Point of View

"I am an Emotional Creature" is a collection of monologues: one person speaking to an audience. Each piece is a different girl speaking in the first person singular. This provides the reader with the opportunity to hear many different takes on being a girl and what girls grapple with around the globe.

Some of the poetic pieces are almost choral in nature: The speaker is not an individual girl but a voice that represents all girls.

There are some pieces that involve two voices: Would You Rather is two girls speaking to each other. The reader does not hear their thoughts, just the words they say out loud to each other. Segments of this piece are within each of the three sections of the book.

Setting

The monologues contained in this book take place in a vast array of places around the world. Most of the...