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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worn through showing it would have been used for many years‚ believing it was a story I turned the cover to the first page. Reading the first page I noticed it was actually a diary that my dad had written in during 1965‚ I rushed through the book turning each page trying ever so hard not to rip them‚ finally up to the last diary entry. Everything happened so fast! I feel like I’m in a never-ending nightmare‚ a living hell. Laura is gone‚ and I helped him‚ why did I believe him? Why didn’t I run away
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Austin Zhuang Mr. Monroe Lit/Writ 1 12 Feb 2014 To Kill A Mockingbird: Post-Trial Diary Entry 21 November 1935 Dear Diary‚ It has come to an end of the trial‚ and all I am feeling right now is this situation‚ which feels extremely tense. Tom Robinson‚ the suspect in whom my dad‚ Atticus‚ is defending has still been considered guilty‚ even after my dad’s long speech of “equality among race” to the courthouse. I have apathy for the cruelty and harshness in the society of Maycomb
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The setting for The Diary of Anne Frank is in a “Secret Annexe” in Amsterdam‚ Holland. Anne and her family are not the only people that are hiding in the “Secret Annexe‚” the Van Daans live with them also. Anne draws a map in the book to show you a layout of the “Secret Annexe.” It’s pretty large‚ although with eight people living there‚ it’s quite crowded. The plot for the story was for Anne and her family to hide from the Germans until the war was over. Hiding was hard for the Franks
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old in 9th Grade. And welcome to my diary .. It’s hard here in Cleveland‚ my mom died and now I’m getting bullied by these group of white girls that are the “most popular” girls in Ridge high school they’re bullying me because I’m mexican they say that “Donald trump’s gonna build a wall” that “Immigrants from Mexico are "rapists" and criminals. It hurts a lot because they don’t know what’s going on in my mind‚ in my life‚ in my heart… I started writing in my diary because I needed something; someone
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Motorcycle Diaries Directed by Walter Salles As most potential viewers know‚ this film is based on diaries and letters to home written by Ernesto "Che" Guevara during a motorcycle and foot tour of a significant portion of South America during the early 1950s‚ years before Guevara achieved international renown as a Communist and Latino revolutionary. Thus‚ the film functions as an attempt to get at the heart of the person who preceded the myth. The film is therefore difficult to judge as pure
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Dear Diary Right now I’m sitting in the Landie writing this. We’re on the way back from our first trip to Hell‚ bouncing along this remote road. This morning we woke up early to get our stuff packed. We have been staying down in Hell for the last five interesting days. Down in a little clearing surrounded by thick‚ dense scrub and a fresh cool nearby creek below Satan’s Steps. It’s the
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Anne Frank was born in Frankfurt‚ Germany‚ to a Jewish family‚ on June 12‚ 1929. Her father‚ Otto Frank‚ was a businessman. Anne and her older sister Margot grew up surrounded by loving parents and relatives‚ and received a good education. One day‚ Nazi police sent a call-up notice for Anne’s father and for her sister‚ Margot for their transportation to a concentration camp. They flee to their hiding place‚ the Secret Annex the following day. Another family‚ the Van Daans with their son Peter‚ arrive
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inspire people to be willing to take their first steps into the unknown. Once McCandless enters the wild‚ he starts to reflect on his life and the world around him. He writes these reflections in the margins of novels‚ while some were written in his diary. Chris’s life has now become a story that people from all over the world know because of his views and because of the experiences that he
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Drew Riverman Period 4/5 Character Growth “The enormity of our endeavor escaped us in those moments; all we could see was the dust on the road ahead and ourselves on the bike‚ devouring kilometers in our flight northward.”-pg.33 “The Motorcycle Diaries” is a story of a motorcycle trip made by 23-year-old medical student Che Guevera and 29-year-old biochemist Alberto Granado across the South American continent. Along the way‚ Che is exposed to extreme events of poverty‚ vulnerability‚ and overall
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