The Laramie Project Summary

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Introduction
The Laramie Project is a play that revolves around the death of a student at the Ottumwa High School. The circumstances that lead to the student's murder was that he was gay and that made him the odd one out in the eyes of his fellow students who had negative thoughts about his lifestyle. However, that is not the only reason behind the composition of the play that was the Laramie project. The principal had taken initiatives and calculated steps to ensure that he dealt with bullying that was slowly becoming the institution’s last name with each passing day. The student who happened to have found life slipped out of him was Matthew Shepard. Given the …show more content…
However, what he was not aware of was that in joining the club, he made himself vulnerable by exposing himself to those who were against LGBT community in the institution. Notably, there was hatred that was fueled by same-sex relationships, yet the school principal did so little in his position to fix the situation. There was a clear indication that the people behind Matthew’s death were those were against gay relationships and the club members, but then the real question that spurred a lot of controversies was that of inquiring the actual culprits behind the demise. Jon Peacock states that Matthew was shy which helps understand the reason as to why he was an easy pick for those who were targeting gay people in the …show more content…
However, she mentions the fact that it was quite brave of Catherine to come out and hold her sexual orientation in the open as she did as it was her action that inspired her to do the same. The stranger also told Catherine that she knew of others who were of the same orientation but stated that they were not willing to schedule a meeting with Catherine since they did not want their secret to be known. The latter is an apparent acclamation that there hatred that was pilling with each passing day in Wyoming and its’ institutions. In the Easier said than done moment, Jonas Slonaker shares the experience that he had when he decided to visit other places just for the fun of it because he was of the opinion that people should visit and live in any place that interests them. In his monologue, he brings in the views that some of the people he met in gay bars had about Laramie, and surprisingly, most of them were proud of the place and wished they were residents of