Dear Diary‚ This week has been so busy that I ‘aven’t been able to write. I suppose life is alrite over ‘ere but it gets kinda lonely. Curley’s borin’ and jus’ sits on his ass all day and all the guys are jus’ crazy bastards. They don’t talk to me‚ turn there noses down at me they do. Think I’m a tart just ‘cause I’m pretty and I’m a gal’‚ the only one on the god damn ranch! I’m the only one ‘ere who knows how to have fun. I met Curley when I was about sixteen. I had run away a year before and
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Diary entry from Pip’s point of view. 08/12/2012 Saturday Dear Diary‚ Today was a new day for me again. I went alone to the churchyard where the tombstones of my parents and my 5 brothers are in the marshes near my house. I live with my sister Mrs Joe Gargery and her husband‚ Joe Gargery‚ a blacksmith as a burden as she never likes me and always tells me off for everything. I stayed there near the gravestones until afternoon was returning back home‚ when I heard a terrible voice which told
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The Great Chestnut Tree Smells of fresh blossoming flowers wafted through the forest with the breeze and subtle warmth of spring. The great chestnut tree had grown new foliage along with the budding pods of chestnuts among them. Whistles and nibble noises could be heard inside of the hollow in the great chestnut tree’s trunk and the scrabbles of tiny claws could be felt on the floor of the hollow. Rustles were heard all over the forest‚ full of animals and insects enjoying the spring warmth
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occupying positions to protect the deployment of the cannons and sending patrols to check the woods around the plain. "They are looking for ambushed cavalrymen. They would have discovered you." Knut said. He was seated on one of the battlements eating a piece of smoked pork while he beheld the deployment of the enemy
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Entry #19 – As I Lay Dying: This book switches from narrator to narrator and does not have a truly set main character. Although we get to experience the story from different points of view it is a bit much too keep switching between narrators especially since the deceased character Addie ends up narrating chapters that take place after her death. I‚ personally‚ would have liked it if the book had only one narrator and a set main character to maintain some sort of consistency throughout the book.
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who has used those qualities to their best ability was Winston Churchill which is why he is indeed a true hero. Winston Churchill was born on November 18‚ 1874 (Churchill 20) in Blenheim‚ England (winstonchurchill.com). His mom‚ Jenny Jacobson (winstonchurchill.com)‚ died three weeks after Winston was born (Churchill 20) and his dad‚ Lord Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill‚ died at the age of 45 from syphilis (winstonchurchill.com). Winston went to St. George’s‚ a sleep-away grade school in Blenheim
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First Journal Entry It was March 5th 1770. In the past few years‚ the British raised taxes to reproduce their economic crisis. People in school were furious‚ the school canceled afternoon tea‚ and people wouldn’t but products from Britain anymore. But mom and dad seemed OK‚ they still drank tea and bought carpets or other products from Britain‚ dad said the King would make a decision for a reason‚ and as citizens‚ we should follow. Well‚ I disagreed with him‚ but it was no use. I went to Johns
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British Lit. In George Orwell’s 1984‚ Winston Smith wrestles with oppression in Oceania‚ a place where the party scrutinizes human actions with everwatchful Big Brother. Defying a ban on individuality‚ Winston dares to express his thoughts in a diary and pursues a relationship with Julia. These criminal deeds bring Winston into the eye of the opposition‚ who then must reform the nonconformist. George Orwell’s 1984 introduced the watch words for life without freedom: BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING
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common they serve as locating devices for each and every one of us. Privacy has vanished. In George Orwell’s novel‚ 1984‚ Big Brother was a character of fiction. Yet he was able to oversee everything and virtually controlled the daily lives of millions of people. Now‚ as we advance technologically‚ the thought of Big Brother watching over us isn’t so far-fetched. Technology in 1984 plays a major role‚ in a way that could be compared to today. Technology is used as a control vehicle‚ Placed all around
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Creative writing piece based on the short animation film ‘Alma’ The streets of Barcelona were plastered with sludge and the rooftops were being bleached by the purity of the white snow as it falls gently‚ caressing the slates that have been fractured by the intense heat of the Spanish summer which‚ had long since passed. There were very few people scattered around the city‚ as the bitterness of the wind was far too cold for someone acclimatised to the normal heat of Barcelona. With the
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