Written task Great Gatsby Jonne Velthuis V5b June 10‚ 1922 Dear Diary‚ This night we went to a party at Gatsby’s place. This week I’ve dined with him before and Daisy insisted on going to the festivities. Word goes around that there are parties there every week. First I had no interest in going‚ but there is something about this Gatsby. I think he has an eye on Daisy or something. This man shouldn’t be trying tot get an affair with Daisy‚ or I’ll punch him in the face. Although
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Diary entry 1 One of the things that I had to do in the Hitler Youth was burn books. I did not even want to burn the books‚ but I had to if I didn’t want to blow my cover. The book burning was unnecessary. Why do you need to burn something that has nothing to do with you? They burnt those books because they didn’t say what the Nazi’s wanted them to say. The best books in the world burnt because the Nazi’s don’t want people to think differently. The whole thing angered me. I was fuming inside‚ but
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Entry 1 I am John Grant. I’ve never had a journal before‚ but I feel like I need to document this hard and dangerous journey I am about to go on. Yesterday I was eating with my wife Mary and my three children Degory 15‚ Wrestling 13‚ and Florence 4. Then I heard a knock on the door‚ I answered well dressed man and he said he was a farmer from the southern part of Missouri. He offered me $900 for my house‚ my land in a bit of my farming equipment. I was overwhelmed by the amount of happily
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9/19/2012 In the play The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller applied the word "crucible" as a severe test or trial. Indeed‚ the characters of the play all lived through an immense ordeal. The trials and the executions were traumatic‚ and many characters were affected by what had happened. Many Salem citizens were in favor of the courts at first; later‚ however‚ began to despise the court. One of these characters was Reverend Hale of Beverly. As Hale came into Salem‚ his goal was to preserve goodness. He knew
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DIARY ENTRY: ASSASSINATION OF THE ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND Dear Mr.Obama‚ I am a member of “ Black hand ”‚ and my name is Gavrilo Princip . I joined the “Blank hand” While in Serbia . In 1914‚ I had a mission with other 6 men to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand ‚ the heir to the AustroHungarian throne‚ during his visit to Sarajevo on 28 June. The reason is we wanted to break away from AustriaHungary and join Serbia‚ and the goal of “Black hand” is tried to help make it happen
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Raymod’s Diary Entry: Dear Diary‚ Today was tryouts for the Franklin High School boys’ basketball team. I am a sophomore this year‚ I am proud that I made it this far. This year will be my first year trying out for a basketball team. I am nervous‚ what if I am not good enough for a team? There was only 2 other white kids there at the tryouts. During the drills I think I did pretty well‚ but when we started doing ball handling drills…. I think that’s where I messed up. Some boy that was smaller
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Nathan Hale In the small town of Coventry‚ Connecticut on June 6‚ 1755‚ Nathan Hale was born‚ to devout Puritans‚ Deacon Richard Hale and Elizabeth Strong Hale. Hale was the sixth of twelve children. The Hale’s had 9 boys and 3 girls. Hale’s parents were concerned that he wouldn’t survive his first year‚ like the two children before Hale (Lough 8). Even though he was a sickly small child‚ with weak lungs he did not let that stop him from loving the outdoors (Lough). As Hale got older‚ he became
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On the diary entry on 2 January ‚ 1944 anne stated that she was turning over pages in her diary. Of those pages she said she came across letters dealing with the subject mummy. Anne was shocked and wondered “Anne is it really you mentioned hate”? She sat there and thought about it and how it came about that I should have been so brimful of rage. Really so filled with such a thing as hate that i had to confide it all in you. She talked about trying to understand the anne of a year ago and excuse
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about? A good example of this‚ in Arthur Miller’s four-act play The Crucible‚ happens when Reverend John Hale finds himself in a community entwined with lies‚ deceit‚ and betrayal. The play starts out in Salem‚ Massachusetts when a group of girls are discovered dancing in the woods at night. The girls’ actions lead the local town’s people of Salem in a suspicion of witch-craft when Betty Parris‚ the daughter of the local minister Reverend Parris‚ lay in bed one morning not being able to wake. Caught up
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It was October of 1917‚ I was eighteen at the time and Jordan was sixteen‚ when I met Gatsby. In those times my family was doing really well financially and life was simple. When I wore clothing the color white was always my favorite. On the day I met Gatsby in fact I was wearing white and he was wearing his uniform. We hung out for a while and I could see in his eyes that he wanted more than friendship. It took a while for me to start having feelings‚ but it was to late. He was enlisted and left
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