have survived the test of time‚ piecing together an era involves making educated assumptions. In the case of Martha Ballard‚ her diary provides us with a limited account of her life from 1785 to 1812. In both the movie and the book‚ the producers and the author have invested great effort into providing an authentic representation of Martha’s time as per her diary entries. This paper will discuss the difficulties faced by Ulrich‚ Richard P. Rogers and Laurie Kahn Leavitt in representing Martha’s time
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The Holocaust Diary First Entry January 30‚1933 My name is Friedrich Krebs. I am a 29-year-old free-lance journalist. I write about all things happening in Germany‚ and then sell them to newspapers and magazines all over the world. I am the only son of a World War 1 hero‚ and my mother who idolizes me. I am divorced with one son who resides with his mother. I’m young‚ blonde‚ blue-eyed‚ strong‚ and pure German. I’m what you would consider Hitler ideal German to be
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through showing it would have been used for many years‚ believing it was a story I turned the cover to the first page. Reading the first page I noticed it was actually a diary that my dad had written in during 1965‚ I rushed through the book turning each page trying ever so hard not to rip them‚ finally up to the last diary entry. Everything happened so fast! I feel like I’m in a never-ending nightmare‚ a living hell. Laura is gone‚ and I helped him‚ why did I believe him? Why didn’t I run away? Can
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Diary Entries of Napoleon Bonaparte November 25‚ 1799 Dear Diary‚ I‚ Napoleon Bonaparte‚ have finally succeeded! I have become the new strong leader of France. Thanks to the Revolution‚ I advanced from the position of lieutenant in the artillery to a full-fledged general‚ which changed my life entirely and gave me a world full of power. I am known to be our nation’s savior and am treated as a hero to everyone. Yes‚ I know people do not like dictatorship and a complete ruler over the whole‚ but
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Daughters of the American Revolution- Diary Entry January 1914 I wonder what the New Year will bring. I bet it’ll be another year of a food shortage and starvation. More and more ships everyday are being sunk‚ therefore our goods fall out and fall to the bottom of the sea. I’m struggling to survive off grisly slices of dehydrated bread. It is very snowy outside‚ and while I admire the snow‚ we don’t have thick enough clothes to keep us warm. February 1914 Today was cold‚ so I stayed inside
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Prisoner of war diary entry 19th of April 1941 marks my second in year in this prisoner of war camp‚ I managed to gather a pen and paper from a guard to write this diary entry. I am very scared and I wonder how my father is going as it is his birthday tomorrow and I haven’t seen him for actually I can’t even remember the last time I saw him it was that long ago. This camp is like death; they are making me work day and night‚ getting up at 4 in the morning and not getting back to bed until at
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Diary Entry 1 We Africans had everything we had possibly wanted: Shelter‚ food‚ and family & friends to rely on. But we were all lacking something as a continent‚ and that was ‘freedom’. Now I’m going to explain how I was captured and brought up to be a slave. It was a typical day in Ghana when my mother asked me to go and milk the cow at our farm that was just before the woods. I had always been an exploratory person and this time I wanted to go and discover the woods. I had always been told
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6 Diary Entries Alex is fourteen years old when he learns that his Uncle has died in a car accident. He finds this odd as he knows his Uncle to be a predictable character who is generally very careful. Alex’s Uncle is a banker and he therefore feels very suspicious of his death. As he is the only living relative‚ he cannot talk to any other family about the way he is feeling. As Alex is unable to talk to anyone about the way he is feeling‚ he needs to find out further information for himself
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Meghan Lichauco Mrs. Gardner April 20‚ 2015 The Great Gatsby: Diary Entries Dear Diary‚ One lovely October day in 1917‚ I was taking a ride with the most wonderful man‚ by the name of Jay Gatsby. He had a way of making me feel so absolutely important when he looked at me. And when I talked I knew he was listening to every word that came out of my mouth. Usually when I talk everyone just takes me for a fool and barely pays any attention at all to what I’m saying. But not him. When he smiled at me
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Austin Zhuang Mr. Monroe Lit/Writ 1 12 Feb 2014 To Kill A Mockingbird: Post-Trial Diary Entry 21 November 1935 Dear Diary‚ It has come to an end of the trial‚ and all I am feeling right now is this situation‚ which feels extremely tense. Tom Robinson‚ the suspect in whom my dad‚ Atticus‚ is defending has still been considered guilty‚ even after my dad’s long speech of “equality among race” to the courthouse. I have apathy for the cruelty and harshness in the society of Maycomb
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