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…The Diary of a Hawaiian Girl "Heaven" Aloha! Today is March 30, 1940. I am Leilani Kamehamela, was born on June 10, 1877 in Napili, Maui. My name means "Heaven" or "Sky," and perhaps this is one of the main reasons I am in love with the island I live…

…Ann Petry’s Mrs. Hedges: A Challenger Appears from the Confines of Disabled Femininity Throughout The Street Ann Petry thematically examines the possibility of coexistence between the maintenance of personal virtue and morality with the achievement…

…profession and secondly, the Church had failed to provide adequate spiritual comfort. The extract from Pepys' diary shows many interesting aspects of human reactions towards disease. As has been explained no one knew exactly what caused the Plague of 1665, due…

…In the books Diana: Her True Story by Andrew Morton and The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields, Daisy and Diana are the main characters. Both Daisy and Diana lacked a true mother figure as they were growing up and this had an effect on the way…

…that happened more than 100 years ago. This diary has been translated to English from Russian. My Diary April 10th 1890 I have been planning this trip to Castle Clinton for a while now. Things are extremely rough in Russia and I fear if I stay here any longer…

…Within Diary of a Madman, Gogol attempts a tale of epic proportions, if only for the schizophrenic mumblings of a character so immersed in his own psychosis that he fails to realize that the entire world does not share his own delusions. Through…

…Katherine Anne Porter chooses to tell her story, The Jilting of Granny Weatherall from the third person point of view. The difference between the first and third person point of view is evident in the first line of this story, instead of hearing…

…LIKE A WINDING SHEET Like a Winding Sheet, written by Ann Petry in 1945, is a story that begins with a black man's tough day at work, but takes a twisted turn. Johnson comes home after a hard day planning to kick his feet up and enjoy a relaxing…

…There have been countless studies to that show Stress, Frustration and Anger are related. In Ann Petry short story "Like a Winding Sheet" you can observer this relationship. First, let us study the title "Like a Winding Sheet" the words Winding Sheet…

…War Photographer By Carol Ann Duffy (Poem Analysis) "In his darkroom he is finally alone with spools…