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    Dear‚ Journal I can’t believe that awful‚ no good man‚ John Proctor. He had the nerve to pick that whining wife over me. I am far better than that low life Goody Proctor. We have vastly different traits; we are like day night. She is a naive‚ simple woman. I on the other hand‚ am an adventurer. I am smart‚ healthy‚ and certainly far from simple. Why‚ any man would be lucky to have me as their wife. Elizabeth is a old hag who should just disappear off our land. I am a beautiful‚ young‚ healthy woman

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    Entry 1 I’ve returned from the dreadful war in which entrapped me. I’m set free and life has resumed. But it’s still has been miserable. I had high hopes and was ready to return to normalcy. Anything but that happened. My wife had our third child‚ a girl‚ who was the most beautiful baby I’ve ever seen. But it wasn’t the right time. The flu had been sweeping the streets and I’d hear about another death each day. I tried so hard to keep her safe‚ to keep her healthy. But eventually it spread to our

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    Dust Bowl The lives of millions were changed when the dust came to town. Crops were lost. Lives were lost. Human dignity was in short supply. This event‚ which caused dust to squeeze into the tiniest of places‚ was called the Dust Bowl‚ and no one was immune from its fury. The Dust Bowl‚ caused mainly by poor farming practices‚ had a devastating effect on Oklahoma‚ but the government intervened and implemented methods to keep another Dust Bowl from occurring. During World War I farmers were asked

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    I pry my eyes open after yet another restless night. For a fleeting moment‚ I feel peaceful as my body lays completely still and my thoughts are silenced; unfortunately‚ the brief moment of serenity quickly fades‚ leaving in its place a sense of gut wrenching guilt. These days‚ it seems to be the only emotion that I am capable of feeling. Images of Duncan’s bloodied body appear in my mind and I feel a wave of nausea hit me. My fingers instinctively wrap around the candle by my bedside. I let out

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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 1930’s were a decade of great change politically‚ economically‚ and socially. The Great Depression and the Dust Bowl wore raw the nerves of the people‚ and our true strength was shown. From it arose John Steinbeck‚ a storyteller of the Okies and their hardships. His books‚ especially The Grapes of Wrath‚ are reflections of what really went on in the 1930’s. John Steinbeck did not write about what he had previously read‚ he instead wrote what he experienced through his travels with the migrant

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    To Kill a Mockingbird is a story that where the Dust Bowl affected Atticus because he had to leave his farming job from the crops that were dried out. With no crops to work out on Atticus had to provide for his family‚ and he had to be able to feed his family. The Dust Bowl was a big drought that made Oklahoma‚ Texas‚ and in some parts of Kansas‚ Colorado‚ and New Mexico. This took place in 1934 right in the middle of the Great Depression. The people who were affected were people were the people

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    April 26th 1915 There isn’t much to be seen from the ships as we are so far out‚ but from what was coming back from the landing‚ not much was to be imagined. Wounded men were pouring off the sets of rowboats being pulled by the steamboats. Many of the soldiers were unrecognisable. My thoughts went out to my little brother who had been so excited to enlist‚ but it wasn’t the case anymore. I had heard one of the captains talking about the thousands of men who had already lost their lives to the

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    Dear Journal‚ My name is Hernan Cortes and I want to be a conquistador. I was born of Christian faith in Medellin Spain in 1485 but I’m not exactly sure what my exact date of birth is. I am a son of a well-known noble Spanish family; my mother‚ Catalina Pizarro Altamirano and my father‚ Martin Cortes. When I turned 19 I moved to Hispaniola as part of the Cuba conquest. I attended Salamanca University studying law when I was 14 as this is what my parents wanted but I could never concentrate on my

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    Written Task 2 Anushka Rajbhandari Ms. Rubeena Shrestha English A: Language and Literature Date: 6th May 2013 Rationale Title: My Diary Are of Communication and Type of Text: Diary Entry The recent improvement in mass media and technology has brought a drastic change in the society. People’s perception of life is being influenced constantly and with it the representation of teenagers in movies has changed. Earlier movies portrayed teenage girls as distractions and sexual objects. However

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