12 Steps of Acting

Relationship

You talk to me arrogantly and with full of pride, thinking I am a teenager anymore. Get a

life; I am now a fully grown man. I have the audacity and freedom to make choices that I feel are

best for the people around me and myself. Ever since you adopted me as a young child, you have

been a commanding and selfish foster parent. I do not care whether or not I am related to you

through my late parents or anything of that kind; all I know and am much concerned about is that

you have been the reason behind the troubles in my life. You are a terrible person. Yes! You are

indeed a bad person. Uncles never treat their nephews the way you treat me. At times I feel that I

would have been dead long ago instead of wasting my entire life living under the roof and

custody of an irresponsible man like you. A man who deems himself best before others and in

what he does. A man who does not care about others. A man who exploits the rest. Look at my

age, I am way too young, but you have made me suffer more than I ever expected. GO, go away

from me; I do not want to see you again. Not anymore!

Conflict

Living with your family has been my main challenge. I have been quiet since I had no

option. But not anymore! I have realized that it is time for me to wake up and focus on whom I

am instead of remaining silent while being underpinned like overcooked beans. I have value, too;

I know I am valuable. I know I am the best, and I can do better than all you think. Discriminating

me against my family background cannot be of any good use to you, David. You often forget

that you have the same roots too. Your brother was my father. In fact, fuck death! Who the hell

does he think he is? Taking the lives of my parents was the worst he could do. It was not yet time

for me to remain an orphan and undergo problems like I am Jesus coming to take up the
struggles of humanity. One day, especially without your support, I promise you that my worth

will be felt out there. I will be valuable, for I am still valuable. Look at the environment you have

brought me up in, taking me to third-world schools, thinking I can never make it in education.

What do you believe even when making such awkward decisions? This situation is a wake-up

call for you, David. I even feel that recognizing you as my uncle will never be valuable to me

ever again.