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The paper relates that "Miss Sophia's Diary" is the fictional story of a woman, Sophia, a modern female who conveys her rebellious and expressive spirit through the pages of an apparently spontaneous diary. The paper discusses how although from an outside point of view the book may appear to be a psychological love story, author Ding Ling's strong feminism and rejection of traditional Chinese ideals ring through the book as Sophia's voice and diary entries.

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""Miss Sophia's Diary" is the fictional story of a woman, Sophia, a modern female who conveys her rebellious and expressive spirit through the pages of an apparently spontaneous diary. Though from an outside point of view the book may appear to be a psychological love story, author Ding Ling's strong feminism and rejection of traditional Chinese ideals ring through the book as Sophia's voice and diary entries. The book - which the author admitted had borrowed from Western ideals of society and also of fiction writing - has also been called a political commentary, as Ling was a May Fourth writer, imparting her novel with a..."

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"There can be little question that William Byrd was one of America earliest writers and in later generations one of its most controversial. The following paper examines the secret diary of William Byrd of Westover as it was written in the period 1709-12. Specifically, the paper examines the text in light of his own situation during these years--he was still a relatively young man at the time--as well as what factors might have prompted him to write as he did. Beyond that, the paper briefly catalogues the major themes of Byrd's diary, the literary style employed and a key issue raised by the diary entries. In the end, it is fair to conclude that Byrd's writings are a window into the attitudes informing the actions of eighteenth century country gentlemen.

Tags:william, byrd, diary

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This paper analyzes the autobiographical diary of Anne Frank, entitled, "The Diary of a Young Girl." The paper specifically focuses on Anne Frank's voice and her tone throughout the diary. It looks at the way that her style changed over the course of the time that she was writing in her diary. The paper discusses the significance of these changes in voice and tone and how they correspond to what was happening in the world at the time.

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"Significantly Anne's fifteenth birthday is only two months away from her last letter to Kitty, to her people, to the world. Anne went the path of the righteous, the path of self improvement, growth, faith:" People who have religion should be glad, for not everyone has the gift of believing in heavenly things... It isn't the fear of G-d but the upholding of one's own honour and conscience."
"If you visit Anne Frank museum in Amsterdam, just listen and you will hear her laughter, her whisper, her joy of first love. You will hear the Gestapo stepping with their heavy dirty boots into a pure sweet life. A "Little bundle of contradictions" , who did so well in perfecting her traits, and returned her pure soul to her Creator."

Tags:WWII, Nazi, Amsterdam, Kitty

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This paper explains that Lady Murasaki wrote her "Court Diary during the period in which Bushido was a code and way of life for Samurai men and was influenced by Zen and Confucianism. The author points out that in Lady Murasaki's "Court Diary", it is obvious that Buddhism and Buddhist metaphysics are very much a part of Japanese court life; however, what is not so obvious is that Chinese Confucianism also had become part of 10th century Japan's Imperial court. The paper relates that the notion of impermanence is an extremely salient characteristic throughout the Diary; she writes that all things are ephemeral, reflecting on the aesthetics of the period, which were based on the beauty of impermanence.

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"Confucianism influenced the Chinese attitude toward life, set the patterns of living and standards of social value, and provided the background for Chinese political theories and institutions. It eventually spread from China to Korea, from Korea to Japan where it was first brought to around the fifth century. Confucius had a great impact on the Japanese civilization. His teachings relating to ethics, honor, social responsibility, familial obligations, ancestor worship, and observation of rites and historical precedence provide the glue that gives the Japanese civilization continuity and durability."

Tags:china, bushido, impermanence, political, standards

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This paper discusses how Anne Frank speaks out through time and space in her now famous diary. The paper notes how in the beginning of the diary, her voice sounds joyful and without worries. It matures and hurries up along the story as if to deliver and share as much of the unreal reality as possible.

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"Anne Frank speaks out through time and space. In the beginning her voice sounds joyful and without worries. It matures and hurries up along the story as if to deliver and share as much of the unreal reality as possible. The diary was started as a "no big deal", the "notebook" that was awaiting the birthday girl in the room. Such mastery, such Divinely inspired art of a writer - to begin her life story with a birthday celebration, a life story which is to be cut short so soon, so cruelly, a story..."

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This paper discusses the book "The Diary of a Young Girl" which contains excerpts of Anne Frank's diary, written between the years 1942 and 1944, two years before she died. The author summarizes the book which has since been translated into thirty languages and adapted into a play, a motion picture as well as a television series. The paper relates Anne's history and background as well as her journal entries about her frustration at not being taken seriously by her family, her personal goals, and later, her views on the Holocaust. The author also examines the historical relevance of the book in particular as a document that serves as a personal witness to the mass annihilation of Jews throughout Europe.

Outline:
Introduction
Synopsis
Historical Relevance
Other Observations and Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography

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"In January 1933, Adolf Hitler, leader of the German National Socialist Workers' Party (the Nazis), was appointed chancellor of Germany. Hitler brought to his position a vicious anti-Semitism that found its expression through stringent anti-Jewish policies and, eventually, the mass extermination of Jews in concentration camps. Aware of Hitler's rising power and its future implications for Jews, Otto Frank arranged for his family to leave Frankfurt for Holland in the summer of 1933. He established a food products business in Amsterdam, and the next few years of Anne's life continued without remarkable incidence."

Tags:Holocaust, religion, jews, WWII

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This paper analyzes Samuel Pepys' "Diary" and shows how we can learn a great deal about the author himself and even more about the times in which he lived. It provides a biography of Pepys' life from his humble background to becoming a member of Parliament and an insight into life in 17th century London especially during the Great Fire of London in 1666. It discusses how, although the diary gives a marvelous window into the 17th century, it is also a marvelous window into the 21st century as well, for Pepys' observations about human nature and the ways in which cities have their own life remain strikingly trenchant in today's world as well. Pepys was writing at the beginning of the modern age, that time in which the same kind of examination of the self that we believe to be essential today, was coming into vogue and he still provides for us an excellent example of how to go about creating that examined life that is the only one worth living.

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"Even though this diary was meant to be a private one, we can interpret it as an exemplar not only of Pepys' own style and experiences, but as an exemplar of the literary trends and modes of his era. The self-consciousness that he exhibits, his ability to step back and view with a great deal of objectivity himself and his world, were emerging as tropes within the novel as well as the dairy of his time as the conventions of the modern novel were just then being developed. Indeed, the self-referentialty of this kind of diary would become a mark of much of the finest literature that would be written over the next century."

Tags:london, fire, parliament, human, nature, literature, royal, society

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This paper explains that Anne Frank in her bibliography "Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl", being a typical teenage girl, was incredibly emotional. The author points out that the circumstance in which she recorded these sentiments was such that they were always overshadowed by her immense fear. The paper relates that, in the first few diary entries written in the Annex, although slightly afraid, Frank does not realize the true level of danger she is in and therefore fills page after page with detailed but mundane descriptions of daily life in the Annex. The author then explains that, as Frank matures, she begins to empathize with the apprehensiveness felt by the adults and, as a result, her fear begins to increase. The paper stresses that, in a child's mind, death is not a feasible occurrence; therefore, she can allow herself to believe that she does not fear it.

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'In this entry, as well as many others, she discusses her constant fears of being caught by the Germans while hiding in the secret annex with her family. This entry is especially powerful because it sheds light on the fact that, in such small cramped conditions, there is little to do but let your mind wander. When put in a situation where you can not talk or laugh too loudly for fear of capture, all that one is left with is his or her thoughts and for a young girl, this can cause immense fright. As she points out on this same page of her diary, everything she says or does leads her back to thoughts of fear."

Tags:annex, burglaries, death, dream, progression

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This essay examines forensic evidence gathered about the James Maybrick diary, and establishes that the empirical evidence available does not support any claims of authenticity. The diary is a fake, and there is no proof that James Maybrick was "Jack the Ripper."

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This paper examines the lives of women in colonial America by studying this unique work which is written in diary form by a woman named Martha Ballard. The aim of the author of this book was to show historians that information about women in this period does exist, as they are often over-looked in history books. This paper shows how this book is a rich source of the personal and social struggles of women in this era.

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"Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's strips away the justification that historians often call on to validate their disregard of women's lives in colonial America, which the essential documents do not exist. Perceptively creatively combing through household inventories, account book, court files, indentures, captivity recounting and men's diaries. The author shows the complex richness and truth of women role and lets the modern reader listen to women voices from their oral traditions. Ulrich is immersed in the homely information of the colonial life. She shows a genuine appreciation of colonial society imparting the multiple contradictions of its patriarchal, hierarchical and common values, its religiosity and earthiness."

Tags:colonial, america, history, author, housewife, mistress, mother, children, care, society, struggle