Need help writing a monologue. I have created a character, he is an old man. Ple

Question:I have created my character.
I just need a scene to put him in so i can write my monologue.
Thanks so much!
He is an old man.
He fought in WWII, he is a widow, he hates the youth of today. Lives on a tinned spaghetti diet, he is frail. Uses a walking stick. He comes across a bit creepy because he has had a rough life (lost brothers in the war).
And that's a brief outline.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I have created my character.
I just need a scene to put him in so i can write my monologue.
Thanks so much!
He is an old man.
He fought in WWII, he is a widow, he hates the youth of today. Lives on a tinned spaghetti diet, he is frail. Uses a walking stick. He comes across a bit creepy because he has had a rough life (lost brothers in the war).
And that's a brief outline.

Perhaps you can put him in an old coffee shop. Or diner. surrounded by others talking. It may be interesting to include his grim thoughts on others conversations without including the conversation itself. Perhaps between two young lovers? classic, but potential to be creative.

Since he is a war veteran maybe you can include his thoughts on a conversation by a young man home from iraq, or a man who is lamenting over his own long lost brother.

His house just burned down. In a hotel room?

He can be in a old house that overlooks a swamp. Sitting in his old rocker chair on his porch. The porch could have cob webs and halfway broken steps.

He could be paying a final visit to his only friend (perhaps a fellow veteran) who is on his deathbed. In doing so, he is forced to confront his own mortality... and reflect on his eventful life.

In those reflections, he expresses his strong opinions on how society has changed in his lifetime, his estrangement from his son (or children?), his occasional joys and his heartbreaking sorrows.

Good Luck with your monologue... very poignant and compelling character...

I was really touched by the answer given to one of my recent questions by ERIC S.

My question was, "What would make you give up your belief in God?"

This is what he wrote:

"I am nearly eighty years old, in fact tomorrow, yes I have been to war, yes I have been bombed, yes I have seen children blown to bits in fact over the years I have seen most things.
Do you know over the last two years about 300,000 people, no not just adults, women and children add on babies if you want, have been killed by nature,so we cannot blame acts of man. I would love to have a believe and have looked for years for something that could have convinced me to believe, I have found it no where, in fact the more I see of this world the more I an convinced. I know all the pet sayings of the church, you know its Gods will and what have you The church is a money making concern, Fuelled by the fear of people in death and the unknown. They in turn have caused more wars then anything. Did you know German soldiers had on their belt buckle, God mit us! To conclude this, if it helps you to believe then believe, its not worth a like anyway. You are still conceived in the same way, born between a woman's legs, just the same as the Pope and any other member of the church and regretfully you will die if you believe or not. Where you go is the same place as all animals, fly, fish or what ever you want to name. You would do better to believe in your fellow man, although sometimes I wonder why. With apologies to those that have heard my rant before"

He seems like a beautiful man. And I am grateful for his answer.

Maybe looking at his other answers may help you? Hopefully he will be allright with this.
Thank you Mr Eric S and Happy Birthday