Today is the day. Today is the day that I turn in my project. Today is the day my professor reads my 27 different journal entries, including the example ones I put in here. It's been a very long process, but I've worked so very hard that I'm hoping it shows to my professor and that I do well in this class. I've watched countless documentaries, read several books, listened to a few different cassette tapes, and used my acting knowledge to try and pick up characteristics and mindsets that Sethe would have. In honor of finishing my project, I leave you with a goodbye journal entry from Sethe.
Dear journal,
Words cannot express how helpful you've been ta me. While I think writing in here has been good for my soul, admitting to things I've endured and my fears, I feel dat it is the time for me to say goodbye. I do think it is important to show when you are not feelin' as strong as you would like ta, but it's just hard for me to show. Maybe someday I can, and teach my children that even though I've endured some of the hardest times, it doesn't mean dat they have ta. I want a betta life for my children, than the one I lived. I don't want them to ever kill their children, in the thought that it may save them. It does the opposite. It kills their chance at a life and possible happiness. I'll forever regret that day, but I do not regret keepin' my other children alive. I do not regret being with Halle or, really the events leadin' up to today for they made me who I was made to be. Without them, I wouldn't have my children either. Maybe it's good I'mma stop writin', for then maybe I can really dive into this thing we call life..experience it fully, without thinkin' ta document every second of it. You have been real kind and always there for me, and I appreciate dat. Maybe someday, my stories will be read and people will learn from them and make the world a better place. That's all for my story..goodbye now.
Sethe
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