Dear diary‚ I was one of the best soldiers. I fought for my king‚ alongside one of my closest friends‚ Banquo. We destroyed the enemy and were on our way home from the bloody battlefield when we were confronted by three hideous creatures. These things were not human. They had twisted limbs and eyes sunken deep into their rotting flesh. They were barely covered by dirty‚ ripped up rags. They glared at us‚ and smiled mischievously‚ showing us their yellow teeth. They introduced themselves as the
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Entry 1: I have received this book from by brother‚ Ruben. He gave it to me when I was trapped in the cistern when my brothers were away working. Ruben told me to write in it so people will know what happened to me. He told be he swiped it from my father’s blank books he was planning on writing in. I guess I should start from the beginning…. It all started with my father‚ Jacob‚ who gave me a fancy coat. My brothers interpreted this as he loved me more than them and they distanced themselves from
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first day on the battlefield it’s September 16 1916. Yesterday was the first day that the British and French used their tanks they are slow but can take somewhat of a beating and do some major damage to the germans. Well i could not finish yesterday’s entry we had to take cover because the germans started to bombard us with artillery fire and we lost about 30 people in about two minutes and we found their body covered in rats this morning. So today we are going to use the tanks and artillery and fire
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Entry #1 The date was June 14‚ 2034. I was flying to London‚ England with my private jet. It was a beautiful day. The clouds were puffy and white‚ the sun was shining‚ and there was no wind. Then all of a sudden‚ there was a lot of turbulence. The plane was going crazy going left‚ then right‚ then back to the left. My pilot told me to not panic and that everything is going to be fine‚ but I was having cold feet. The turbulence became so wild‚ the pilot announced that the plane will have to land
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If you know of great abolitionists‚ you may know of the names Frederick Douglass and Olaudah Equiano. These two men went beyond the odds‚ becoming famous writers even through slavery’s drastic conditions. Looking at their narratives‚ “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass‚” and “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano‚ or Gustavus Vassa‚ the African‚” we learn how each of them were brought up through the pains of American Slavery. Frederick Douglass was born a slave and a master
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History\ XXXXX [ 30 September 2011 Equiano Response The book‚ The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano‚ or Gustavus Vassa‚ the African‚ is the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano‚ a male African slave during the eighteenth century‚ which discusses his time spent in slavery‚ his Christian faith‚ and his accomplishment of buying his own freedom. However‚ the thing that I found most interesting about the reading was the incident when Pascal sold Equiano to Captain James Dorn. I found this
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September 1‚ 1941-morning and midday I woke up this morning to the sound of guns firing and complete chaos. It was around five o’clock‚ in people were banging on my door. They were dressed in uniforms‚ with black coats‚ hats‚ and black boots‚ and were demanding me and my family to come with them. I didn’t know what to say or do‚ and I couldn’t defend myself‚ because they had guns‚ and I did not. Guns always beat non-guns. We followed the men‚ and I thought to myself “What am I doing? Please‚ God
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Both The Hungry Tide and The Interesting Narrative Of Olaudah Equiano are tales of sociological hardships combined with a life bound to the sea. The ocean plays a significant role in the text offering disempowerment to some whilst empowering others. In The Interesting Narrative the slave trade was in full swing and a capitalist attitude heavily dominates the text‚ whilst in The Hungry Tide capitalism plays a smaller role and the humanitarian backdrop of the story is a more central theme. In this
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Aileana Kendrick’s made plans for our Hogmanay celebration. Hogmanay is what the Scots call New Year’s Eve‚ a celebration of the last day of the year. The only thing he would tell me it is formal and pack a bag for a two night stay. I will say that male definitely has a romantic streak. I wonder if that is a Selkie trait or is it just him? I certainly won’t be complaining about Kendrick having romantic inclinations. I have a lovely midnight blue silk georgette column dress pick out among
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I am from Sydney‚ Australia. I enlisted in May 1914 and I am 24 and male. I chose to enlist in the war for my country and my family. I wanted to make Australia and my Wonderful wife and daughter proud. When I enlisted is was just over the height requirement of 168cm‚ therefore I was accepted to fight at Gallipoli. My brother‚ only 2 years older than myself also enlisted though as his eyesight was slightly defective he was rejected. I was accepted into the army three days ago. I am so happy that I
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