I Believe In Monsters Analysis
I Believe in Monsters *Jenna is sitting in a huddle on the floor. Arms are folded, and she doesn't look the audience in the eye. She is singing the happy birthday song. Mr. Slader opens the door and begins to yell at her to be quiet. Scared Jenna crawls away, but tries to calm him down. It works.*
Every child is afraid of monsters. And that’s why, before we go to sleep, mommy checks under the bed, and daddy checks in the closet to make sure we’re safe, because that’s what parents do. They protect us. But there are some monsters out there that they can't protect us from. I am Morgan Loos and this is I Believe in Monsters by T.J. Jensen and myself.
*Present. Jenna is getting interviewed about her experience about being kidnapped.* …show more content…
You view the world differently. Everything that you once knew is now foreign, strange… It just changes you. I mean one day you can wake up, go to the mirror, and instead of a reflection, you see a totally different person. That was one of the hardest things for me to accept. When I looked in the mirror, all I saw was a stranger.
So let’s talk about those 8 years. I mean you’ve been gone for so long, you’ve endured so much. Why now? Why tell your story now?
Because it’s real. These things really happen to so many people all over the country and I am tired of people turning a blind eye. In the 80’s, people didn’t believe in monsters. You knew you could trust your next door neighbor with anything. Now a days, you don’t know if your next door neighbor is Mr. Rogers, or a monster. I am telling my story because I am living proof that monsters are real, and they don’t just live under your bed. They can be right across the street, waiting.
*Jenna gets up and walks to one end of the stage. As she does, she changes her demeanor changes to that of a nine year old girl. She takes a deep breath, mumbles some words of encouragement and “knocks” on the
Every child is afraid of monsters. And that’s why, before we go to sleep, mommy checks under the bed, and daddy checks in the closet to make sure we’re safe, because that’s what parents do. They protect us. But there are some monsters out there that they can't protect us from. I am Morgan Loos and this is I Believe in Monsters by T.J. Jensen and myself.
*Present. Jenna is getting interviewed about her experience about being kidnapped.* …show more content…
You view the world differently. Everything that you once knew is now foreign, strange… It just changes you. I mean one day you can wake up, go to the mirror, and instead of a reflection, you see a totally different person. That was one of the hardest things for me to accept. When I looked in the mirror, all I saw was a stranger.
So let’s talk about those 8 years. I mean you’ve been gone for so long, you’ve endured so much. Why now? Why tell your story now?
Because it’s real. These things really happen to so many people all over the country and I am tired of people turning a blind eye. In the 80’s, people didn’t believe in monsters. You knew you could trust your next door neighbor with anything. Now a days, you don’t know if your next door neighbor is Mr. Rogers, or a monster. I am telling my story because I am living proof that monsters are real, and they don’t just live under your bed. They can be right across the street, waiting.
*Jenna gets up and walks to one end of the stage. As she does, she changes her demeanor changes to that of a nine year old girl. She takes a deep breath, mumbles some words of encouragement and “knocks” on the