I chose to read a book that sounded really interesting to me. I found out about it last year during one of the Book Festivals. The book is called Zlatas Diary‚ and it is written by Zlata Filipović. It is from the Memoir/Autobiography genre. This is a diary that was published‚ and the author became really famous because of all the things that she had to go through‚ and because of her experiences. She had many journalists coming to interview her. The setting is in Sarajevo‚ Bosnia and Herzegovina during
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Many military families may have their own “deployment diary”‚ as some may know‚ this can be a bit challenging for families. This article gives many challenging situations with being a military wife and trying to raise two young children while the husband is deployed. The couple have been together for ten years. During the full ten years the husband has always been in the military. While enjoying having friends and family around‚ her five year old daughter ask if she could look at pictures while sitting
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Dear Diary‚ Like Macbeth‚ I was a general in King Duncan’s army. People admired my bravery‚ they feared my wisdom. The facade that hid my emotions intimidated people; I wasn’t to be messed with. Macbeth and I were walking back from our victory in the battle when we crossed a heath which seemed unusually misty and foggy. It was as if I could feel the eerie presence of evil‚ and that’s when we saw them; three old looking ladies. We had crept cautiously to investigate the matter; the witches had been
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian The novel “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” written by Sherman Alexie is an inspiration to the younger generation. The novel targeted young adults when Alexie was writing it; however‚ she has got a positive response from many people. The fans of the book include students both teens and pre-teens who wrote letters to Alexie expressing the love they have towards the book. It was a surprise to Alexie when she received autobiographical letters
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3. As Mia in Princess Diary‚ write a reflection of your time when you went through the princess lessons. Me‚ a princess? At first I was shocked and rejected the whole idea which came about by the death of my father‚ Philippe Renaldi. My expectation in life is to be invisible and I am good at it. Being forced into this by my mother‚ I reluctantly agreed to attend “princess lessons” in preparation for my attendance to the State Dinner and Genovia’s Independence Day Ball. These lessons were conducted
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Civil Rights Moments Diary Antonette Brown HIS/145 March 21st‚2012 Amy Champ February 21‚ 1965 Dear Diary‚ This afternoon I went to the Audubon Ballroom to hear the great Malcolm X speak. When I got to the ballroom things was different there was protesters or police. Any other time Malcolm X meeting in the heart of Harlem had police everywhere. As usual I was with my boyfriend who followed every step of Malcolm‚ he believed that things needed to change and Malcolm
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hermosos paisajes que simplemente quita el aliento. Es una muy buena película para que todos disfruten. Viendo esta película me llevó a averiguar más sobre el Che Guevara‚ y por qué fue llamado héroe del pueblo. In comparing the movie “The Motorcycle Diaries”‚ and the Che Guevara in popular culture‚ this man had a face that every person trusted and loved. From his lost innocence of youth in his early twenties; to his execution in his late thirties it seemed he was the face and the voice of the people
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various ulterior motives at work. Because of this‚ I have been left with nothing; my wife‚ Elizabeth‚ has been convicted and my neighbours are being killed off daily‚ accused of something that is all pretence. I have heard numerous rumours that Mr Hale has been attempting to get other prisoners to confess by saying that they have been conjured by the devil. He knows that the court is corrupt and supposedly wants us to salvage our lives
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How does Hunter S. Thompson present the culture of Puerto Rico as well as American Culture in his book The Rum Diary? Hunter S. Thompson’s novel The Rum Diary tells the story of Paul Kemp‚ a journalist working in Puerto Rico in the only English language newspaper in town. The book mainly documents his experiences with the violent locals‚ and possibly even more violent and alcoholic colleagues‚ as well as painting a realistic picture of the Puerto Rico of the 1950’s. The excerpt begins
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October 1‚ 1962 Dear Diary‚ A lot has happened over the past few months. You absolutely would not believe what happened today. You remember me telling you about that negro‚ James Meredith‚ who was trying to get admitted into the University of Mississippi around the end of May of last year? Well‚ rather than letting it go and forgetting about it like he should have‚ he decided to get the NAACP involved. Apparently they appealed his case all the way up to the Supreme Court and they ruled that
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