I chose to read a book that sounded really interesting to me. I found out about it last year during one of the Book Festivals. The book is called Zlatas Diary‚ and it is written by Zlata Filipović. It is from the Memoir/Autobiography genre. This is a diary that was published‚ and the author became really famous because of all the things that she had to go through‚ and because of her experiences. She had many journalists coming to interview her. The setting is in Sarajevo‚ Bosnia and Herzegovina during
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war. Uncle Tom ’s Cabin‚ written by Harriet Beecher Stowe‚ was one novel to do both. Abraham Lincoln said to Harriet Beecher Stowe upon meeting her‚ "So this is the little lady who made this big war.". Uncle Tom ’s Cabin had a tremendous effect on early 19th century thoughts of slavery; stirring abolitionist support in the north. The novel is a realistic‚ although fictional view of slavery with the images of brutal beatings and unfair slave practices. After reading Uncle Tom ’s Cabin thousand of northerners
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian The novel “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” written by Sherman Alexie is an inspiration to the younger generation. The novel targeted young adults when Alexie was writing it; however‚ she has got a positive response from many people. The fans of the book include students both teens and pre-teens who wrote letters to Alexie expressing the love they have towards the book. It was a surprise to Alexie when she received autobiographical letters
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October 1‚ 1962 Dear Diary‚ A lot has happened over the past few months. You absolutely would not believe what happened today. You remember me telling you about that negro‚ James Meredith‚ who was trying to get admitted into the University of Mississippi around the end of May of last year? Well‚ rather than letting it go and forgetting about it like he should have‚ he decided to get the NAACP involved. Apparently they appealed his case all the way up to the Supreme Court and they ruled that
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Action Skills Diary Reflective Journal for week ending: _________first week__________________ Goals to be achieved: |The first week we just organise all the things we want to do and build up the questions in the survey for people to complete| |it. So we can go through the assignment to calculate all the result of the questions and discuss want can we do next. | Tasks Undertaken: |The first week we just discuss the question of the survey and send the paper to our classmate and friends
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exposed to certain chemicals at work (ex. benzene)‚ had some types of chemotherapy to treat another cancer‚ have down syndrome or some genetic problems‚ or smoke. Symptoms vary depending on the type of leukemia you have‚ but the most common ones are fever and night sweats‚ headaches‚ bruising or bleeding easily‚ bone or joint pain‚ a swollen or painful
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Tituba’s Diary May 13‚ 1692 Today I told the girls that we would do something different tomorrow. A very special practice that is unknown to the people of this village. We will preform a voodoo ritual . We will meet in the woods and get started right away. Hopefully they gathered all the items and have not forgotten what I have showed them. May 14‚ 1692 Today we preformed the voodoo ritual. It went pretty smoothly except for the fact that Abigail went a little too far. That Abigail
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hermosos paisajes que simplemente quita el aliento. Es una muy buena película para que todos disfruten. Viendo esta película me llevó a averiguar más sobre el Che Guevara‚ y por qué fue llamado héroe del pueblo. In comparing the movie “The Motorcycle Diaries”‚ and the Che Guevara in popular culture‚ this man had a face that every person trusted and loved. From his lost innocence of youth in his early twenties; to his execution in his late thirties it seemed he was the face and the voice of the people
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Of all of the different themes that are explored in the book Uncle Tom’s Cabin‚ one of the most important of them is the theme of race. It’s so important because many of the other themes in this book can all relate back to the theme of race in one way or another. For example‚ the theme of slavery can very easily be related to race‚ but even other themes such as religion or violence were also influenced by race. The main reason that race had such a significant impact on all of these other things was
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Anne Frank Annelies Maria Frank daughter of Otto and Edith Frank‚ was an optimistic‚ outspoken‚ and curious girl. Anne Frank experiences were written in her diary‚ which continues to impact lives around the world today. Otto Frank (father of Anne Frank) decided to go into hiding after realizing that the Germans were going to catch them and send them off somewhere. He decided to hid inside of his own office building. There was one room that couldn’t be seen from the outside. There was only one entrance
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