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Willowdean Harpy Parton Informative Speech

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Willowdean Dickson, nicknamed Dumplin’ by her mother has always felt comfortable in her own skin. She thinks in order to have a bikini body… just put one on. Willowdean eventually takes the job at Harpy’s, a fast food joint, where she meets Bo, a cute, handsome and sporty private school jock. Willowdean instantly falls for him. However, when he starts reciprocating those feelings back, she is instantly surprised. Willowdean eventually doubts her relationship with Bo and joins a beauty pageant (her mom is a former beauty queen) to gain more self assurance. As Willowdean begins to perform in the pageant, she begins to reminisce about the Dolly Parton song, Jolene, remembering times with her late aunt, her friend, Ellen (who she was fighting with at the time) and Bo. …show more content…

It’s those first couple chords that every person in this auditorium knows so well. I can see the judges whispering back and forth at their table with their desk lights glowing. I turn back to my mom and hold the toy microphone to my lips. Dolly’s voice sings “Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, I’m begging of you please don’t take my man.” I synch my lips to each word. I close my eyes and see every moment I’ve heard this song. Driving down the highway with my mom, Lucy and Gram. The windows down. All four of us dragging our hands throw the wind. Sitting in Lucy’s room with her as “Jolene” pipes out from her record player. Laying on the cool tiles of El’s kitchen as her mom hums and makes spaghetti. At Lucy’s funeral, In Bo’s truck. At the Hideaway, watching Lee perform. Right here on this stage. I sing “Jolene,” and maybe it’s my imagination, but I hear a few voices out in the audience singing it back to me. It’s the kind of Iconic song that is bigger than geography or languages or religion. It’s “Jolene”.” (Murphy

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