Laramie Project Reflection

The Laramie Project is a play not many have heard of. Its different way different than most plays. It is fully based off interviews and what happened that night in Laramie that changed everything. Over the years being gay has been a big controversy, and this case went a little further that it usually does. The question i'm going to discuss is how i felt while reading the Laramie project.

There were many different emotions that came over me while reading The Laramie Project. First, it is really sad. I didnt think i would really feel emotions towards anything but inside i felt really sad while reading this. I was really angry at the people who killed matthew shepard because it just isn't right to kill someone, and then pretty much say they did that because he tried to grab their genitals. If you killed him, you killed him, and no excuses! those men need to step up to the mistakes they made and not blame matthew. I don't care if he's gay, and neither should they. They needed to mind their own business and leave him alone.

Before reading the play, i had never heard about the Shepard case. It was very surprising that happened, and even more that someone made a play about it. At first, the play was a little slow, confusing, and not very interesting. Once we got further into the play, my thoughts changed. I feel like i became more attached to what was going on and could really feel the pain for what happened. The whole time i kept thinking to my self, how could someone do this. I couldn't understand how someone could hate another so much that they would kill them. i really appreciate the writers of this play for writing it though, i think it really shows the 'inside' of what went on and can maybe change people to realize being gay isn't a big deal.

In conclusion, there are many emotions attached with this play. My emotions were sadness and anger. The story was so good it brought out my emotions, and really showed what it was like in the town of Laramie when matthew shepard died. This is a very unfortunate even and hopefully people will realize how severe it is and end killing people for who they are.