When I was around 9, I played for a soccer club team called Chernomorets. In the summer I was in the team’s camp and something happened that I will never forget. The camp would go to some public school for lunch, because the school gave out free lunches for camps. My teammates and I would always go to the bodega that was down the block just to get some snacks and candies. Some kids on the team would always grab snacks and stuff into each others’ bags, only purchasing a soda or a drink. For the one dollar that they paid for the drink they would have 2 bags of chips, baby bottle pops, and skittles stuffed in their bags. A week or two go by and nobody is getting caught so soon most of the kids are doing it. 15-20 of us enter the bodega and certain people would be the ones to buy drinks, certain people would carry the bookbags, and certain people would be stuffing food into the bags. It was all a game to us and seemed like a challenge. Who could take the most while paying the least and still not get caught. Believe it or not this is very illegal and dangerous. I found that out the hard way. I just finished my lunch and was going to the bodega with a couple of my friends when we saw that there was a cop car there and one of the older kids on the team was in cuffs. It turns out the manager saw him stuffing the food into a bag and called the cops on him. The cops happened to be in the area so they were there within minutes. Seeing my friend opened my eyes to the fact that stealing was a crime and that there were serious consequences to it. As fun and cool as it may seem in the moment, stealing is never okay and you should never do it. Once I realized how illegal and how serious it really was, I haven’t even had a thought about it. Stay safe guys and don’t be oblivious to the real world around you!
This monologue tells a story from Joseph’s life, and this makes the monologue specific and unique, and it helps us learn a lot about him, and how he reacted in life and learned certain lessons. He also passes the lesson onto us, which helps when we take the journey listening to his monologue. It shows how an event in his life taught him a particular lesson which is a really good part of this monologue.
Very unique and interesting. I must say this is one of the 2-3 monologues that I can still recall after a week. I can’t really relate because I’m Asian and my “game” is simply getting that 4.0 high score and not lose a life and possibly my dinner.