factories that’s causing odors. I think about the
pipeline situation from time to time and people will have jobs if we have
pipelines. But while the pipelines are being made it’s damaging, and causing
problems.
What’s your final answer about this situation, should this happen or not? Do
you see this newspaper in my hand? Almost every time I read the news it doesn’t
say specifically if Obama is going to let this happen, and once he makes up his
mind. Once 6 months pass, with change or no change, then I’ll make up my mind,
but for right now I’m not too sure. This situation is bittersweet, it’s going
to help people out financially because people will be provided jobs but then
again they’re going to be wasting billions of dollars.
Monologue
#2: Will This Be The Right Choice?
Setting: At school taking a test.
Here I am twirling
my lucky pencil in my hand, and holding a test in front of my face not rushing
to do my test to be the first person to be finished but I’m…wondering…
Re-playing the whole phone call I had with my dad yesterday
He said though I’m an a little young to
really rap my head around the situation
He has to decide weather he should deny the
permit for the oil Pipelines or not.
Pipelines – Transports goods through a
pipe.
He also told me that people would be given
jobs, if the pipeline happens.
Will my dad make the right choice?
I know I’m only
ten years old, and have no say in weather we should resume with pipelines or
not… But I think that my father should pass it. People will be provided jobs,
right? That would be great, because people have been getting laid for the past
3 years.
I did some
research after talking to my dad…and it said that a pipeline is a network that
delivers the nations crude oil such as gasoline, jet fuel and home heating oil,
is that good or bad?
Will that be hurting the environment or
improving the environment.
Will
he make the right choice?
Monologue
#3: It’s all about the workers and to heck with the Environment, I need a job!
Setting:
At the site of one of the pipelines. Getting interviewed
Honestly I think that they need to pass this, I need a job, this will be
providing for hundreds of unemployed people at the moment. Even If it’s
going to be polluting the earth. Right about now we need, no I NEED a job. For
the past years thousands of people have been unemployed – I’ve been unemployed.
And right here these pipelines are jobs that will be able to give to the
thousands of people who are unemployed.
Are you trying say that the only thing that you care about right now is
yourself? No, not exactly, I’m just saying that we’ve started with the
pipeline and the construction and all of a sudden we had to stop, no money is
flowing through! Obama wants a solution for these unemployed citizens and its
right in front of our faces! So close that I can - we can all taste it. We will
be one step closer to have a better economy, not environmentally. I’m all for
the environment, but I’m ready to sacrifice this environment so I can have a
job.
If
you already had a job, and was asked about the Pipeline situation, what would
you say?
To be honest I
would be on the side to try to save the environment, because
if this happens, its hurting Mother Nature.
These Pipelines aren’t healthy for this environment. But I need to provide for
family-my children…
Monologue
#4: You're So Greedy
*The goddess of the earth says this with a lot of passion and a
little bit of rage.
I give
and give and give! All I get in return is this crappy piece of nothingness. (these 2 sentences are said with a bunch of
rage) Yes, I am a goddess but there is only so much that I can do. In the
beginning it was ok. People respected my earth because they really acknowledged
that it was all they had to survive.(Happiness/calm
in these 2) All of a sudden my guests got extremely greedy and started
destroying my work. Cutting down my beautiful forests, polluting my oceans,
taking more than what is needed and killing my master pieces of animals.(anger and rage) I did a pretty good job
making this little sphere of joy, but maybe I didn’t do such a good job of
protecting it. That is going to change soon.
Then
the government thinks there all tall and mighty and decides to ruin the last of
my work with a pipeline that goes from Canada to Texas. In this pipeline there
will be nasty black, gooey and just unclean oil. It is all about the money to
you people. What are you going to do if you have nothing else left? Oh, that’s
right you are going to die. The “Bad Guys” say “It will be good for the economy
and we will be able to live better lives.” DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE
SAYING! I made this earth to the best of my ability and you the greedy ones are
destroying it.
Now
you’re scared because I am finally taking a stand and getting angry. All of
these natural disasters, all of the people dying are your doing. I am just showing
you what you have been doing this entire time. I have tried to be understanding
and loving, but there only so much that I can take. I demand respect! My earth
needs to be respected!
Not
only have you betrayed me by making this decision, you have betrayed all of the
earth. For billions of years the Earth that has hosted you on this planet. You
do have a chance to make it better. The first step is to not make this pipeline
that will destroy what you have left of your world. I now leave it in your hands
to make this huge decision. Hope you make the right one.
Monologue
# 5
*A man in a jail sell regrets
his decision for standing up for what is right. He is anxious and debating
weather or not he made the right choice protesting.
Why
did this happen to me? Why did I make such a bad decision. I have 2 kids and a
wife at home I need to take care of. Right now they think i am on a business
trip in Los Angeles. What is my wife going to say when she find out where I
actually am. I am the man of the house I need to bring home the bacon for my
family. I want to say I was being selfish but I am really just trying to
protect my home. I grew up in South Dakota 2blocks from where they are going to
rip up the earth and place that monstrous pipeline. All of my childhood
memories will be destroyed. Where will my parents go? They are to old to handle
this type of change.
This
jail cell is so cold and damp. I am going to ruin my good work clothes. I
didn’t know I was going to be arrested. I just wanted to do the right thing and
defend our mother earth. Bad decisions, after bad decisions. Money in my family
is really tight because of the economy. Now my family has to pay bail for me to
get out. I don’t even want to tell them, I am scared that they will not trust
me any more. I wasn’t thinking straight, I didn’t think about the consequences
of protesting. Will i loose my job? How will this affect my reputation? I
really hope that I am setting a good example for my kids. I don’t want them to
end up like this. In a 6 by 6, cold, dirty and damp space regretting a decision
that was made.
When I
think about it i think I am being selfish, but also standing up in what I
believe in and protecting my family. When my grand kids are born I want them to
have a world to live in that isn’t a piece of crap. My generation and
generations before have ruined our future generations home. I feel bad that
they have to clean up our mess. Maybe I did do the right thing and my family
will understand that I was fighting for them.