I Love Richard Miller Essay

Most people think love is the easiest thing and it is handed to you on a silver platter. But not for me, Richard Miller. I was born in a small town in Connecticut. I live with my ma and pa, Nat and Essie Miller. I never talk about my grandparents. That’s due to the fact that ma and pa never talk about them. I guess when the times right I will ask. I just graduated high school and I can’t believe it yet. I’m so healthy and ready for college. Pa is sending me to Yale. I wasn’t the most popular kid in high school but, I didn’t have many friends because the only friend I needed was Muriel, my girlfriend. I also like reading a lot but, my mom doesn’t approve of the books I read. Muriel’s father always had an issue with me being her boyfriend. He …show more content…
To the people in my life, Muriel, all I want is her. She’s my first love. All I want is to declare my independence from Ma and Pa. I am no longer a little kid and I am going to college. I need to grow up and handle my own problems. I need to use my own words to describe how I feel not poems. In the scene my objective is to tell Muriel what happened the night I sneaked out to go to the dive. The only thing that stands in my way is her not understanding the whole story and my mind set wasn’t in the right place. I was filled with rage. We got into an argument and she bit my hand while I was trying to hold her back. After that she started running away and I told her I hated her and that I’ll go and see Belle since she didn’t have the decency to let me explain. That stopped her in her right in her foot tracks. I told her that I didn’t kiss Belle and that Belle kissed me. And she kept calling me a liar for every word that came out my mouth so I lost my temper and told her what if I did kiss Belle it was only to get back at her for what she had written. Then she explained that her father made her do all this and she would forgive me if I swore that I didn’t love Belle. I jumped and said I could never and that I loved her. I faced a lot of obstacles to be with …show more content…
I start of talking “darkly” and then change my voice tone as the scene goes on. I’m really careless and hesitant at the beginning. I am trying to make Muriel jealous because of what I read on the letter. I was talking with pride when I told her I got drunk. I scream in pain when she bites me. In order to get what I want I explain to Muriel what happened and we make up by clearing the confusion up. The actions made me frustrated and upset that she wouldn’t listen to me. It took a lot of convincing and arguing to prove my point. In the end I ended up with the one thing that makes my life a whole, my love, my girlfriend,