The Bitch Manifesto - Autobiography

The Bitch Manifesto Autobiography

So, I’m independent… that makes me a Bitch right? I’m ambitious… Oh guess what? That too makes me a Bitch! And is there anything wrong in being strong-minded because boy, I am not going to let people tread over me in this world full of competitors. But even my third quality which in my eyes makes me a good person, to others it makes me a Bitch. I work, yes I work, I get good pay and I earn a living for myself, only for myself. That’s not being selfish. That’s being a Bitch. So now the self fulfilling prophecy comes in… I have been labelled and so I’ve commenced on this ‘Bitch’ career. I have conformed to the ideas of others. Maybe I feel comfortable in being a Bitch.

Sometimes I wonder if my colleagues wish I just dropped dead… I am at a higher position than most. They are jealous of me. Yes I don’t usually reply when they say good morning, yes I don’t generally smile at them, yes I’m not immediately gratified with the work they do. But so WHAT? I am a Bitch. If it hurts them, it hurts them. I’m here to stay and they can’t do anything about it. But I wonder if my boss thinks the same, I think he is one person I am not a Bitch to. I’m not married because Bitches don’t really get married do they but then there are Bitches who rely upon others, I’m not one of them. I’m a normal Bitch, I tend to not use others. I like being independent. So I guess my boss is someone I obey. He pays me for the work I do. I need money, money gives me status, and it gives me domination. Oh there you go; I like to be domineering so I must be a Bitch’s Bitch.

I look like a bitch too. I’m tall, that gives me the power to look down upon people… I sound mean but you know it’s funny; I wasn’t like this when I was young. It’s almost as if throughout the years I have been functioned and moulded in to being the Bitch I am today. It’s because I’ve gone through certain times in my life which have torn me apart, I can’t afford to be shattered into pieces again. So I’ll be a Bitch, I’ll be all that I am for as long as I live. My heart is a rock now, it won’t break again.


Commentary

I chose to use three dots as pauses to convey that she is thinking as she is writing this. She is thinking because being a Bitch means something to her, it has given her everything she’s wanted so in actual fact she is giving great consideration in illustrating her qualities and how they make her a Bitch. I have used rhetorical questions throughout to influence the readers to think beyond what is written and interpret what she is saying in their own way. I have used the personal pronoun I many times to signify her self-importance. She wants to make the readers thoroughly aware that this autobiography is only about her and no one else. I used capital letters for the word ‘WHAT’ in my second paragraph to emphasise her carless and insensitive character. In the end, she becomes slightly emotional and states a bit about her past, no detail, just outlines that there must have been tragic circumstances that occurred which led her to being so h hardhead. This instantly wins the sympathy of readers and shows a different side to ‘Bitches’.