Zlata's Diary

1. Title: Zlata’s Diary 2. Setting/Time Period(s): 1991-1993 3. Write a paragraph summary of the story. Zlata Filipovic is a young pre-teen living in Bosnia. She is an average girl that loves to play the piano, listens to MTV, and plays with her friends in her nearby park. All of that changes on March 1st 1992 when the Bosnian war breaks out in Zlata's home country. As a young girl, she never expected the war to reach her hometown of Sarajevo. When it did, she learnt the lesson of war- that people she love can die by a bullet or a bomb, life is harder without electricity or water, and that one of the most important things is family. As the war became harsher, she kept on writing in her journal which she named Mimmy, even after her school…

Zlata’s Diary Zlata’s diary is a nonfiction book by Zlata Flinicopeno. It sold approximately 80,000 copies and was written between 1991-1993. The author is an incredibly brave, observant, and kind eleven year old girl suffering through war and destruction. I chose to read this book due to it’s similarities to “The Diary of Anne Frank.” This story takes place in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia. Throughout the book we see a child’s outlook on life. At first it seems to be just a little girl’s…

I stand in the stationary section of Walmart looking at journals. The shelves tower over me as I take in the possibilities that await for me on this quest. The journals that catch my eye are not the standard compositions, but the red ones, blue ones, and the colorful Lisa Franks. I continue to the pens; only the most colorful would do. My eyes rake across each package until I come across the one that I know is the most powerful tool the world has to offer. As I look at my full hands, I know…

“Eve’s Diary” and “Adams Diary” both describe the biblical narrative of the Garden of Eden and the beginning of original sin. In both stories they first two humans on Earth succumb to eating from the forbidden tree of knowledge, thus changing the world forever. However, even though basis of the narrative is the same they differ fundamentally on many levels. The main difference between the two stories is the narrator, in “Eve’s Diary” Eve describes her experience of the narrative, whereas in…

Hi! My name’s Cliff! I’m a pretty friendly person, if I do say so myself, I promise ☺. I just want to apologize in advance for anything stupid, or pathetic that I put in this diary. I don’t really think this whole diary thing is even a good idea, but my mom thought writing down my feelings would be beneficial for my transition to high school. I doubt it, but I might as well try. Hey, these types of things aren’t cheap and my parents are trying to help. I’m not going to start off with dear diary,…

The American Civil War was a conflict between Northern and Southern states of the United States between 1861 and 1865. The Valley of the Shadow archive was put together to tell the stories of the residents of Augusta County, Virginia and Franklin County, Pennsylvania during the Civil War. From 1862 to 1864 Nancy Emerson of Augusta County kept a diary detailing her life during the war. In the year 1863, Rachel Cormany kept a diary of her life in Franklin County. Life in both counties during…

An article published in The Times on September 13, 1940 entitled “City’s Cheerful Aspect” discusses how “the citizens are getting less sleep than usual … but morning finds them streaming into factory and office much as usual, and certainly still cheerful.” While this may be true from some British citizens who were impacted by the German air raids that were particularly brutal during the first stages of The Blitz, as diaries from the Mass Observation show, not all British citizens were cheerful…

Her grandfather Allen writes in his diary about a man named Bill who died in the war leading him to think “about life and about destiny” (Knisley 65) While not facing death in terms of aging, Allen encounters death through the loss of a fellow soldier. This diary entry enables Lucy to connect with her grandfather by seeing that they share the same inquisitive thoughts on life at a similar age. Often, the age differences create a divide in the ability to understand one another, leading to people…

With healthcare being such a rapidly moving field it is important that we, as aspiring medical professionals, understand what is progressing in our profession. Within the blink of an eye healthcare changes; doctors, professors, phds, are coming up new theories, journals and studies daily. It is our job as current students in this field to do our best to further understand these journals studies, etc.and the writing that is involved in our field. Why you may ask? There are arguably an infinite…

published literature “ICU diaries are frequently promoted as being beneficial for the patients’ psychological recovery from critical illness”. Intensive care unit (ICU) is an environment where often the most fragile patients are, and where they receive treatment. During their sometimes prolonged stay in ICU, patients often experience strong physical and psychological stress, including critical life threatening illness, terror, lack of privacy, noises, pain, sedation, sleep deprivation, delirium…