Dear diary‚ My parents are not happy with me. I went to school and there’s just a matter of time until something goes wrong. It will obviously go wrong where I hate to go‚ Mrs. Hawthorne’s art class. The bad things started when Mrs. Hawthorne won’t help me. I got steaming mad and I broke her potters wheel into three pieces I felt really sorry but she didn’t believe me. I could feel every one laughing and smiling at me. When mrs. Hawthorne got mad she stormed out of the classroom. The boys started
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by three Africans vi. Exchanged between African masters for several months until he reached the coast where he was sold to Europeans in the Americas 2. Middle Passage i. Describes the terrible conditions of the journey to the Americas and how Equiano survived it while others died or committed suicide 3. Slave Experience in the Americas and Europe i. Barbados plantation Virginia Plantation (Mr. Campbell) British Navy (Pascal & Miss Guerins) Commercial ships in the Atlantic World (Captain
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Dear Diary‚ This week has been so busy that I ‘aven’t been able to write. I suppose life is alrite over ‘ere but it gets kinda lonely. Curley’s borin’ and jus’ sits on his ass all day and all the guys are jus’ crazy bastards. They don’t talk to me‚ turn there noses down at me they do. Think I’m a tart just ‘cause I’m pretty and I’m a gal’‚ the only one on the god damn ranch! I’m the only one ‘ere who knows how to have fun. I met Curley when I was about sixteen. I had run away a year before and
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He burns the skin off layer by layer watching it slowly filter away‚ until finally there is none left‚ and the only thing left to do with them is throw their bodies into the fire. These thoughts infiltrate my mind. I continue to write in this diary as it’s the only thing keeping me sane. I rarely think of Julia. I find it hard to fix her imagine in my mind. A force pulls inside the bottom of my throat‚ pulling its way upward‚ slowly trying to draw back down as I inhale‚ then pulling itself
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Entry #19 – As I Lay Dying: This book switches from narrator to narrator and does not have a truly set main character. Although we get to experience the story from different points of view it is a bit much too keep switching between narrators especially since the deceased character Addie ends up narrating chapters that take place after her death. I‚ personally‚ would have liked it if the book had only one narrator and a set main character to maintain some sort of consistency throughout the book.
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Equiano was born in a province of Africa‚ (Eboe) and begins the book with a description of the people who live there. While young‚ kidnappers came and took him and sold to slave traders. He was sent to the West Indies along the Middle Passage and was purchased by Henry Pascal‚ a lieutenant in the Royal Navy. Pascal had kept Equiano as an aid towards his naval travels even though he was going to give him as a gift. During this time‚ Equiano heard about Christianity and started learning to read and
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First Journal Entry It was March 5th 1770. In the past few years‚ the British raised taxes to reproduce their economic crisis. People in school were furious‚ the school canceled afternoon tea‚ and people wouldn’t but products from Britain anymore. But mom and dad seemed OK‚ they still drank tea and bought carpets or other products from Britain‚ dad said the King would make a decision for a reason‚ and as citizens‚ we should follow. Well‚ I disagreed with him‚ but it was no use. I went to Johns
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Diary entry from Pip’s point of view. 08/12/2012 Saturday Dear Diary‚ Today was a new day for me again. I went alone to the churchyard where the tombstones of my parents and my 5 brothers are in the marshes near my house. I live with my sister Mrs Joe Gargery and her husband‚ Joe Gargery‚ a blacksmith as a burden as she never likes me and always tells me off for everything. I stayed there near the gravestones until afternoon was returning back home‚ when I heard a terrible voice which told
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Living in the (1920s) Dear Darla this is Granny writing to you to inform you of how we did things in 1920. Things such as clothing‚ fashion and how it changed things for good. Hope things are going well with you‚ at the same time there were many things that I adopted to the change as well as others getting the fashion change. You will not believe how sexual activity and other social interaction changed as well; it has a lot to do with how you made it here to be my lovely Darla. The magazines and
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"But sir." Erick interrupted." In a siege timing is everything. The Southern Isles’ has a limited time to take the fortress before we receive help from Arendelle. This fortress is too big cor its current garrison‚ but once the army of Arendelle reach it it would be a hard nut to crack. A day of delay for the twenty-four-pounders is a day added to take the fortress and a day less to receive reinforcements." Nelberg looked in surprise at Erick. "You seem to know some concepts about siege warfare."
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