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Eva Smith's Diary
1911
January 1
This is the worst day I've ever had in my life. I've been sacked
because I was standing up for my rights. I was protesting because we
were being under paid at the Mr. Birling's Company. There's nothing
left that was the only thing that I was good at. No other company will
employ me. Even little shops will not keep a person like me because of
my background and class.
February 10
A great day to add to my diary. I've got a new job after that stupid
mining incident. It's at Milwards! The store that I always thought to
be out of my class. I don't know how but I've got it. This is great,
ill finally have money to feed myself with and get a shelter to live
under.
February 29
OMG, I've lost my job at Milwards because of a right old stupid woman.
She was a regular customer and well respected in the establishment.
She complained to the shop owner because she thought I was laughing at
her when she was trying on an outfit. The truth of the matter was that
I was laughing at new uniform that we were given out to wear that day.
Now because of her I'm sacked and have only a few shillings to live
of.
March 10
Wow, What a day that was. I met such a wonderful lad at the Palace
bar. He was like the type of men you picture as prince charming. All
these troubles in my life seem to be disappearing; I might be able to
climb out of the hole that I am in.
March 24
The man I talked about, the shadowed one at the Palace Bar, I met him
last night and I think I saw a flicker of hope in his eyes. He's a
dignified man. The tall dark and handsome type. He speaks with a
velvety sensuousness that could melt even the most glacial of hearts.
I just couldn't keep my eyes off him.
In the journal diary of Elizabeth Trist, she is a Quaker who is married at the age of twenty-three to a British officer, Nicholas Trist. Nicholas being the fifth son of his family couldn’t inherit his family’s estate, leaving him to join the military and leave Elizabeth and his child. The timing during this era was a bit hard for Trist, her child, and her husband since the start of the revolutionary war started in 1775. This news doesn’t sit well for Trist and her husband since he is British. Later Trist’s husband traveled to secure some land, and Trist stayed behind with her son since it was too dangerous to travel due to the Revolutionary War.
Do you agree that Eva Smith is presented as a victim in the play ‘An
Only through the eyes of the innocent will the world be seen as it is, not how it should be. So often we are driven by our desires to have the best and to be the best, that we lose sight of what we have become, of who we have become. Our main concern is the welfare of ourselves and that of our kin. As time progress and technology tests its limits, mankind will follow suit, however, where will we draw the line in losing touch with our humanity? In the short story written by George Saunders “The Semplica Girl Diaries”, it tells of a middle-class family of six in the near distant future that is making ends meet but strives to provide a more accommodating life whilst competing with a family that is well off. The story is told by the father as he
Most diaries from women on the westward journey show that they struggled with upholding their roles as wives and mothers, but they did the best they could under the circumstances. Most of their responsibilities were similar to those they had at home. Cooking cleaning, doing laundry, entertaining children etc. was women’s work, but these obligations were much more difficult being in the middle of nowhere. Women also had extra duties, such as packing up the wagon, making sure their children were with them, and taking on their husband’s role when he fell sick. It was common for children to be left behind amongst all the chaos, fall out of the wagon, or become struck with a disease. Mothers could only watch helplessly and had to continue with the journey if their child died. The diaries of Narcissa Whitman, Amelia Stewart Knight, and Jane Gould Tortillott all contain entries that suggest they were struggling with their roles as women, but were trying to make the best of it.
in a lift. He asked you if you wanted to have some fun that night.
Anne Frank was a 13 year old girl who lived in Amsterdam, Holland. She wrote a diary about her life during the Holocaust and when she was in hiding during the Nazi invasion. In her diary, she said “Despite, everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.” I agree with this statement.
There is a famous 1961 film called West Side Story. In this film the “Sharks”, who are Puerto Rican immigrants battle the “Jets”, who are New Yorkers, for claim of New York City. Often erupting into violence, these two different culture groups despise each other simply because of the ignorance both have experienced. Through the rubble a love story emerges and eventually put aside their differences. This is however after several knife attacks, gunshots fired, deaths, and a hate filled mamba dance routine. Stories such as this about cultural differences are ones that one would think are far in the past. That as a society, we have moved past the differences accepting and embracing the differences that make each individual unique. But this is not the case, especially not in Northern Ireland during the 1960s till the 1980s. In Ireland, especially in Northern Ireland, religion has been the main divider between the Irish. The Catholics and Protestants have become forms of ethnicity in which the natives identify with. In John Conroy’s book, Belfast Diary, one sees an American journalist’s perspective on the conflict which hinders Ireland. The “democratic system” that was in place created an unstable power struggle only lending more fuel to the fire between these two groups. Strong examples of the unbalanced system are seen as John Conroy gives the reader access to his experience of “the Troubles” of Northern Ireland.
curious way, and as far as I [Nick Carraway] was from him I could have
Until their deciphering in the 1980’s, the diaries of eighteenth century landowner Anne Lister were an unknown tome of lesbian history. Written largely in a cipher of Lister’s conception, The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister detail not only her day to day routine and superficial social interactions, but also the complexities of her romantic and sexual relationships with women, precise tailoring of her appearance, harassment she faced due to her gender non-conformity, and biting commentary on those in her social circles. Contained in plain hand, legible to anyone who may have come across Lister’s diaries with prying eyes, is documentation of her life in both York and Halifax such as the day’s weather, meals she took with neighboring families,
In her autobiography, “The Life of an Ordinary Woman, Anne Ellis describes just that; the life of an ordinary woman. Ellis reveals much about her early—ordinary if you will—life during the nineteenth-century. She describes what daily life was like, living a pioneer-like lifestyle. Her memoir is ‘Ordinary’ as it is full of many occurrences that the average woman experiences. Such as taking care of her children, cleaning, cooking the—world’s greatest—meals. It also contains many themes such as dysfunctional families, insensitive men, and negligent parents that are seen in modern life. The life of Anne Ellis is relatable. Her life is relatable to modern day life, however, very different.
It is the year of 1777, December 3rd. My name is John Smith. And I was born in 1737 on August 21. I am a man as you now because I am in the Continental Army. Before I joined the army I was a farmer and I grew onions and raised cows. I got married on March 1, 1775. We moved from Britain that same year and are new to the 12 colonies. When we hear that we were at war I decided to join the Army and I have been here since then.
Eva Heyman was born February 13, 1931, Nagyvarad, Hungary. In 1933-1939, Eva’s parents Agnes (her mother) and Bela (her father) divorced. Eva was the only child. Her mother remarried and moved to Budapest. She rarely saw her father, who lived on the other side of the city. She lived with her grandparents on the border between Romania and Hungary near the pharmacy they owned. Nearly one-fifth of the city’s population was Jewish. The beginning of the Holocaust had little impact on their lives.
The Diary of Anne Frank is about Anne Frank’s life in the Secret Annex hiding from the Nazi’s. The diary shows how the members of the Secret Annex help each other keep hope in spite of dark times.
The correspondence between Ginny Weasley and Tom Riddle is filled with many what if scenarios. One of those scenarios is before Ginny throws the diary away. One of my favorite Ginny moments from any of the books is the boldness it takes to send her famous crush a valentine. I am under the opinion that she sent the valentine willingly, without any approval or help from Tom Riddle. Ginny is a bold young lady, even if her classmates do not see that trait right away. My entries are about Ginny and Tom’s conversation surrounding the Valentine. In my account, this is the conversation that led Ginny to throw away the diary because she realized Tom was controlling her. It is set at the end of January, right before Harry finds the diary in the bathroom. Hermione spends the first few weeks after break in the
Working with this company made me realize that this line of work isn’t for me. It was better to find out in this experience sooner than later like in college ie changing majors.