Journal 1: In the introduction‚ we learn about the nameless narrator who is the chief executive officer of the Salem Custom House. Since there are barely any ships that comes to Salem‚ the narrator spends his time trying to amuse himself. One rainy day he stumbles upon a pile of documents and finds a manuscript with a gold cloth in the shape of a letter A. It is a work written by Jonathan Pue‚ who had an interest in local history and he wrote about the events that happened in the middle of the
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Thomas Martin Ward Jr. Wednesday August 15‚ 1860 Current Post: Indianapolis‚ Indiana Dear Journal‚ I now take the opportunity to write you‚ journal‚ and a few lines to let you know that I am well and hope the same for my family back home in Massachusetts. We left Baltimore August 11th‚ and we arrived here August 14th. We rode day and night in the cars. We came here to guard rebel prisons. There is 5 thousand here to guard. I think we shall stay here until our time is out. Only 84 days more
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December 16‚1886 I was a young man when my family’s journey began in the search for freedom. We resided in a decent little neighborhood just in the outskirts of southern Russia. All the families around knew each other very well therefore I could never understand why my family always seemed so miserable. I mean I heard stories and watched the news about bad accidents from muggers to murderers but I never seen anything like that around where we lived. Until one night my father did not come home‚ my
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Entry #1 Page Range: 1 to 22 Entry: At the beginning of the book Greg told about his life being friends with Rowley. When they were younger‚ they were friends. But a few years went by and they grew apart. When they stopped being friends‚ Rowley found this company called cool Brian. It’s a company where college students hang out with kids who don’t have much friends. Almost everyday Rowley would call cool Brian and they would send a guy to play with him. Greg didn’t like that idea‚ so he just looked
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My Journal Entries of Survival on Jewquagh Island This Journal Belongs to Max Young Day 1 I woke up to the sound of the pilot yelling in panic. That’s all I could remember. I was stranded somewhere on an island with not a human to be seen. I was the only survivor on the plane. My t-shirt and jeans were torn up from the crash. I was 13 years old at the time of the crash. My black hair was smeared with blood. I had landed on the shore of a beach. I had been walking on the silky hot sand on the
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Childhood Obesity Journal Childhood obesity is a growing epidemic. However many aspects need to be considered in order to help any child who is overweight. Children that are overweight need to be assessed to determine if the weight problem is due to psychological issues‚ or lack of nutrition and physical activity. Once the causing factor is determined the proper steps can be taken to help the child and the family to live a healthy happy life. Growing up I enjoyed home cooked meals‚ and I was
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The Poor Widow Entry #1: My stomach groins from not eating enough the past week. My ragged clothes cling stick to my body from the sticky sweat. I sheepishly make my way through the market‚ looking for any sort of food that I can possibly afford from begging. In my pocket are two copper coins‚ and I plan to use them wisely. People part my way for me as I walk down the dirt road. I see eyes with pity for me‚ and eyes that find disgust in me. I ignore them both‚ as I meticulously search the large
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English 1101 9/21/13 Reading Journal 3: Throughout Henrietta’s treatment there is confusion on whether or not she was discriminated against for being a Negro. Skloot’s dialogue and text implies that she received the same treatment and Johns Hopkins hospital as she would as a white woman‚ although the time period suggests differently. The advancements of modern medicine are substantial since Henrietta underwent her cervical cancer treatment and even since Skloot’s book was published‚ but even
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English 102 September10‚ 2012 The Lottery “The Lottery” written by Shirley Jackson‚ focuses around an unnamed village on a particular day in the mid summer on June the twenty seventh the time the annual lottery usually took place. The main purpose the lottery served was to make the happening of enough rain in order to have good corn crops the following month after the ritual. In a way the story evolves around the misguided belief that when the villagers sacrificed one of their own to what may
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Dear Journal‚ Today wasn’t a good day‚ it was worst than most days. My brother and I woke up at 4:30am in order to be at the factory at 5:00am. We ate the leftover bread we didn’t eat for dinner on the run to the factory‚ but it was raining today‚ unfortunately‚ and that made us late. Which was what started our horrible day‚ despite the fact that I actually love rain‚ the sound it makes when it hits the ground is calming‚ but I don’t like the consequences it brought my brother and I today. As we
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