I was getting very excited for my husband‚ Henry‚ to return home after a few years‚ which felt like decades. He had left only two years after our marriage when I was 22 and he was 23. He decided to go into the army‚ and left fairly quickly because of the war we were in the middle of. He joined in the year of 1914‚ towards November. In the two years after our marriage‚ I had a little girl in November of 1913. We named her Charolette‚ the same name that was given to her father’s grandmother. “Charolette
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As the diary progresses it becomes dark and troubling‚ Jims’ drug activity and drug choices are increasing. He now smokes marijuana‚ injects heroine‚ “pops” valium‚ drinks codeine cough syrup and takes LSD. More and more of his diary entries are about his drug usage and “hustling” as he calls it. However‚ “his hustling” is his colorful word usage for prostitution. His drug usage is a constant thread throughout the diary. Jim states that he often shares needles and would not hesitate injecting it
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vale and returning home. As we we’re walking back Gaius explained to me that the reason Marcus kept his apartment very sparse is because‚ as the building keeps catching fire‚ he can no longer afford to keep rebuying furniture. This will be my last diary entry before I return home tomorrow as I doubt I will have time to stop and write. I’ve had such an incredible time here experiencing urban life‚ although I have to admit‚ I miss my home even more… I can’t wait to get back! Segment of a letter …. Although
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English Task :) Before The Murder The witches have just told me their prophecy and I don’t know what to think. I have to tell my wife‚ she is an ambitious women and will be thrilled to find out the news. That in my future I will no longer be thane of Cawdor. I will move on to bigger and better things. For prophesised in my future I will become the great King of Scotland. But how am I to achieve these goals of becoming a king. Duncan is a dear friend of mine and trusts me like a brother. How
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September 2nd‚ 1886 August 31‚ 1886‚ was one of the worst days in Charleston‚ that day we had a major earthquake of the likes of which I have never felt. The day started off as a nice calm day. My mom and I were reading a book and then all of a sudden I could hear this rumbling sound that seemed to come from inside earth. It started off as a gentle vibration then after a few minutes the noise and the vibrations became more violent. It was as if the earth had a terrible stomach ache. The shake
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Life of a Slave in the Middle Passage Dear Diary‚ My name is Emem Okeke and I am 13 years old. I have just come off of a train transporting me to a plantation in America. I have been separated from all of my family (my mother‚ father‚ my brother and my sister) and I am most likely going to a different plantation. I was living in Sierra Leone when I got kidnapped. My tribe was a peaceful one‚ and we weren’t in any wars at the time‚ but while all of our tribe was asleep‚ another tribe ambushed us
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have survived the test of time‚ piecing together an era involves making educated assumptions. In the case of Martha Ballard‚ her diary provides us with a limited account of her life from 1785 to 1812. In both the movie and the book‚ the producers and the author have invested great effort into providing an authentic representation of Martha’s time as per her diary entries. This paper will discuss the difficulties faced by Ulrich‚ Richard P. Rogers and Laurie Kahn Leavitt in representing Martha’s time
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Dear Diary (entry two)‚ things have not gotten better; in fact they might have worsened. Ralph called a meeting to discuss how nobody was doing his assigned tasks‚ and instead they were running wild or playing around. Then he threatened us saying that if we do not keep the signal fire we will be stuck on the island with the beast. I do not know how I feel about the beast but I do know that it is causing me a lack of repose. The stories the littluns have told about the beast sounds pretty compelling
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Diary Entries of Napoleon Bonaparte November 25‚ 1799 Dear Diary‚ I‚ Napoleon Bonaparte‚ have finally succeeded! I have become the new strong leader of France. Thanks to the Revolution‚ I advanced from the position of lieutenant in the artillery to a full-fledged general‚ which changed my life entirely and gave me a world full of power. I am known to be our nation’s savior and am treated as a hero to everyone. Yes‚ I know people do not like dictatorship and a complete ruler over the whole‚ but
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Prisoner of war diary entry 19th of April 1941 marks my second in year in this prisoner of war camp‚ I managed to gather a pen and paper from a guard to write this diary entry. I am very scared and I wonder how my father is going as it is his birthday tomorrow and I haven’t seen him for actually I can’t even remember the last time I saw him it was that long ago. This camp is like death; they are making me work day and night‚ getting up at 4 in the morning and not getting back to bed until at
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