Journal Entry #1‚ “Soldier’s Home”‚ By Ernest Hemingway‚ p. 187‚ word count SUMMARY The short story “Soldier’s Home” by Ernest Hemingway talk about Krebs’s internal conflict. He is a soldier from Oklahoma who experienced the monstrosities of The Great War. He enlisted in the Marines in 1917 and did not come back home until the summer of 1919. When he came back‚ though‚ he was not himself anymore. He does not want to talk to anyone after telling lies to the people and his friends about what happened
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Journal Entry #1 Most of my high school experience has not been pleasant. I have struggled with depression and anxiety‚ as well as physical health problems since the end of sixth grade. My attitude and attendance in school have been inconsistent up until the end of last year; my second junior year. Up until that moment‚ I thought that school was a complete waste of time‚ and that the only thing our education system was meant to do was condition people to give up their individualism and turn them
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Ponyboy’s Journal Entry Me and Johnny have been hiding from the police for a couple of days now. I’m sure Darry‚ Soda‚ and the rest of the gang are worried sick about us. I haven’t gotten much sleep since we went into hiding‚ I am betting Johnny hasn’t either because it is hard to get good sleep while your laying on the cold floor of an abandoned church and when you are thinking about everything that went on with our lives the past couple days. Earlier today Johnny went to the store to get some
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Journal Entries 1.)A noble "Moor"‚ in the service of the Venetian State‚ Othello is introduced to us in the very first scene by the term "Moor"‚ when Iago complains that Othello has made Cassio his lieutenant and not him. We also learn from Iago that Othello has a relationship with the fair Desdemona. Respected by the Duke of Venice‚ who is the first to address him by name (Othello in Act I‚ Scene III) and who sends for him when Cypress is threatened by Turkish forces‚ Othello is continuously
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Sports‚ in many ways‚ affect us mentally just like it affected the actions of the kids at Devon. Finny views athletics as an "absolute good‚" and throughout A Separate Peace‚ athletic contests represent an alternative to war. Like war‚ sports involve opposing sides and intent on victory‚ but unlike war sporting events lack the casualties common to the battlefield. Finny’s perspective on sports is exactly the opposite of his views on the war. He sees war as a construct invented by governments‚ a conflict
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A Separate Peace By: Anonymous E-mail: intrepidhp@home.com A Separate Peace A Separate Peace is a novel by John Knowles that is about prep school experiences during World War II. This book was a good story about an adolescents attempt to understand the world and himself. I enjoyed reading about Gene’s journey towards maturity and the adult world. This book takes place in Devon School‚ New Hampshire during a summer session when Gene Forrester was sixteen years old. One day Gene and Finny‚
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they do not know how to react to it. Innocence can be lost in a number of ways but most innocence is lost through knowledge. In John Knowels’ A Separate Peace‚ the main character‚ Gene Forrester‚ gained new ideas and knowledge that replaced his innocence. This made him believe that he was better suited to live in his harsh reality of a life. In A Separate Peace‚ innocence and loss there of is one of the most apparent archetypes throughout the novel. Knowels uses this archetype to portray Leper’s philosophy
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Journal Entry#2 It was finally the next day. I was thinking about our plan all night yesterday. I started to doubt that the plan would even work but I kept my hopes high. I came out of my cabin and I knew that I and Billy would escape this night. I was approached by the guards and they told me to pick up cotton near Bobs castle. As I was picking up the cotton I thought to myself that I would now escape and I would never have to do this ever again. I was finally finished picking up all the cotton
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Emma by Jane Austen Journal entry 1 The beginning of ’Emma’ is set in a small imaginary country village called Highbury‚ in around 1814 and the mood is playful and happy. The main characters in this scene are Emma Woodhouse the persona‚ Mr Woodhouse‚ Ms Taylor and Mr Knightly. Emma Woodhouse is described as ’Handsome‚ clever‚ and rich’ and happy because she ’had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her’ The writer portrays how she is used to having
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While there are many themes in John Knowles’ novel‚ “A Separate Peace”‚ one of the most significant themes is friendship. A friend is‚ "a person who is well-known to another and regarded with liking and loyalty." Gene is a smart hardworking boy‚ while Phineas‚ or Finny‚ is a great‚ natural athlete. Gene and Finny met because they are dorm roommates and became friends because they have common interests and because they envy each other’s strengths. An example of Gene envying Finny’s personality is
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