Ash's Diaries Is Meaningless-Original Writing

Caitlin lives an easy life not having to worry about much, as Martin lives with worry if he will be able to go to school or eat everyday. I Will Always Write Back is an autobiography about Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Granda becoming instant friends after correspondence through letters from country to county. Caitlin was the kind of person who liked to buy clothes and splurge items, but through meeting Martin it changed her completely making her want to help people in need. Caitlin helps Martin and his family through hardship with money, food, and everyday essentials that they need to survive in Zimbabwe.

Anne matures throughout the course of her diary entries, moving from detailed accounts of basic activities to deeper, more profound thoughts about humanity and her own personal nature. “I know what I want, I have a goal, an opinion, I have a religion and love. Let me be myself and then I am satisfied. I know that I’m a woman, a woman with inward strength and plenty of courage.” This shows that Anne matures through the course of her diary, she considers herself as a woman rather than a young girl and sets goals for herself that she wants to achieve. Anne becomes more optimistic even after she feels misunderstood by everyone and feels completely alone.

“Writing it down is important to us…recording what we’ve done, in words, on paper, it’s got to be our way of telling ourselves that we mean something, that we matter. That the things we’ve done have made a difference.”

Anita’s father and uncle have a secret plan in which no one knows about that can help lead their family into freedom. A very important message is passed out asserting

I support the authors quote because it reflects her story and carries significant elements in her personal life struggle with her brother in just a single statement. I believe the quote summarizes Jay, and how particularly his state of health sabotages Ashley's own state of mind. For example, in the story, he mentions an organization named “ The Cahoots”. His schizophrenic thoughts make Jay state the cahoots being related to 9/11 event and responsible

The point of keeping a notebook has never been, nor is it now to have an accurate factual record of what I have been doing or thinking. Author, Joan Didion, in her essay, “On Keeping a Notebook” explains how to keep a notebook and why. Didion’s purpose is to inform us on how she keeps a notebook and why notebooks are useful in helping us to remember events that happened in the past. She adopts a sentimental tone in order to emphasize how many memories are kept alive by keeping a notebook. Didion uses ethos, pathos, and different rhetorical devices in her essay to explain her point.

The movie moves to Lara who is told to go to a dinner in her mother’s place because she

Grandma is a comedy-drama film that follows the life of Elle, a lesbian poet, who was married for 38 years, but then became a widow. Elle’s granddaughter, Sage, comes to her asking for $630 for an abortion as she is broke, although Elle doesn’t have any money either. Sage was too afraid to tell her judgemental mother about her situation, in which resorted to her having to ask her Grandma. Elle had a short-term girlfriend, Olivia, of 5 months, but ended things with her very abruptly. Even though Elle doesn’t have the money for Sage, she is determined to go out and get it. The movie is split up into 6 chapters, set over the course of one day, as Sage had booked the abortion for that evening. Elle and Sage go and get money of as many people as Elle could think of, but by the end of their journey, they still don’t have enough and end up having to tell Sage’s mother. Sage’s mother is angry and disappointed as they had expected but she gives the money and they go to the clinic, Sage gets the abortion and Sage and her mother have an argument but are happier afterwards. Elle goes to resolve things with Olivia, and the end on better terms. This film shows themes of LGBT+ acceptance and the importance of family. There are also major contrasts between characters which are vital to the film.

This is one of the reasons why keeping a notebook is favourable, as “memory is of the highest importance to men in every sphere of life” (Mnemon, 361-62). The sentiment one feels at a specific moment is evident through writing. It is “not a mere record of what we’ve done or what we’ve seen; it is a record of our reactions” (Smith, 26). However, writing does not always mean there is a purpose for it. It is sometimes done to release what has been irritating or affecting a person. Didion, for instance, discusses minor events where she remembers meeting people, even though this acquaintance will not affect her emotional capacity in the future. She was not sure “how much of it actually happened”, or the reason behind her writing it but it should not matter what part of it occurred. Didion suggests that if a piece of writing has a sense of association with a person, regardless of whether it produces a good memory or not, recording its detailed episodes. She succeeds in getting this point across by her several uses of

Upon receiving the Nobel Prize for his excellence in writing, William Faulkner expresses his dismay towards the writers of the day and laid out what he terms “the writer’s duty.” In his acceptance speech, Faulkner is disheartened by the fact that young writers continue to discuss “the end of man” in their work. Faulkner advocates that authors must make all efforts to “help man endure by lifting his heart.” Because man leads a difficult life, writers are obligated to use their work to uplift and inspire the reader’s sprit. In his memoir, Angela’s Ashes, Frank McCourt raises the reader’s spirits by illustrating that although one may have a reprobate nature,

“The Notebook” directed by Nick Cassavetes in 2004 tells the story of a couple’s fifty year long love affair and its trials and tribulations. The film begins in a nursing home where an old man (Noah) reads a book to an old lady (Allie) suffering from Alzheimer’s. Noah, a poor country boy, and Allie, a rich city girl, meet

The movie Run Lola Run tells a story about a girl who gets a phone call from her boyfriend Manni pleading for help, who has lost a huge amount of money after a drug deal due

Her dad is always saying negative thing like “ she’s the most level headed woman” (Pfeffer 2) Her mom has to be tough and stiff because of how immature and irresponsible he is. “ She not a dreamer she’s as straight as a yardstick”. A lot of people have type A personalities and they help but see things more critically than other people and Ashleigh dad needs to respect that. “ But I was the only thing she believed in and I one failed her, she never let herself dream again” (Pfeffer 2).the dad is at least showing how his actions affected their relationship, but why doesn’t he change? It definitely shows that not matter what age you are, you can more mature than the other. Ashleigh didn't take her moms emergency money because of how hesitant, she was about the decision, she knows he won’t give the money back before the mom notices, and Ashleigh was just wanting to go against her mom at the

The story is written like a diary of Paula Spencer's good and bad memories in her life and gives the reader the impression that Paula is sharing her life story with us and she is also narrating her life as we read.

Set apart from the parameters of normal human society, Benjamin Button, a man who was born to age backwards, falls in love with a young girl, Daisy, who ages forwards. Benjamin’s story is read aloud to Daisy by Caroline, her daughter, as she lay on her deathbed.  In scenes set with peculiar curiosity and subtle fantasy, Benjamin embarks on an unusual journey to grasp the meaning of life and find his own sense of identity. Benjamin and Daisy’s paths cross many times before their unorthodox romance reaches fate and picks up in the middle.  As he grows younger and Daisy slows with age, Benjamin discovers the rich futility of love as time causes the two to fall out of sync once again. Although its final plot ends like any other love story, David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is arguably the next great cinematic breakthrough with its unique emotional paradoxes, ingenuitive digital effects, and complex subplots. This movie was challenging to evaluate because never before has a film combined subplot ingenuity so seamlessly with the delicate techniques of innovative film making and traditional cinematic endings.