The focus this week in drama was on tableaux. More so, the theme was homelessness. A lot of the tableaux showed people sinking to homelessness. Our classmates showed us many different ways one became homeless. We saw bullying, poverty, drugs, alcoholism, abuse, and bad situations at home. For example, one of the groups showed a person getting kicked down, someone getting robbed, and yet another showed someone so addicted to drugs that even when he had no food, no shelter, no money for food or shelter, he still used what little money collected from strangers to buy drugs. This then led to his death.
It’s not just one ‘level’ of homelessness though. There seem to be a whole range of different levels. For example, some people are doing a lot better on the street than others. There seem to be many people, usually either really young or really old, who bring their instruments onto the street and put on a performance, to which the people who enjoy their music would give them some money. I imagine they worked very hard for their passion of music to buy their instruments, and I think they are living in some run down shack; though they’re not living on the streets, they still don’t have proper shelter. I think this because these people seem to be playing their instruments all day, through hell or high water, and starting early in the morning and not leaving till late. Their clothes aren’t usually too nice either. Sometime two years ago, in the middle of winter, I remember going out one day with my parents and driving past a guy playing a guitar. We were out for most of the day, but when we came back, he was still there, and so we felt he deserved some money for all his efforts and for sitting out in the cold all day. So we gave him some money.
Speaking of giving homeless people money, it looks to me like everyone thinks that if a person is homeless, they can never get back to having a proper life. I don’t think that’s true. Though the chances are slim, I think that...