I Want Craig Alive Analysis

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A Tuesday in April By. Max Bush “I want Craig alive” Christina is technically “schizo-affective” in the monologue she’s beginning a serious break with reality. She speaks to a friend here, while drinking a heavy dose of sleeping pills. Is she gone? (Pause.) I hear the mountains in my ears. (Pause.) When Leana was here my chromosomes started breaking up. And they’re on the floor, ready to crumble, so I hid from her. (Turns to Craig, drinks.) You know I used to know you. Your hair was white and your eyes were green but you still loved me. Remember? I met you in the Death Forest and the people were all too beautiful to see, but they let me see them. But I couldn’t touch them. I wasn’t ready. Then I had a baby and I got happy for her. But they took her away and gave her to another Father who hates her. So I’m helping her, too. (Pause.) I loved…show more content…
I will love you. You’ll know what I mean when you’re older.” But my dad had two daughters, and he loved them both, too, and divided up all the love and gave it away from me. And when he touched me again I was burned. But it was all my fault. I deserved it because I didn’t know how to love him, any more. Then he told me that it wouldn’t hurt growing up with people I didn’t know. They took away my psychology. They just took it so they would like me; but they didn’t. They didn’t take better care of me so I’m growing wings. It says so in the Bible. I can. I saw it. Like Jesus did. I’m growing wings and I’m going back because death people can hear the real voices not from people’s mouths. Like when you died and I met you and called you Gabriel and you told me you loved me. Do you remember? And the snow swans flew with us. And we thought we could go back to the world and the world will be beautiful once more. But the light was dark when we sailed in and I was bright but the world was dark and I tried to love everyone but they couldn’t see me. Then you hurt me again and made me crazy. You burned me

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