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    Slavery Diary Entry Essay

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    1800 B.C. (the harvesting season) Dear diary I can’t believe my luck today I just brought some melon seeds from the markets I just hopefully that boost how much my crops are worth. When I get home I reach my new house that I got last month when dad gave me the farm I’m just so lucky that my dad didn’t end up giving the farm to stern (my younger brother) because if he had that would have meant that I would have had to ether join the army or become a peasant and I didn’t want any of those things to

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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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    TKAM Trial: Diary Entry

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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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    Social African slavery in the American colonies first began in the 1670’s and 1680’s‚ particularly in the Chesapeake region. However‚ it wasn’t until the 1700’s that slavery became a full blown business. Events causing the need for slaves were: the lack of English settlers willing to become indentured servants‚ the ability of prospective immigrants to migrate somewhere else in the United States‚ and the lack of open land which turned away potential settlers. The need of the Chesapeake tobacco farmers

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    Few artists have been able to portray so much life and meaning within a landscape painting the way J.M.W. Turner has. Looking at just two of his works‚ The Slave Ship and Fall of the Rhine at Schaffhausen‚ one can easily see the range and the power of this artist. Turner brings to life these scenes between nature and man in a way that communicates the infinite strength of nature and the frailty of humanity. Although these two particular works show very different moods and make different political

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    The roles of women in modern day society have undergone tremendous change since the emergence of the Women ’s Liberation Movement in the 1960 ’s. After decades of gradual progression‚ the assemblage of Australian women to unite under a common cause has led to liberation. Their resorts to often desperate measures has ensured unparalleled achievements. The Women ’s Liberation Movement was a direct result of Feminism.(1) Sparked by various feminist organisations at the time‚ the movement aimed to create

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    Diary Entry #192 April 23rd 1865 This experience has been one of the most outlandish and eerie that one could of imagined. Most things in life can be explained rationally and with little thought to the reason or logic behind them‚ however what I have experienced is quite the conflicting to what I would usually be inclined to think. There must be some type of phenomenon that makes one feel as though one has left the natural world. These occurrences leave no room for logic‚ rationalization or justification

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    Old Finn Diary Entries

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    Diary Entries BOOK TITLE: Keeping Safe the Stars TOTAL # of BOOK PAGES: 295 Page Range: 53-60 Entry #1: Today I went into town to see if Old Finn was getting better. Since the last time I went to see him they said that they would need to see my mother to give her all the information. I had to lie and tell them that mother would be there to see them‚ I could not tell them the truth. I went to Miss Addie’s and she them covered me in makeup and gave me a wig to dress up older so that I would

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    Dear diary‚ as it is the first time I am writing to you‚ I would like to tell a little concerning myself. My name is Romeo‚ and I come from the Montague family‚ with my dad Mr. Montague and my mum Lady Montague. I am sixteen. Not that I have a high regard for myself‚ but I have to say that I am quite attractive‚ bright and sensitive. I live in the middle of a fierce fight between my family and the Capulet’s. This battle has started ages before I was born‚ and will keep on going for generations and

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    Diary Entries: Harold Henry Abbott Enlistment: 10th March 1915 I can not believe I have actually done it. I have officially enlisted myself to fight for Australia in the war two days ago‚ it still quite has not sunken in what I have done. To be quite honest I was reluctant in my mind to do it at first. Reason being is I am quite comfortable back home with my job of being a Brushmaker. But I knew that if I did not enlist myself my family would have been delivered a white feather. Which is symbolic

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