duress. Fundamentally‚ a diary‚ or journal‚ is a permanent personal record that is kept of events‚ thoughts‚ and ideas associated with an individual. They retain great significance in an individual’s life‚ and hold a great deal of sentimental value. The Diary of a Young girl (1952) written by Anne Frank and the film‚ Freedom Writers (2007) directed by Richard LaGravenese‚ explore this cleansing of the psyche as individuals undergo an introspective‚ reflective process. Diaries hold a great deal of sentimental
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Genetic Counselor Decision-Making Two parents‚ Jenny and Bob Miller‚ are both well educated and rich. They have two children‚ James and Andrew‚ who are both stricken with muscular dystrophy. The prognosis is that their muscular systems will gradually deteriorate‚ resulting in an early death. Yet the advances of medicine hold out the promise of a possible cure in the foreseeable future with gene therapy. Closer to hand is the possibility that embryonic muscle cells from normal individuals might
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what the author has encountered throughout his or her life‚ and is based on memory. They are real life events‚ and sometimes they do not have a happy ending. Despite the fact that The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank‚ does not have a happy ending‚ this memoir is astonishing. I usually enjoy happy endings‚ but this diary touched me more than any other story I have read. This memoir is truly one of the best novels by far. Firstly‚ I can make an effortless connection with her as I read through her journey
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other if “they are all equal?” Conflict is a fight‚ battle‚ or struggle‚ especially a prolonged struggle (dictionary.com). Anne Frank gives an insight on what life was it was like to not know if you would live for the next day. In Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl‚ Anne is living through the turmoil of all the jewish people as her and her family hid from the Nazi’s. Although the situation she is in is horrifying she manages to stay positive minded. Another story‚ Dear Miss Breed‚ a story where
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adapted to any short story or novel when teaching character analysis strategies. It is a student/teacher-friendly‚ hands-on classroom resource that includes the following items: Introduction What’s in Your Character’s Head Diary Entry I Am Poem Character Collage About the Author: Featured on NBC’s More at Midday‚ Kimberly Dana is a multi-award-winning young adult/children’s author and teacher. She is published by the National Council of Teachers of English‚ Parenthood
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Have you ever thought life was so pointless that you just wanted to give up? In the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie‚ Junior felt exactly that way. Junior is an outcast boy who has suffered from a brain injury when he was a small boy. He feared his future because he thought he would be on the reservation forever‚ just like his parents. Junior lets his fear get in the way of the goals he wants to accomplish. But he does overcome those fears in the novel. After
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Book Log Questions Four typed log entries are required. See list of possible -questions. 1.Double space entries. 2. Each entry needs to be 8-12 sentences in length. 3. Indent and type answer(S) using BOLD ARIAL SIZE 14. 4. Answer ALL PARTS of the question. 5. Hit enter after you finished your entry. 1. What surprised you in the book and why? A. Something that surprised me in the book is that Carley’s mom was actually trying to protect Carley from Dennis. She actually wanted Carley back
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In‚ The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie‚ Junior’s life has always been black and white‚ in the sense that there is a white world and his world‚ but he has never gotten a chance to explore the in-between or grey: the mix of the white world and his‚ and he is not expected to. The Spokane Tribe was reluctant to associate with the white people on the outside of the reservation because white people were the main party who had forced seclusion upon them. Going to a white school
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Dear Mrs. Garriott‚ I read The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. The narrator‚ Junior or Arnold‚ introduces himself to us: he is a hydrocephalic‚ meaning he was born with water on the brain. He is also a budding artist and hopes to use his words to connect with people. In the story‚ Arnold undergoes a series of alcohol-related losses: first his grandmother is hit by a drunk driver‚ then his dad’s best friend Eugene is shot in the face at a 7-11‚ and his sister Mary dies
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Sherman Alexie’s‚ “The Absolute True Diary of A Part- Time Indian” is composed in first person narrative through the perspective of the fourteen-year-old protagonist‚ Arnold Spirit Junior. Throughout the narrative structure the writer mimics the style of a personal diary as if written by Junior himself‚ in which Alexie uses humor‚ irony and colloquial language in the form of both verbal text and visual imagery. This technique allows Alexie to keep the readers engaged throughout the novel while he
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