During the food diary project I learned many things about who I am as an eater and how I balance school and athletics. At the beginning of this assignment I thought it would be pointless and stupid, but as the week progressed I began to understand the point of the assignment. The first day I recorded my food intake, not included in my diary, the tracker made me feel self concious of what what I was eating. So for the next five days I made sure that I tried to achieve a full, balanced diet. This…
My media diary test shows me that my media time spending is very diverse. I classified my media usage into three categories, news & social networking, entertainment, and study. For all three type of usages, I calculated the time-use for each type and found out that I am in favor of social media most. During the testing time, I spent 115 minutes media time in day one and 160 minutes in day two. My average time spending for social media is about 135 minutes/day. It shows that I should have enough…
In the diary, Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, the character Anne Frank can be described as a person who is in love. For example, in page 415 Anne shows that she was the one trying to get Peter and not the other way around. She always thought of Peter as a sweet person who just needed friendship and love that would never do anything wrong. Anne too just wanted a friend who would help her and so she drew him and they became friends and soon after that they became intimate…
avoided traditional writing techniques and wrote “A Madman’s Diary” in the diarist’s first person which is unheard of in Chinese literature. Without analyzing the story’s content, Xun already goes against the standards in China. Also,…
I have finally gotten the chance to go see my first play, The Diary of Anne Frank. I really did enjoy the play, even after seeing the movie almost a hundred times. From the stage setting to the wonderful interactions among the actors and actress I couldn’t shake the feeling of how realistic it felt. The emotions were there and I absolutely loved it. The central theme, production, and audience reaction were the most interesting part of this experience. The central theme of this play was focused…
The notion of discovery is inherently associated with human experiences, and is a gradual process in which an individual’s identity is developed, resulting in shifting perspectives. This is epitomised in Che Guevara’s memoir The Motorcycle Diaries (Diaries) [1995] which utilises aspects of the hero’s journey in its construction to highlight the significance of the outcome of discovery and the varied interpretations it may instigate. Similarly, David Fincher’s Fight Club [1999] conveys the…
commitment encompasses the choice to both begin and continue to love. Under Sternberg’s theory, these three components can be formed into a triangle and based on varying degrees of strength different forms of love are formed. The show called The Future Diary, the two protagonists, Yuno and Yuki, support Sternberg’s theory in the way they interact with each…
The Motorcycle Diaries is a movie based on the actual diary entries of Ernesto Guevara, an Argentinian medical student, who with his older friend, Alberto Granado, a biochemist, go on an adventure, across Latin America, in hopes of seeking fun, but also to accomplish their goal of helping out in a leper colony. The movie begins with Ernesto Guevara being restless and in dire need of a break from medical school. His friend, Alberto Grenada, is also in the same position as Ernesto, but is anxious…
America and A Confederate girl’s Diary respectively. While Sarah Morgan’s family was directly involved in the civil strife through Confederacy, Caroline had and the family had been keen followers of what is was happening in the political realms of America. It is quite amazing how these female individuals took interest in matters pertaining to politics at the time when women were deemed voiceless in the society. Despite the various similarities between these two diaries, this essay asserts that…
It was approximately 6:30 in the morning when Emelia woke up. She wasn 't hungry, in fact she wasn 't even willing to move. After what happened to her father and last night, she decided she deserved to be lazy. But then she realized how much she wanted to visit her father. She violently threw off the covers, bathed, got dressed then left for the day. The moment she walked out the door, a cold wind danced across her skin. Drawing the red cloak, which she had been told was her mother 's, closer…