choose to bring is called Diaries of Exile by Yannis Ritsos. Before reading‚ I always scan a brief summary of the book and author. Here is one from Archipelago Books‚ A nonprofit press devoted to contemporary & classic world literature‚ “Called “the greatest poet of our age” by Louis Aragon‚ Yannis Ritsos is a poet whose writing life is thoroughly entwined with the contemporary history of his homeland. Nowhere is this more apparent than in this volume‚ a series of diaries-in-poetry Ritsos wrote between
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“The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian” (PTI) is a novel written by Sherman Alexie. The novel follows a Native-American teenage boy named Arnold who lives on a reservation that has to suffer through the troubles of being the only Indian teenager in an all white school at Reardan. The challenges that confronted him when he started at Reardan seemed menacing‚ but through his personal spirit and courage he was able to achieve success at the school. Some of Arnold’s successes include his triumph
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lEnglish IOP final Book – a farewell to arms Topic –diary entry of Catherine barkley Dear diary‚ Over the last few days I am feeling very happy and confused at the same time ‚ this is happening from the day I met him‚ oh he is good in every sence ‚I always imagined a partner like him‚ he is all I want but I am getting thes weird feeling about all of this ‚ I mean it is not that he is evil or anything it is just that I think that he is taking me and my feeling for a game ‚ I mean this is a
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Dear Diary‚ Though this is a treacherous sin I am making‚ I must find a way to clear the thoughts and images that reappear constantly in my consciousness. Today something quite horribly interesting happened in our small town‚ Salem. After our midnight dance with the girls‚ Uncle Parris found us in the woods making all of us scatter immediately. All of us except Betty who collapsed on the ground. She was screaming about how she could not move. Uncle Parris’ face was nothing like I have ever seen
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for conflict to be overcome‚ but in my opinion positive thinking is the best way to overcome it. Here is my reasoning. In the Anne Frank diary‚ Anne and her family had to go into hiding in an attic. She stayed positive mostly all of the time. Where they stayed was very plain so anne put pictures on the wall. She also always kept herself entertained with a diary and she loved the sound of a nearby clock chime. When there was nothing to look forward to‚ or when she thought there wasn’t‚ she always
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For my memoir analysis I chose The Basketball Diaries written by Jim Carroll. The book was first published in the United States by Tombouctou Books in 1978‚ then published and reprinted by Penguin books in 1987. James Dennis Carroll was born on August 1‚ 1949 in New York. He was of Irish Descent and grew up on New York’s Lower East Side. In the sixth grade his brother took notice to his literary talent‚ so he encouraged him to pursue it. Apart from writing‚ Carroll was an all-star basketball player
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and took them to concentration camps. The Franks shared the hiding place‚ or how they called it “Secret Annexe”‚ with another family‚ the Van Daans‚ and Mr. Dussel. While Anne was hiding‚ she wrote all of the events that happened in her diary. As I read her diary I found many differences among characters. One of the major ones was Mr. Frank and Mr. Van Daan. Mr. Frank and Mr. Van Daan acted differently in times of fear‚
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Critical Analysis of the Movie: Diary of a Mad Black Woman Produced: 2005 Director: Darren Grant Producer: Tyler Perry Producer: Reuben Cannon Co-Producer: Mike Upton Executive Producer: Tyler Perry Executive Producer: John Dellaverson Line Producer: Joseph P. Genier Executive Producer: Michael Paseornek December 12‚ 2008 Sociology 100 Critical Analysis of the Movie: Diary of a Mad Black Woman Helen McCarterhas everything that she could possibly want in
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The Crucible character diary project (Descriptive entry) I awoke today with the light streaming into my room and hearing the birds chirping in the distance. As I regained my conscience‚ I smelled the mold and felt damp room conditions all around me that imprisoned me. It reminded me of what would have happened only in a nightmare. It was only yesterday that Corey‚ Nurse‚ Hale and I had gone to help the accused women. So many times I felt that I could win the battle‚ yet just as many times I could
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In the play version of The Diary Of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett‚ 8 people hide in a secret annex in Amsterdam during the Nazi occupation. During this time‚ many jews hid from the nazis who were trying to exterminate the jew race. This was because Hitler claimed jews were the problems and reason for world war 1. There were many changes in people’s attitude because In rough times when people have to adapt to something different‚ their attitudes change and it is always for the
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