When Ms. Hunnisett first asked me to write a play for One Act this year, I must confess that I was rather daunted. The weight of having been given the honour of doing something as[…]
Category: Jieo
Afraid
Before you begin to read this, I would first like to preface this with some background information that might make this a little easier to understand. The story is set in Paris in the wake[…]
Not of Youth and Beauty
PROMPT: Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the role self-perception plays when individuals seek to reconcile the conflict between illusions and reality. (June 2014) When faced with[…]
Though the Olive Tree Weeps
The following poem is the Israeli-born Dan Almagor’s We Shoot Children Too, Don’t We, which was written in the wake of the First Intifada during the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It was a Palestinian uprising against the[…]
Into the Woods (Jieo & Ibukun)
Love and Other Magic Tricks Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the conflict between pursuing a personal desire and choosing to conform. (January 2011) Quotation: “A good persuasion.[…]
Unfinished Business
“Dying is not romantic, and death is not a game which will soon be over…Death is not anything…death is not…It’s the absence of presence, nothing more…the endless time of never coming back…a gap you can’t[…]
For Every Lost Soldier
PROMPT: A recurring theme is the classic war between a passion and responsibility. For instance, a personal cause, a love, a desire for revenge, a determination to redress a wrong, or some other emotion or[…]
Restless Heart
It’s the song, they said. No, the sea. The luxury. The ship. It’s the sex, they whispered. Leo, said Aziza sheepishly. It’s all about Leo. “Everybody wants Jack,” Laila said to Mariam. “That’s what it[…]
When Fame Falters
The following text is Ísland, an 1835 poem written by the Icelandic poet Jónas Hallgrímsson in an effort to rouse the hearts of his compatriots in the centuries-long struggle preceding Icelandic independence. Just beneath the[…]
Saved by a Prayer
*DISCLAIMER: I know religion and faith can be very sensitive topics, even controversial, especially in a religiously and ethnically diverse environment, and are thus best to be avoided. However, the ideas explored in this post[…]