My mother never had good luck with having children. I was the only one that survived and ended up growing into a beautiful woman. Why can’t you be thankful for that? I know I am favoured by you father but you still can’t seem to see past my gender. I am everything you want in a child yet you still wish for more. Every time you look at me I know you wish to see a boy. I see you stare at me and all I can see is disappointment in your eyes. It makes me hate who I am and what I was born with more and more. You will never know how you make me feel when you say those words *dramatic pause* those words, “I wish she was a boy.” I am ashamed of who I am and I blame you for it all! Oh how badly I just want to SCREAM that in your face! Is that what it takes? It that what it takes for me to be accepted by you? No... It can’t. Nothing will help. I just wish I were a boy. That would solve everything.
Even in your post I can see the emotion that you portrayed in your monologue presentation. You also revealed a lot of Ezinma's feelings towards her father, since she could have never said them to his face. The ending also shows how she is very disappointed in herself, and shows us that Nwoye wasn't the only child that was suffering. It causes us to wonder if Ezinma will take a different path in her life just as her brother did.
ReplyDeleteGood job Angela : D