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My Daughter Monologue

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The world is an evil place. My family and friends have divide among each other. Why, oh why, am I in the middle? I love my king, my life would go on the line for him, if it was 10 years ago before he shipped me to the colonies! Now I feel like after the long hours I put into making the colonies great went down the drain. For the taxes, the great big bolded taxes are what haunts me! Oh my this was such a dreadful night, my mother and father ran away from me and my beloved husband. They say I’m to blind to see that he is going to kill me, but I know the British aren’t going to win this war! They said this until they reach the Boston harbor. My mother had faked her love for the British! They were just stands by trying to leave the harbor, but …show more content…

My kid died on the way to America, but I rather have him dead than parting with the British. My husband is in a state of great panic and I’m just a mature girl turning into a woman. I can’t take care of them, the sons of liberty will shine two lights when the British come. I’m a woman hiding in her attic, hoping that she wouldn’t get shot from behind and I know I have to figure out what to do when war comes. My poor husband! I do hope he can arm and fire well at the battle. Oh my, it is time, i’m going to war! Will I survive? I haven’t done things that I been dying to do! Oh dear. I see the British crossing the river. Should i run, should I hide, should I go side with the British? The mind of mine wasn 't straight at the time. I was stupid and foolish so I grabbed my shotgun and ran. I thought I got so far. And I thought my husband would be safe. I thought that i was safe. But man, I was wronger than Hitler himself. My mind parted from the rest of myself, as I saw the redcoats rushing towards me, or at least I thought it was me. I knew that there was at least a thousand of them charging towards me. Their devilish eyes glared at us, I knew, and their hands already had blood all over

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