This particular monologue is about a guy who went away in the military and, after coming back home, realized he was a completely different person. The guy claimed that he lost his “innocence” while being away in the war. Even though this man is proud to be in the army, he is angry about the fact that he is a changed man. He doesn’t want his family to see the new side of him, the side that kills innocent people back in Afghanistan. He recalled an experienced in which he yelled at a little Afghani girl and put a gun in her mother’s mouth. Then he told an incident involving his own daughter. His daughter woke up one day excited and called him but he reacted as he was still in Afghanistan, as he “shoved” his forearm under her chin. After that day, as he claims, his daughter wouldn’t look at him anymore. I believe this monologue is basically saying that you have to make some kind of sacrifice in order to go out and fight for your country.

This monologue would speak out to most of us, since we just graduated from high school and have friends who went in the marines. I personally have a close friend, named Matt,  who went in the army. Matt and I played lacrosse together in high school and he was also the captain of our football team. Throughout high school, he showed leadership and together we brought the city lacrosse championship trophy to our high school. What scares me is the fact that he will not be the same person the next time I see him, just like the man in the video.