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Stand-up comedy
            Basic structure
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               Basic structure          Learning How to Live Alone

                  Beginning       When I was in high school, one of my
                                  biggest desires was to leave my house.
             The theme of the
                                  I had nothing against my family, I just
             monologue is
                                  wanted to live alone, learn how to be an
             introduced and
                                  adult... Yes, my mom used to ask me to
             contextualized.
                                  clean my room, to go buy tortillas... My
                                  father always asked about my grades,
                                  asked me to go to bed early, would
                                  not let me drive his car ... My younger
                                  brother was quite silly and he was always
                                  bothering me ... but no, I had nothing
                                  against my family...
                                  Well, as soon as I finished high school,
                                  I took an entrance exam for a university
                                  in another city and, mysteriously, I was
                                  admitted. I gave my parents the news and
                                  they were very, very happy... I still don’t
                                  understand why.
                                  Shortly, the day I would go to my university
                                  arrived. I packed my things, got on the bus
                                  and left for my new city. I was very excited,
                                  very happy. I felt very sure of myself, very
                                  adult ... I was apprehensive when I got off
                                  the first bus, 200 kilometers away, because
                                  I hadn’t checked where the bus was going.
                                  After taking another bus, I finally arrived
                                  at my actual destination… I didn’t know
                                  what I had gotten myself into.












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