really close at all. We just talk about normal day things‚ and I never really tell them my feelings or secrets. Therefore‚ I’m rather glad I have you‚ as you can be someone I can talk to when I’m feeling down‚ or when something has happened. I want my diary to be my friend‚ and I am going to call this friend kitty. Wednesday‚ 24th June 1942 Dearest Kitty‚ Oh what a day! A very very hot day it is‚ I’ve never really been grateful for the tram‚ but now I’ve realised just how pleasant it is instead of
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Diary entry 1 One of the things that I had to do in the Hitler Youth was burn books. I did not even want to burn the books‚ but I had to if I didn’t want to blow my cover. The book burning was unnecessary. Why do you need to burn something that has nothing to do with you? They burnt those books because they didn’t say what the Nazi’s wanted them to say. The best books in the world burnt because the Nazi’s don’t want people to think differently. The whole thing angered me. I was fuming inside‚ but
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The relationship between the two main characters of Nora and Helmer in "A Doll’s House" are established through the dialogue and stage directions which take place in Act One. The relationship is very representative of the time period in which it is set‚ Helmer‚ the husband is the head of the household and is the most important in the family status he controls the family’s lifestyle according to his own views. In order to convey Torvald’s authority in the relationship‚ Ibsen uses first person possessive
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by the strong and rich‚ as well as an obsession with material possessions is a common theme found in Henrik Ibsen’s play “A Doll’s House”. Karl Marx states that “the ruling ideas are nothing more than the ideal expression of the dominant material relationships‚ the dominant relationships grasped as ideas” (Marx). These ideas are realized throughout “A Doll’s House”. The main characters in are all affected by the lack or acquisition of money‚ and their entire lives and ways of thinking are based
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Dear Diary‚ I am Lydia Bennett‚ the youngest amongst the five Bennett sisters. I am fifteen years old today‚ and this journal was a precious gift from Mary. But to be honest‚ I awaited more of a better gift from her‚ I never wanted pieces of paper! She already knew that I’ve always wanted her jade earrings‚ the ones I have wanted forever‚ the ones that I feel almost rich in! She says that I must write in this journal every day to improve my mind. There’s nothing to write about and my mind does not
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Written task Great Gatsby Jonne Velthuis V5b June 10‚ 1922 Dear Diary‚ This night we went to a party at Gatsby’s place. This week I’ve dined with him before and Daisy insisted on going to the festivities. Word goes around that there are parties there every week. First I had no interest in going‚ but there is something about this Gatsby. I think he has an eye on Daisy or something. This man shouldn’t be trying tot get an affair with Daisy‚ or I’ll punch him in the face. Although
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In Henrik Ibsen’s play A Doll’s House‚ the personality of the protagonist Nora Helmer is developed and revealed through her interactions and conversations with the other characters in the play‚ including Mrs. Linde‚ Nils Krogstad‚ Dr. Rank and Ann-Marie. Ibsen also uses certain dramatic and literary techniques and styles‚ such as irony‚ juxtaposition and parallelism to further reveal interesting aspects of Nora’s personality. Mrs. Linde provides and interesting juxtaposition to Nora‚ while Krogstad
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Act I Analysis: Act I‚ in the tradition of the well made play in which the first act serves as an exposition‚ the second an event‚ and the third an unraveling (though Ibsen diverges from the traditional third act by presenting not an unraveling‚ but a discussion)‚ establishes the tensions that explode later in the play. Ibsen sets up the Act by first introducing us to the central issue: Nora and her relation to the exterior world (Nora entering with her packages). Nora serves as a symbol for women
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It was October of 1917‚ I was eighteen at the time and Jordan was sixteen‚ when I met Gatsby. In those times my family was doing really well financially and life was simple. When I wore clothing the color white was always my favorite. On the day I met Gatsby in fact I was wearing white and he was wearing his uniform. We hung out for a while and I could see in his eyes that he wanted more than friendship. It took a while for me to start having feelings‚ but it was to late. He was enlisted and left
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prose drama. Most of his major works reflect the social issues that provoked controversy in the nineteenth century. “ A Doll House” is one of the clearest portraits of women’s lives in this era in which they have to struggle with many challenges to identify themselves and to see the value of individuals. Nora‚ who is being suppressed in her own house and representing as a doll‚ a decoration. However‚ eventually‚ Nora finds out her true self and she knows that she deserves more. Throughout the play
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