BOOK REPORT: THE DIARY OF LADY MURASAKI SHIKIBU The author who brought to us The Tale of Genji‚ a novel now regarded as the first written novel in history‚ left behind an arguably more treasurable artifact: a diary that opens a window into history. The Diary of Lady Murasaki by Lady Murasaki Shikibu gives the reader a glimpse of the imperial court during eleventh century Japan and presents the past in an illuminated vision. Being an attendant in the imperial court‚ Lady Murasaki is frequently
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a plan of action. In that connection Helen Simpson wrote the short story “Diary of an Interesting Year” for the American magazine The New Yorker. “Diary of an Interesting Year” is a humorous post-apocalyptic story that begins in February 2040 from where it extends over nearly one year where the reader gains an insight into a world that has sustained the severe consequences of the global warming. Through her diary we follow the narrator who is a thirty-year-old woman living in a small town
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SUMMARY OF ’FREEDOM WRITERS’ FROM A TECHER’S VIEW ‘Freedom Writers’ is a movie that I had watched for the first time during the class last week. The protagonist of this story is Ms.Gruwell or also known as Ms.G by the students. She is a daughter‚ a wife and a teacher. The story mostly took place at the classroom and the school. Ms Gruwell is a new teacher in the school‚ which have a racist problem among the students. Beside that‚ the senior teachers in that school was just ignored the students’
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Anne Frank: Diary of a young Girl “The Diary of a young girl” is an autobiographical novel written Anne Frank which details her experiences during the time of Nazi revolution. The book was conceived right after Anne received a diary as a birthday gift from her father‚ Otto Frank. Being the main character‚ Anne displays a spirit of endurance which is exemplified throughout the text. In deed endurance serves as a unique human spirit as characterized by Anne Frank‚ whereby she is able to endure
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Sierra Wardell Poetry Response Tuesday March 12‚ 2013 “The Writer” By: Richard Wilbur The passion one has for something can make those who have never related to it have a desire to understand it in order to experience the same passion. The Writer. This poem has too many words that could be said about it. Although this poem is about a father telling the readers about his daughter when she writes‚ it goes so much deeper than that. I find the theme of this poem to be passion. Three different examples
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Formative assignment: discuss the role of the writer in society‚ with reference to specific examples. The ‘writer’s’ role is vital to society in many ways. From the newspapers that are written to be informative‚ to the poets that are taught for education‚ from the bible that millions follow on a daily basis to fictional novels for entertainment. On one hand‚ Literature is all around and can be extremely influential‚ informative and enlightening. On the other hand‚ literature can be dangerous and
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stand as a writer? This was a question I constantly asked myself and pondered about whether it was writing for a hobby or for a class assignment. Through the years of writing on the side‚ and creating stories from the fiction of my imagination‚ to sitting in English classes with constant interest to improve my writing‚ I found the passion and craving to write something‚ growing more vibrantly inside me‚ and feel as though it constantly changes my viewpoint and have emerged to the writer I’ve always
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their time of need. Another thing Anne included in her diary is that despite the fact that she was trapped in an attic with some people she barely even knew‚ with no fresh air‚ no communication to the outside world‚ a limited food supply‚ and was barely even allowed to move around‚ she says that she was still lucky to be in hiding and not like all the other Jewish people in the concentration camps. Anne has said this multiple times in her diary‚ which means she really meant
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How significant were the Freedom Rides and the Tent Embassy and what has been the long term impact on reconciliation in Australia? Rights for Aborigines were very limited compared to those for immigrated Australians until very recently. A number of events in the 20th century helped bring more rights to Aborigines. Two of these events were the Freedom Rides of 1965 and the Tent Embassy‚ first seen in 1972. The Freedom Rides of 1965 took place in New South Wales from the 12th to the 26th of February
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PIONEER DIARIES The Oregon Trail was much more than a pathway to the state of Oregon; it was the only practical corridor to the entire western United States. The places we now know as Washington‚ Oregon‚ California‚ Nevada‚ Idaho and Utah would probably not be a part of the United States today were it not for the Oregon Trail. That’s because the Trail was the only feasible way for settlers to get across the mountains. The journey west on the Oregon Trail was exceptionally difficult by today’s standards
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