Personal Narrative: Child Violence And Child Abuse

A big issue for me was the fact that, even though Julie was abused by her father, there had to be a way to play the side of Julie that it’s hurt and not angry. My first instinct was to play fear. I thought that Julie kept this fear for her father over the years. When I found out that Julie more than scare was hurt finally could have an overall vision of what my main purpose was. She is there at the hospital because she needs to face her father before he passes away, she knows that this is her last chance to close that door and start a new page, even though she will not admit it

Child abuse is a big deal no matter what it is wrong and there are no excuses for this, nevertheless a big deal for me was to find the way of showing that hurt adult that Julie is. Because the way I see it Julie always needed her father to show love to her. The physical pain is nothing compare to the emotional pain that she is having at that point. That was a challenge for me. How was I going to do to show this pain and to make it the center of the story when child abuse is a gig deal by itself. …show more content…
So I have to show it in the performance. The uncomfortable that Julie is in the hospital for example shows how she does not really like hospitals. It reminds her when her mom was in the hospital. It is bringing to her bad memories. It is like open a can of worms. Julie is good hiding her true feelings but that might be too much for