The Grapes of Philosophy

Script
Brandon, Nick, Victoria, Hannah, and Quinnlyn

Rose of Sharon: Darn that Connie! I should have never trusted anyone but myself!

Karl Marx: Now, Rose of Sharon, why would you say something like that!?

Rose of Sharon: KARL MARX! When did you get here!?

Karl Marx: Ahh, I'm just waiting for the bus. What’s got you down kid?

Rose of Sharon: My husband recently left me and I just want to be by myself; I don’t want anything to do with anyone else.

Karl Marx: Now don’t you be like that. There’s no “I” in team! You gotta look for help from others if you wanna get by, okay? You need to fight for what you want if you hope to get anywhere in life. Collectivism is the key to prosperity that we all need in our lives.

Rose of Sharon: Well with this baby coming and such, my top priority is myself and nobody else. How is helping others going to help me and my baby?

Karl Marx: Oh come on, if I've learned anything from writing my manuscript, the Communist Manifesto, it’s that what goes around comes around. My point is that you need to lean back on your family and rely on them to be there for you and your baby. It’s all about being together. You know, like… two is better than one, or strength in numbers.

Rose of Sharon: Well no one cares about me. Why do I always have such bad luck all the time?

Karl Marx: Now don’t be silly! Bad things are happening to everyone right now. These are troubled times Missy. We got to do what we got to do to get by! Of course your family cares about you... but they’re not acknowledging you as much as you may like because you are an individualist. You want to do things yourself, and you’re not allowing yourself to be part of the common good.

Rose of Sharon: Well… how am I supposed to change to be better for everyone and become a part of the common good?

Karl Marx: There’re plenty of things you could do… lend a hand if you see someone in need; make their problems your own, even if it doesn’t directly benefit you. Eventually karma will work itself out and you’ll see that it’ll be good for you and your youngster too.

Rose of Sharon: But I don’t even have enough supplies for myself to survive, why would I share what little I have with others? They’re not even going to appreciate it!

Karl Marx: I believe that everyone should be treated equally. Economic equality needs to be accepted by everyone in order for it to work properly. The people who have less, like you migrant farmer folk, need to revolt against the people who have more, like them rich landowners and business folk. If you don’t fight for your rights, they’re just going to take everything away from y’all. They’ll do anything it takes just to make a buck, even if it means hundreds of you poor folks starving to death in the process.

Rose of Sharon: Okay, well I’ll try my best to think of others before myself and my baby. I’ll just have to trust you that doing that is the best thing for all of us. Maybe I should go to talk to my good brother Tom ‘bout all this, it’s a lot of information to take in all at once and I think he’ll really be able to help us make a difference!

Karl Marx: Finally, I convinced you! Now you just remember, capitalism is bad and socialism is good! You gotta convince all your type of folks to start a revolution against the rich folks in order to attain economic equality. What this country really needs is some blood and guts spilled to break down the social hierarchy!