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Experience through political turmoil

Introduction

Under this portfolio, the drama script will be narrated which is much different from the

novel, short story or a poem (Batty, 2015, 121). Drama script is different because the reader will

not have a detailed description of a situation and the background for a particular event. Rather,

drama script gives the reader only an overview of a particular situation and the location and the

place of setting. The dialogue in the drama script will thus convey the message and the thoughts

of the author. This is the major difference between the drama and other literary works (Sawyer,

2015, 245). Drama is driven by dialogue because the ideas or the thoughts of the author is well

conveyed by dialogue done by actors in the drama. A good drama script can provide a clear picture

of the thoughts of the author by dramatic elements in the ongoing dialogue. It means that the

language in the drama can create conflict and elicited the feelings of delight, anger, amusement,

etc (Amis, M., 2014, 10). For it to be good, it should have some elements of suspense and be able

to arouse curiosity in the reader's mind and the whole audience.

I will thus describe an experience that I went through in our country through the time of

political turmoil in our country. This is an experience that has shaped the life that I have lived after

that. The reason why I wrote this piece is to give hope to someone who might be going through

the same experience I went through those times (Sawyer, 2015, 245). This is a memory that I have

never forgotten because it was a time of tough experience in my life. It was total darkness where I

could not see anything beyond that particular week. It was on 24th December 2007 when

everything seemed to be going on well in our village. This was the electioneering period in our

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nation. People had cast their votes well and went back safely. What was being waited for now was

the tallying so that people would know their president.

As the votes were being counted, people watched closely form their houses by watching

the televisions (Conkie, 2015, 21). The most preferred presidential candidate was well leading in

the counted votes, and people had the assurance that finally, he was going to win. Towards the

close of the counting process, something strange happened. It seemed as though the votes which

were being projected on the television screen was manipulated and the presidential candidate who

was not the most preferred stared having more votes. Sadness filled the whole village that I was

and many other cities where the most popular candidate had support were not happy (Ayckbourn,

2015, 41). The electoral commission in the country delayed in announcing the winner because

people had already suspected something wrong had been done to the results (Sawyer, 2015, 245).

The major part of the country was not pleased by what the commission had done.

Immediately when the results were finally announced, the whole country burst into

violence. The people who were in the opposing political parties started fighting each other, and

the killings were so rampant (Batty, 2015, 121). It was so sad that many people close to hundred

thousand lost their lives. In the village where I was born, it was different either. The people who

had migrated to the place were so much beaten, and other lost their lives because of the beatings

they received. This left me pondering what wrong thing did those people do so that they deserved

to die. But it was unfortunate that this happened because of the political differences that existed in

the country (Amis, M., 2014, 10). This was a clear indication that democracy was threatened

because if you had not voted for the candidate who was supported in that region, you would as

well face the same consequences.

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Two days later when the war was still going on, all the youths and young men who were

of age above 18 were now forced to go and join other in the war. I was a victim since I fell in that

same category (Batty, 2015, 121). Being a Christina, it placed me in a very strange position not

knowing to do. I was then forced to join the rest, and I was forced to carry the bow and the arrows

so that I can join them in fighting the opponents (Sawyer, 2015, 245). I resisted to join for a while,

but to my surprise, I was so much beaten that I just had to surrender to their demands. I was so

much stressed because I could not just kill people and they have not done anything wrong. With

the big team, we thus went through a long distance crossing big forest heading to some town which

was inhabited mostly by the people from the opposing political party.

I made my calculations on how I was going to escape in the forest without them realizing

because I had purposed I will not join them in the act (Conkie, 2015, 21). I played my tactics well,

and I started reducing the pace, and after some time I just jumped into the forest and kept quiet.

The team proceeded without the realization that I had hidden in the forest. This was a place I had

never been before, and it was dark in the night (Amis, M., 2014, 10). I had lost direction at home,

and therefore I stood for quite some time thinking what to do. Thanks to God because I managed

to get the route which we had followed and I walked the whole night back home. It forced me to

hide at home for a period of close to two weeks because it was not allowed for any man to be at

home while the rest were in the filed fighting.

The period of opening school came, and there was no way we could open a school. This is

because the place where I schooled was far and I was to cross regions which were being occupied

by the opponents (Batty, 2015, 121). In the while of this process, we had a family friend who was

not from our tribe and people had threatened that they want to kill him. I stood in defense of him,

and I went through a lot of harassment just for our friend to be safe and to have his life preserved.

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I prayed that God would bring the turmoil in the country to calm so that the harassment would stop

(Ayckbourn, 2015, 41). Soon the situation calmed down, and we managed to free our friend safely.

He had to shift to another place so that his life would not be threatened again. Later, it is our friend

who came back three years later to alleviate the situation in our families by providing opportunities

for the scholarship for my siblings (Amis, M., 2014, 10). This reminded me that it is always god

to do good to all people and you shall have your reward.

All the people who participated actively in fighting others live now the most miserable

lives because the courses followed them by killing innocent lives (Conkie, 2015, 21). They are

very poor, and most of them died in funny ways. Something, therefore, to write this experience it

to bring education to people on the importance of watching every action that one does because in

some way consequence will come back one you would have to bear (Sawyer, 2015, 245). I was

trying to achieve the need of making people understand why it is always good to do good to people

even the ones you don’t know them. What was difficult in writing such a piece is that it reminded

many other people of the painful experience they went through this people where many lost

everything including family members (Batty, 2015, 121). The best way to respond to this challenge

is that it is meant to bring a bitter lesson to people so that such an occurrence will never happen

again. People should learn from the experience.

Another motivation that I got to write this piece was the effects of the war that happened

in Japan in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki where the effect of the war which happened in

the early 1900s is still being felt up to date (Batty, 2015, 121). Years later when I had attended the

literature and acknowledged the power of literature, it motivated me to write about this experience.

In coming up with this piece (Sawyer, 2015, 245), I followed the following steps; the first is to

read and watch other plays which have been authored by other authors so that you can have a full

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conception of what needs to be done. Secondly, is to come up with the main character which will

play a major role in the play. It is then followed by the decision on the conflict which should be in

the play. After that, you decide on the beginning point which is then followed by showing the story

in actions and speech (Conkie, 2015, 21). The author then pares it down and finally you write.

After the drama has been written, it is reviewed and then rewritten. After the above steps, the

drama will be published to be used in literature.

I strongly believe something that I have achieved through this writing is the attitude of

valuing all people no matter the political stands they have or even the party they support.

Something that is still a problem that troubles me is the division that still exists among the many

tribes in my country (Batty, 2015, 121). In the coming future, this piece can still be developed to

venture into areas of addressing why tribalism is a menace and needs to be eliminated by

encouraging intermarriages between the communities (Sawyer, 2015, 245). This will fall into the

category of a play as well since it will be giving an overview of what is in the mind of the author.

Something that gave stood out for me is the place of literature and more especially plays in the

transformation of values in the communities.

Literature is a powerful tool to correct bad behaviors in the community since it shows the

negatives of what the vices can do. It as well shows the ending of the actors who were so much

against other people. I have thus learned that we can use drama script to bring a great lesson to be

learned by the people in the society (Amis, M., 2014, 10). A good drama script can provide a clear

picture of the thoughts of the author by dramatic elements in the ongoing dialogue.

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Reflective commentary

Drama script gives the reader only an overview of a particular situation and the location

and the place of setting. We have thus discussed so much about the experience that I went through

in our country through the time of political turmoil in our country (Batty, 2015, 121). This is an

experience that has shaped the life that I have lived after that. The title of this drama script is

experienced through political turmoil which I wrote after going through a tough experience of

post-election violence. This is yet to be published, and the statement of this topic is to bring out

the picture of what happened after some political turmoil in the nation (Conkie, 2015, 21). The

purpose of writing this is to give hope to someone who might be going through the same experience

I went through those times and to teach the people of the nation the importance of valuing all

people.

The work describes the result that happens after post-election violence which had a cause

on the different political stands people had (Conkie, 2015, 21). Many people lost their lives and

property simply because they exercised their constitutional rights of voting in their preferred

candidate for the presidential post. Because of rigging that happened in the electoral commission,

it ended up bringing about a crisis in the nation. It gives the hard experience the author went

through by being beaten simply because he refused to join the fighting team who were going

around killing people from the opponent side. The author finally survives and manages to rescue

a family friend who was residing at their home (Ayckbourn, 2015, 41). After that, good things

followed him because of the good acts he performed whereas the ones who involved themselves

in killing and looting items, they are now living miserable lives and the majority have died.

This means that the people who did bad things towards others were faced with the

consequences of their actions (Ayckbourn, 2015, 41). Curses followed them because the innocent

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blood which they shed. The ones who did well were as well rewarded because of their good actions.

This is an example of drama script since it gives an overview of what is in the author's mind with

no much details (Sawyer, 2015, 245). This is a topic that has been received well because it has

made people to realize the extent at which people suffered innocently just because of supporting a

political party. This is a drama script which will appeal to an audience who might be facing the

same situation in their countries. It has been proven that literature is a powerful tool to correct bad

behaviors in the community since it shows the negatives of what the vices can do. It as well shows

the ending of the actors who were so much against other people (Amis, M., 2014, 10). I have thus

learned that we can use drama script to bring a great lesson to be learned by the people in the

society.

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References

Amis, M., 2014. The War against Cliché: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000. Vintage.

Ayckbourn, A., 2015. The crafty art of playmaking. St. Martin's Press.

Batty, C., 2015. A screenwriter's journey into the theme, and how creative writing research might

help us to define screen production research. Studies in Australasian Cinema, 9(2), pp.110-

121.

Conkie, R., 2015. How Might We Write About (Early English Theatre) Practice as Research?”.

Performance as Research in Early English Theatre Studies.

Sawyer, R.K., 2015. Drama, Theatre and Performance Creativity1. Dramatic Interactions in

Education: Vygotskian and Sociocultural Approaches to Drama, Education, and Research,

p.245.

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