Vance Monroe Monologue

Hi I’m Vance Monroe. My buddies call me Keys. Currently I’m running through the streets of downtown london getting chased by the police and the man who’s watch and keys I stole today. People might be wondering why a young boy like me at the age of ten is running the streets of 1861 London pickpocketing. Well then I would have to take them back to that day I was informed with an unfortunate event. London May, 1861 It all started with me walking home like a normal boy would in London. But when I got home I would be informed with some news that would change my life forever. When I got home that day there were people there, the funeral home had been there collecting both my mother and father’s bodies. I had noticed they were kind of sick but whenever I would ask, they said they were fine they just had a cough. But as of this day I was unfortunately mistaken.

I’m a ten year old boy my parents have just died and I have nowhere to go. I grew up with a family that was just my mom dad and I we never really went and spent time with other family or friends. Now this is when it got rough I have nowhere to go no family, no friends, and no nothing. I had to make a choice. That’s when it hit me I’m a ten year old boy in 1861

This is when my greedy scrooge side kicked in. I’ve come to think that my parents died from smallpox we had been learning about it in school but my parents had the same symptoms rash on face, pain in their backs and they always had a high fever. If that’s what their guy had this is going to sound bad but he didn’t have much time left there is no cure and these guys are some of the biggest criminals in london. I was going to head to the north bridge and see if that's where their camp was setup I had always been good at sneaking around and stealing extra money so I could get something at the market on my way home. But I was in for much more than stealing lunch