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Analysis Of Quotes From 'Hard Knock Life'

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Hard Knock Life

Scene One

Characters: Darius - Hes black, tall, really skinny, big afro, bright smile,

Smokey - he's black,tall, muscular, corn rows, cricket teeth, soft spoken but speaks seroiulsy Setting: In the Park ,it's very quiet, there's not that much people around , there's a lot of cars passing by. And it's sort of dark.
At Rise: When the curtain opens: Darius is talking to Smokey around 7:30 at night and they are talking about life and what he's gonna do for his family.

CHARACTER A’s NAME: Darius
[write the stage directions here: actions, body language, mood, tone, etc]
Write character A’s line(s) here. Remember to use correct spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. (Remember that the action goes in parentheses) …show more content…

Darius
[optional: stage directions]
I was wondering if I can stay at your place ? [starts to sound sad]man I have no where to go, I barely got money, i'm scared man
Smokey
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[makes crackling noises] Yo I think were breaking up [makes more crackling noises] [hangs up phone]

Darius
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[Throws the phone on the ground in anger] [starts crying] [speaks softly] Where [sniff] did I go [sniff] wrong?

James
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[Car pulls up] Ayo Darius !!

Darius
[looks to his right, his eyes grew larger] [ runs down the alley to his left]

James
[optional: stage directions]
[ tells the boys in the back of the car} [soft tone] go get him [the boys chase down darius] [ the car pulls off]

Durius
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[huffing and puffing ]no no no no no ..this can't be happening [sheds tear]
James
[optional: stage directions]
[james’s car pulls up in front of him] ha ha you tried to run [ gets out car starts walking towards darius]
Durius
[optional: stage directions]
[ turns the other way and tries to run but the two guys are right behind him]

James
[optional: stage

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