Life Education

                I Am An Emotional Creature presents an intriguing perspective on the journey that adolescent girls from all around the world take towards ultimately becoming a woman in adulthood.  Eve Ensler uses this literary platform to describe the various paths young girls travel from assorted and often diverse points of view that might otherwise never be told.  Ensler uses the epilogue as her chance to convey the ideals that she believes to be an integral part of becoming a well rounded female young adult in today’s society.  For example, in “Manifesta to Young Women and Girls” she begins by describing the roles that one’s culture may place on them:  “Find a man, seek protection, the world is scary.  Don’t go out, you are weak, don’t care so much…Don’t cry so much, and you can’t trust anyone.” (pg. 83)  Ensler then goes on to put forth her ideas, such as “Everyone’s making everything up.  There is no one in charge except for those who pretend to be.  No one is coming.  No one is going to rescue you.” (pg. 91)  There is a noticeable difference between what is being placed on girls, and what Ensler wants them to take away from the experience of reading her book.  The missing link between these two significant messages is how to get the areas to come together in a comprehensive manner that young girls can relate to.  Perhaps transforming the meaning of the pieces into a more expanded piece of writing might make them seem more real to girls from all different places on the globe.  Presenting these ideas in a way that is closer to the realities and environments that these girls spend their lives in might allow them to learn from others mistakes and shape their own futures away from the constraints of society.