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…I 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…

…is making a movie has to bring in more pathos in his story, because he shows the story omniscient. That means he has not the chance to tell the story in diary-form and so directly out of the brain of the main character which is much more personal. With short…

…. This period pertained to traditional values and 'wit'. The Diary of Samuel Pepys written by Samuel Pepys and A Journel of the Plague Years by Daniel Defoe are just a few examples of literary works from the Restoration Period. The Diary of Samuel Pepys…

…was fifteen, and John a twenty-seven-year old lawyer. In his diary, John wrote that the Smith girls were "wits" but that they were "not fond, not frank, or candid" (Levin, p. 7). The young man, who at the time had his eye on a franker, more straightforward girl…

…as an attorney in Braintree. The two were probably introduced by her sister, Mary's, fiancé, Richard Cranch. Neither seemed impressed by the other at this first meeting. John wrote in his diary, "'Are S girls either frank or fond or even candid?' He…

…, are often portrayed as actively useful. In Five Have a Wonderful Time, the gypsy girl Jo, bites her attackers and later sets a circus python against them . Even Anne, the youngest and most timid of the girls, is at least present and involved…

…Anne, a strong adherent of the High Church, wrought a dramatic change in the political life of Defoe. High Church propagandists began to attack the Dissenters for holding positions in government. In 1702, Defoe published The Shortest Way…

…the individual to sign a power of attorney to do so.4 In 1976, the New Jersey Supreme Court decided the parents of Karen Ann Quinlan won the right to remove her from a ventilator because she was in a persistent vegetative state. The justices unanimously ruled…

…a life sentence. Lady Killigrew was a courageous woman who inspired many other women to take on the life of piracy. Her fame caused two other women to become pirates of the Caribbean: Mary Read and Anne Bonny (American 120). As a result of Killigrew's bravery…

…in a person or the loss of one's view that "life is fair." For example, David Hayden from Montana 1948 grew up thinking life was fair till he lost his innocence. Uncle Frank lost his trust in the world and as a consequence, lashed out at everyone around him. Paul…