Diary Entry 1 We Africans had everything we had possibly wanted: Shelter‚ food‚ and family & friends to rely on. But we were all lacking something as a continent‚ and that was ‘freedom’. Now I’m going to explain how I was captured and brought up to be a slave. It was a typical day in Ghana when my mother asked me to go and milk the cow at our farm that was just before the woods. I had always been an exploratory person and this time I wanted to go and discover the woods. I had always been told
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6 Diary Entries Alex is fourteen years old when he learns that his Uncle has died in a car accident. He finds this odd as he knows his Uncle to be a predictable character who is generally very careful. Alex’s Uncle is a banker and he therefore feels very suspicious of his death. As he is the only living relative‚ he cannot talk to any other family about the way he is feeling. As Alex is unable to talk to anyone about the way he is feeling‚ he needs to find out further information for himself
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Meghan Lichauco Mrs. Gardner April 20‚ 2015 The Great Gatsby: Diary Entries Dear Diary‚ One lovely October day in 1917‚ I was taking a ride with the most wonderful man‚ by the name of Jay Gatsby. He had a way of making me feel so absolutely important when he looked at me. And when I talked I knew he was listening to every word that came out of my mouth. Usually when I talk everyone just takes me for a fool and barely pays any attention at all to what I’m saying. But not him. When he smiled at me
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We have now begun our journey to South Carolina. I can’t wait to arrive‚ though I am worried about the travel there. When we first set out‚ father spoke with James‚ Elizabeth‚ and I. He finally thought it was time to tell us about Lexington and Concord‚ I don’t think he knows I know so much about it already. Though he told us some things I was not aware of. He said that‚ even though the colonists lost so many men they still considered the battle a victory. This confused and surprised me‚ they thought
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Diary Entry #192 April 23rd 1865 This experience has been one of the most outlandish and eerie that one could of imagined. Most things in life can be explained rationally and with little thought to the reason or logic behind them‚ however what I have experienced is quite the conflicting to what I would usually be inclined to think. There must be some type of phenomenon that makes one feel as though one has left the natural world. These occurrences leave no room for logic‚ rationalization or justification
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Diary Entries BOOK TITLE: Keeping Safe the Stars TOTAL # of BOOK PAGES: 295 Page Range: 53-60 Entry #1: Today I went into town to see if Old Finn was getting better. Since the last time I went to see him they said that they would need to see my mother to give her all the information. I had to lie and tell them that mother would be there to see them‚ I could not tell them the truth. I went to Miss Addie’s and she them covered me in makeup and gave me a wig to dress up older so that I would
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Diary Entries: Harold Henry Abbott Enlistment: 10th March 1915 I can not believe I have actually done it. I have officially enlisted myself to fight for Australia in the war two days ago‚ it still quite has not sunken in what I have done. To be quite honest I was reluctant in my mind to do it at first. Reason being is I am quite comfortable back home with my job of being a Brushmaker. But I knew that if I did not enlist myself my family would have been delivered a white feather. Which is symbolic
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Dear diary‚ I am completely depressed. I miss my father a lot. He is a legend and he will always be. He was the perfect king for Denmark. I can’t believe how hussy my mother is‚ for getting married to my uncle Claudius. I can’t believe that after one month from my father’s death‚ she got married. What’s worse is that she got married to my uncle which is technically my father’s brother. She is over my father now. She stopped talking about him and feeling sad for him. First‚ she kept crying for a month
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The Crucible Character Diary Project Assignment: Before you begin‚ it is important for you to realize that writing—other than religious poems and praises—was not allowed by the Puritans. It was considered a sin‚ and punishable as an offence. What if one of the characters in The Crucible kept a “forbidden diary”‚ detailing their thoughts and insights on the events happening around them? Most importantly‚ this diary would reveal much about this person’s inner feelings‚ motives‚ and reasoning.
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Entry 1- My father is dead‚ and I am in shock. I do not know why he was killed and that makes me very curious to find out why. I am deeply depressed. My father was a great man who loved the country of Denmark. He was a great King; trusting‚ loyal‚ a man with a loving heart. I sit here and wonder why my mother is to be married to Claudius. My father has only been dead a month. Is that long enough for her to grieve? It seems to me that one month is not long enough to grieve for ones husband.
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