How does Hunter S. Thompson present the culture of Puerto Rico as well as American Culture in his book The Rum Diary? Hunter S. Thompson’s novel The Rum Diary tells the story of Paul Kemp‚ a journalist working in Puerto Rico in the only English language newspaper in town. The book mainly documents his experiences with the violent locals‚ and possibly even more violent and alcoholic colleagues‚ as well as painting a realistic picture of the Puerto Rico of the 1950’s. The excerpt begins
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October 1‚ 1962 Dear Diary‚ A lot has happened over the past few months. You absolutely would not believe what happened today. You remember me telling you about that negro‚ James Meredith‚ who was trying to get admitted into the University of Mississippi around the end of May of last year? Well‚ rather than letting it go and forgetting about it like he should have‚ he decided to get the NAACP involved. Apparently they appealed his case all the way up to the Supreme Court and they ruled that
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Irene’s Diary Entry Dear Diary 12/05/2068 These past couple of weeks at Gattaca have been pretty intense with the Murder of the director and the FBI searching the place and testing all employees for some kind of result. They found an eyelash in the south wing which gave them a suspect by the name of Vincent Freeman‚ whom is an in-valid‚ they say he used
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Anne Frank Annelies Maria Frank daughter of Otto and Edith Frank‚ was an optimistic‚ outspoken‚ and curious girl. Anne Frank experiences were written in her diary‚ which continues to impact lives around the world today. Otto Frank (father of Anne Frank) decided to go into hiding after realizing that the Germans were going to catch them and send them off somewhere. He decided to hid inside of his own office building. There was one room that couldn’t be seen from the outside. There was only one entrance
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abolitionists in the North the number of escape attempts began to rise. But this time the slaves had help. Abolitionists in both the North and South began to construct secret escape routes for slaves. They called it the Underground Railroad‚ although it wasn’t really a railroad. It was a network of anti-slavery men and woman who would provide escapies with directions‚ sanctuary and any help they needed on their way to the North. These abolitionists called themselves Conductors. It is believed to
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been a very long time since I have written anything. I am so relieved to say that we finally got rescued! I am currently on a ship heading to Australia. I have been on this ship for a fortnight. A lot has changed since I had last written. The last diary entry I had written I was in Ralph’s group‚ but I switched to Jack’s group because he was threatening any littluns that would not come and join his group. I don’t like being with Jack and his group because I feel like I am disobeying Ralph and Piggy
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Diary of a wimpy kid. Jeff Kinney This story is about a boy named Greg Heffley decides to keep a journal‚ not only because his mother wants him to‚ but also because he wants something he can give to people who ask him questions once he becomes rich and multi- famous. Greg details his day to Day life as a middle school student and gives his opinion on bullying‚ e.g. like boys and girls‚ where to sit on the first day of class‚ whom to talk to‚ how to draw cartoons and numerous other topics.
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helped kids and adults with nowhere to go. Harriet Tubman was the conductor of the Underground Railroad. During a ten-year span she made 19 trips and freed over three hundred slaves. Also‚ in all of her trips she has never lost a single passenger. Everyone who attempted to escape through the Underground Railroad succeeded. Harriet Tubman was the most well known conductor of the Underground Railroad. By 1856‚ the reward for the capture of Harriet Tubman was up to $40‚000. Harriet Tubman was a very
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Dear diary I’m speechless. It’s been an awful and tiring day that I don’t even know where to start. Johnny and I are sitting near the sunset at the moment on top of a mountain in the countryside. Confused? I know. Remember I told you about Cherry valance‚ the redheaded girl I met at the movies with Johnny and Dally? Well‚ it has a lot to do with her. Johnny and I were running away (because of Darry) when we were surrounded by Socs. Don’t worry‚ weren’t out of our territory. The guy who we saw
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Eva’s letter The Inspector tells Mr. Birling that Eva Smith/Daisy Renton “left a letter…and a sort of diary”. The letter could be to her nearest relative or to Gerald Croft. Write - as you imagine Eva would have done - the letter and diary entries (between 1910 and 1912) for the key events in her life‚ from her starting to work for Birling & Co. to her suicide. Year and month What happens September 1910 Eva sacked by Birling & Co. December 1910 Eva employed by Milwards. Late January 1911 Eva
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