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Recommend This Book Part Of The Book
678 wordsI read the book, Go Ask Alice. The author was anonymous. The main character was a girl, and her name was not mentioned. It was written as a diary. I thought that this book was very interesting because it was true; it is based on an actual diary of a fifteen-year-old drug user. In the beginning, she has a break up with her boyfriend and is anorexic. She eats very little. She overcomes that obstacle though. The girl moves because her father gets a job at a university as a professor. She moves with...
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Happy Birthday Coffee Shop
1,054 words... r a while? Then why did you write that you are going to stay there for 7 months?"Because it looks cool, doesn't?"Ok, whatever you say, when are you leaving?"I'm not sure, I haven't decided it yet. Linda, just sit down on the sofa for a minute, I will bring you the diary, ok?" I was waiting for him for more than a minute, and started to be curious and suddenly, I could hear a song. It was "Happy birth day to you" from The New Kids On The Block. And John was bringing a cake with 20 candles on ...
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Mr And Mrs Holden Caulfield
1,239 wordsOn May 14, 1998, I received a phone call from Dr. Smith concerning a sixteen-year-old boy named Holden Caulfield, the son of one of his patients. Dr. Smith provided me with a summary of Holden's condition and made me aware of the fact that he needed professional help. After hearing about this, I decided to make an arrangement to meet with Holden's mother. Later that week, Holden's mother arrived at my office and informed me more thoroughly of Holden's condition, in an apologetic tone because she...
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John The Baptist Dorian Gray
1,190 wordsGothic Literature was a natural progression from romanticism, which had existed in the 18 th Century. Initially, such a unique style of literature was met with a somewhat mixed response; although it was greeted with enthusiasm from members of the public, literary critics were much more dubious and sceptical. Gothic writing is a style of literature that relies upon the evocation of moods, feelings and imagery for impact. This style of writing was developed during an age of great scientific discov...
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Years In Prison Watching A Movie
1,958 wordsTitle: Diary of A Survivor: Nineteen Years in a Cuban Womens Prison Authors: Ana Rodriguez and Glenn Garvin Published: St. Martins Press Type of Book: Assisted auto-biography Plot Summary Diary of a Survivor follows nineteen years of Ana Rodriguez's life, a Cuban woman arrested by Cuba's State Security in her late teens. As a teenager she had been an activist against the Batista dictatorship which governed Cuba, and at first welcomed Fidel Castro's take-over of power. Gradually, however, she rea...
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Nineteen Eighty Four Ministry Of Truth
1,205 words"On each landing, opposite the lift shaft, the poster with the enormous face gazed from the wall. It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption beneath it ran. " (Orwell 4 "Nineteen"). George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four presents a negative utopian picture, a society ruled by rigid totalitarianism. The government which Orwell creates in his novel is ruled by an entity known as Big Brother and consists o...
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1984 The Reflection Of George Orwell
1,165 words... displays his understanding of social economic classes through Winston. In Nineteen Eighty-Four, Winston often takes long walks among the Prole section, finding comfort in their masses. Visiting the Chestnut Tree Cafe, Winston takes advantage of the absence of a tele screen which is normally present everywhere, monitoring every move, to speak to an old man about the past. Winston loves the objects of the Proles, and when he finds a glass ornament with a piece of coral inside an antique shop, ...
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Personal Reflection On The Diary Of Anne Frank
606 wordsAnne Frank was a young girl who had gone through enough grief to crush most spirits, but somehow she refused to let the Nazis win. I think its amazing she managed to write so well with all the things going on around her. This article is about my thoughts about her writing style. I really do not know how she learned to write so well, she diffidently had a gift. Her descriptions were so in depth and her way of expressing her self was excellent. For example here is a short passage out of the book. ...
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Los Angeles California Ozzy Osbourne
1,731 wordsRandall William Rhoads was born on December 6, 1956 at St. Johns Hospital in Santa Monica, California. With one brother (Doug) and one sister (Kathy), Randy was the youngest of three. When Randy was 17 months old his father, William Arthur Rhoads, a public school music teacher, left and all three children were raised by their mother, Delores Rhoads. William Rhoads would later remarry, producing Dan and Paul, ... "half" brothers to Randy. Randy started taking guitar lessons around the age of 6 or...
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Biography Of George Orwell Author 1984
1,447 wordsGeorge Orwell was born Eric Arthur Blair on June 25, 1903, in Motihari, India. The Blair's were relatively prosperous civil servants, working in India on behalf of the British Empire. Blair would later describe his family's socioeconomic status as "lower-upper middle class, " on comment on the extraordinary degree to which British citizens in India depended on the Empire for their livelihood; though the Blair were able to live quite comfortably in India, they had none of the physical assets or i...
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Anne Frank Story Of A Young Girl
1,630 wordsJews have perished because of their beliefs since the beginning of time but never have so many Jews been persecuted worldwide as they were in World War II. Anne Franks diary reaches a place within all of our hearts because it reminds us how easily the innocents can suffer. Sometimes we may choose to close our eyes or look the other way when unjustifiable things happen in our society and Annes tale reminds us that ignorance, in part, claimed her life. Sadly, her story is but one of many of those ...
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Roger Is Coming Entry
801 words+Mana Kill+ + web Scarlet Letter Diary Entry's Entry 1 I have arrived at my new home. The boat trip was very rough, even to the extent of making me lose track of time. That unclean, floating mass of death was merciful enough to let me be. Too many children have suffered and died on the way to America. I miss Roger a little bit, and hope he comes soon. I'm very lonely and I don't know what I'll do to keep myself busy. Roger was nice enough to give me money to live off of until he comes to be with...
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World Of Drugs One
1,118 wordsGo Ask Alice This book is actually a real diary, written by a 15 year old American girl who is tossed into the world of drugs. The girl has the 'perfect' life but is forced to change from a child to an adult virtually overnight. She develops a crass attitude, and becomes paranoid, all because of her newly found lust for drugs. It didn't just happen overnight. She started to take sleeping pills and tranquilizers to fall asleep but friends slipped her LSD and from then on she was hooked. She felt ...
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Tele Screen Secret Police
1,044 words... ending well back... being able to remain outside the range of the tele screen" trying to avoid being seen writing in the diary even though "nothing was illegal since there were no longer any laws." Winston thinks about how dangerous it is to allow your thoughts to wander when you are in public or facing the tele screen. Your facial expressions are watched closely and the wrong expression can have dire consequences. For example, looking disbelieving when a victory is announced would be face c...
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War For Independence War In Iraq
1,603 words... 16 th Maine. Smalls complete prison diary is attached to the book. The facts and opinions recorded by the author have been edited by his son. Amber R. Small joined the 3 rd Maine as a corporal at the beginning of the war and saw action at First Bull Run. After being sent back to Maine on recruiting duty, Small was appointed lieutenant and adjutant of the new Sixteenth Maine Volunteers. He served in this unit till the end of the war. Even though Small missed the battles of Second Bull Run and...
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In Search Of The Perfect Man Heian Period
1,576 wordsIn search of the Perfect Man in Heian Period Sneaking through the court one day I happen to overhear three aristocratic women engaged in a heated debate concerning the issue of attributes of the perfect man. The three women are: Sei Shonagon, Murasaki Shikibu and Mother Michitsuna and they all are representatives of ancient Japanese historical period called Heian. It is no accident that the great figures of Heian Dynasty Japanese literature were women. Founded in 794, the Heian imperial state fi...
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Heart Of Darkness Joseph Conrad
991 wordsIn Joseph Conrad Cruelty In Joseph Conrad's book Heart of Darkness the Europeans are cut off from civilization, overtaken by greed, exploitation, and material interests from his own kind. Conrad develops themes of personal power, individual responsibility, and social justice. His book has all the trappings of the conventional adventure tale mystery, exotic setting, escape, suspense, unexpected attack. The book is a record of things seen and done by Conrad while in the Belgian Congo. Conrad uses ...
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Years In Prison Watching A Movie
1,993 wordsTitle: Diary of A Survivor: Nineteen Years in a Cuban Women? s Prison Authors: Ana Rodriguez and Glenn Garvin Published: St. Martin? s Press Type of Book: Assisted auto-biography Plot Summary Diary of a Survivor follows nineteen years of Ana Rodriguez? s life, a Cuban woman arrested by Cuba? s? State Security? in her late teens. As a teenager she had been an activist against the Batista dictatorship which governed Cuba, and at first welcomed Fidel Castro? s take-over of power. Gradually, however...
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Importance Of Being Earnest Domestic Duties
2,185 wordsCritics of the play refer to Wilde's mastery of epigram and the audacity and polish of his wit. Illustrate this mastery using examples which you have enjoyed from the play. Proposal for opening: According to Collins English Dictionary wit is the talent or quality of using unexpected associations between contrasting or disparate words or ideas to make a clever humorous effect, it is more intellectual than straightforward humour which can include slapstick. An epigram is a witty, often paradoxical...
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Didn T Doesn T
931 words1 st September: Today? ? was? an? action? packed? day, ? today? is? the? day before? I? go? away. I? was? expecting? visitors? but? there? was? a? few? surprises? too. ? first? of? all? there? was? Master? Boyle, Canon? Mick O? Byrne, the? lads? and? of? course, ? how? could? I? forget? the? love? of? my? life, ? Kathy. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? I? ? can? t? believe? it, ? tomorrow? I? am? going? to? Philadelphia? I? can? t? wait? or? can? I? I? want? to? go? and? I? want? to? stay, ? I? want? to? stay? b...
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