Diary of Lady Murasaki Response Questions 1. Drawing evidence from the text‚ describe Lady Murasaki. Who is she? What is important to her? How important is she politically? Why do you think she keeps her diary? What are her frustrations with life at court? How typical/atypical is she as a woman in Heian Japan? Lady Murasaki was a Japanese poet at the Imperial court and served under Empress Shōshi. She writes this diary during her experiences at court and she finds the life of a lady-in-waiting
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emotions of the responder because non-fiction literature is based on a true story. Non-fiction authors give responders the ability to understand the experiences and difficulties that they have faced and gone through. For example taking a look at the diary of Anne Frank creates an eagerness as you read from one line to the next. (Wednesday the 13th of January 1943 - top of page 84: “I could spend hours telling you about the suffering the war has brought‚ but I’d only make myself more miserable. All we
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Dear Diary Its 1687 and I just left Barbados and I’m heading to Connecticut and I’m coming to live with my family who I never met .They are unaware that I’m coming. On the ship‚ I met Nathaniel Eaton‚ the first mate and the Captains’ son. I also met John Holbrook who is coming to study in Connecticut and I also saw the Cruff family. A little girl I saw on the ship named Prudence dropped her doll in the water I dove in after it. All the passengers got mad and a lady named Goodwife Cruff says that
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stories “The Diary Of Anne Frank” and “Freedom Writers”. In the “The Diary Of Anne Frank”‚ thirteen-year old Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding to avoid the Nazis. Anne must accept and make the most out of her gloomy situation to survive. In the movie “Freedom Writers”‚ ninth grader Eva and her classmates have rough lives because of race and differences. With no hope for the future‚ the students meet Mrs. Gruwell‚ who turns their negative worlds upside-down. Both “The Diary Of Anne
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Diary of Anne Frank Analytical Essay The Diary of Anne Frank is well known around the world today. In the play‚ The Diary of Anne Frank‚ the use of dramatic conventions such as asides‚ monologues‚ and apostrophes were used to contribute to the overall serious yet hopeful tone of the production. To begin with‚ there is multiple times where the families used asides to help the audience understand the lack of things and such an unfortunate life they lived. For example‚ each person talked about
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Anne Frank’s diary is a diary of a young Jewish child who was forced to hide because of the persecution happening in Europe. It showcases the perspective of a 15-year old girl during the time of World War II. Recorded in the diary are the thoughts‚ emotions‚ feelings and the events that happened in the life of a young girl subsisting under unusual and extraordinary conditions. Also‚ it describes Anne’s perception about herself‚ the people around her and life in general as well. Moreover‚ it illustrates
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Unit 208 Outcome 1: Understand a diary system 1.1 A diary system allows for efficient time keeping – it allows other people to see where you are and at what time. This reduces the likelihood of appointments being missed and conflicting schedules e.g. double booking rooms 1.2 Diary systems can be split into manual systems and electronic systems – manual systems e.g. book bound diaries and wall charts are in paper form and are not so easily accessible to all employees whereas electronic systems
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Anne’s last diary entry was on August 1‚ 1944 and they were arrested on August 4‚1944 so she didn’t write in her diary on the day she was taken. The Frank family was hidden in the Annex with the Van Pels and Fritz Pfeffer. They whole Frank family was brought to Auschwitz in southern Poland. Anne and Margot were later taken to Bergen-Belsen in northern Germany. They changed camps because they were too young to die. They were treated Ruthlessly and cruelly. They forced to do hard labor. Most of the
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Diary Entry 1 I could tell Tai’s grieving period would be considerable‚ unless I found someone to take Elton’s place right away. The next day in class a new guy named Christian came into my class and he was hot. Okay‚ okay I know I said I would find a guy for Tai‚ but I suppose there’s no harm in finding one for myself also. During the next few weeks I did what any normal girl would do. I sent myself love letters‚ flowers and candy. Just so he’d see how desired I was. Just in case he didn’t already
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The works of literature Metamorphous by Kafka and the Diary of a mad man by Lu Xun both explore topics of savagery and reality. The structures of these two readings were completely different as diary of a mad man was structured as a short story with daily journal entries. The diary described the transformation of Madman’s thoughts from day to day. Metamorphous is based on a first person narrative of traveling salesmen that also explores the topics of savagery and reality through Gregor’s transformation
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