Comparing Ensler's Work

After finishing The Vagina Monologues, and now I have begun to read I am an Emotional Creature, both written by Eve Ensler, I definitely do not enjoy the later as much as I had the former. Before coming into class today, I had already made up my mind that Enlser seemed to be trying too hard with I am an Emotional Creature because it was so similar to The Vagina Monologues but it didn’t give off the same vibe. Being a male reading these books, I can’t fully understand what the women in her writings are going through but I can get a glimpse into the world from a woman’s perspective.

The Vagina Monologues appeared to be more for adult audience or more mature readers considering it is looked upon as a more raw and erotic piece as compared to I am an Emotional Creature, which seems to be written for a different audience. From what I understood, it was aimed towards a younger group of people, mainly girls. This second piece almost seems to try to guide young women through a tough time in their lives through fiction that Ensler thinks is appropriate. She uses actual monologues for The Vagina Monologues but changes, what seems to be a continuation of that, into a piece of fiction. I feel that she should have used more interviews for the meat of her writing because the thought that other people enduring similar situations helps people to understand that they are not alone. That was a mistake that I think Ensler made when writing I am an Emotional Creature. Since she seems to be writing for a younger audience it would have been beneficial for her to be able to relate more closely with the people reading her work, and she could have achieved this more successfully by interviewing different teenage girls to give the impression that the audience can relate to her writing.