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    Vampire Diaries

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    he Vampire Diaries is a hit supernatural teen drama television series about a seventeen-year-old girl‚ Elena‚ who is caught up in a mystical world between two extremely handsome vampire brothers. It’s very comparative to Twilight and Buffy the Vampire Slayer with the typical ‘teenage girl falls in love with a vampire’ story. It first aired in September 2009‚ not long after the topic of Vampires had significantly escalated‚ and the show instantly became a teen favorite with almost five million viewers

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    Gladiator Diary

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    _THE DIARY OF A GLADIATOR_ 12/05/58 Dear Diary‚ Today was possibly the worst day in my entire life. I shall start from the beginning. When I woke up I felt an uncontrollable need for freedom. I had the bad feeling in the bottom of my stomach and I couldn’t get rid of it. I felt terrified‚ captured. I sneaked out of the house and ran. I ran from myself‚ from the thoughts in my head. I needed to clear my mind. It felt like a huge and terribly real nightmare. An endless nightmare. I ran and prayed

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    Pioneer Diaries

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    PIONEER DIARIES The Oregon Trail was much more than a pathway to the state of Oregon; it was the only practical corridor to the entire western United States. The places we now know as Washington‚ Oregon‚ California‚ Nevada‚ Idaho and Utah would probably not be a part of the United States today were it not for the Oregon Trail. That’s because the Trail was the only feasible way for settlers to get across the mountains. The journey west on the Oregon Trail was exceptionally difficult by today’s standards

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    Diary of Tybalt

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    Dear diary‚ Angry as I am‚ I saw that Romeo‚ from the Montague family‚ in my party‚ and right away‚ I knew my ball would be ruined. I would not enjoy this spectacular party which I have arranged because I had to deal with that BRAT! Who does he think he was to come in my party‚ how daring was it for him to had come here uninvited? So very crude. I heard his voice from afar‚ it irritated me. I immediatley knew I had to do something about it‚ I equiped my sharp blade‚ and once I was about

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    Scrooge's diary

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    Scrooge’s Diary My Diary The last of the Spirits Tonight the last of the spirits came. The Ghost‚ it looked nothing but dreadful‚ mysterious‚ foreboding and ghastly. It was like a shadow leading me to the future. His transparent hands pointed to the places he wanted to show me but never said a word‚ as he was mute. Since I had met the Ghost I felt something wicked‚ awful‚ deadly and wrong was going to happen. Visit to the City and the Man’s Funeral The spirit took me to the City‚ where

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    Diary of the Mockingjay

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    Timothy Kieu Watson HSE Period 2 September 1‚ 2014 Diary of Katniss Everdeen Entry #1 My name is Katniss Everdeen and I am the mockingjay. I was chosen for the 74th and 75th Annual Hunger Games and I ended it all. Prim is dead‚ mom and gale went to the help people. I killed snow and ended the corrupt government with a new generation of freedom and hope. I see a therapist twice a week and she told me it would help to write this diary but I don’t understand how remembering the gruesome past will help

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    What was the role of the railroads in the settlement of the Great West? The role of the railroads in the late 1800’s increased the population and the economy of the Great West. With the completion of the railroads in 1869‚ it opened the market for the eastern and western communities of the United States to bind the unsettled territory together. The railroad brought so much change at a rapid‚ exhilarating rate. It meant change in the lives of Indian people‚ white settlers‚ and even the game of hunting

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    Motorcycle Diaries

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    Bryan Sierra Mex. Ame. Film studies 1-10-13 Per.5 Motorcycle Diaries Film Exam The movie Motorcycle Diaries is about to friends Ernesto Guevara who has the nickname “fuser” and Alberto Granado. Ernesto is a doctor in the process; he has taken a break from his studies to go on a trip‚ and Alberto is a biochemist. These two friends set off on a journey that starts off in Buenos Aries to travel across the whole region of South America on a motorcycle. From the beginning these two friends

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    Titanic Diary

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    A Voyage to Remember Dear Diary‚ April 10‚ 1912‚ 12:00 A.M. The Titanic is HUGE. I’m waiting in line to board it right now. Since it is a long line‚ I figured I could write a quick entry in my diary. I’m riding on the Titanic to New York to take care of my very ill cousin. She has been ill for a couple of weeks and I am the only family she has‚ so when I heard about the Titanic‚ I bought a first-class

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    Cinderella's Diary

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    of the tone or imagery can help create the overall meaning for a poem. Adding one of these or even both can help visualize the readers mind into better understanding how the writer wants to convey the meaning of a poem. The poem “Cinderella’s Diary” is a short poem that is supposed to be about Cinderella’s life‚ taking place after “happily ever after”. It goes to show that not everything has a happy ending. The very beginning of the poem starts with Cinderella stating that she misses her stepmother

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