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Journal Blog 3

Journal Blog 3 (p.48 …54 )   Points I want to wright about: -        Choose an important moment in the story for one of the characters and write a diary entry for that character (ie. What that character would put into his personal diary for that day when the important thing happened). Try to write in a style. You think fits the character’s personality.   Diary of GERALD: (p. 48…54)   I am not fine! Today was one of my nastiest days ever in my life! This day started fine and lucky. I engaged me with my dear Sheila and this occasion we were celebrating at the house of Birlings in the evening. But our nice time together didn’t last very long. Actually an Inspector disturbed our celebration and asked us questions about a young woman named Eva Smith which had murdered herself.   At first I thought that I don’t know this girl. But then it came out that Eva Smith have different names. I find out that Eva’s second...

Journal Blog 2

Journal Blog 2 (p.18 …)   Questions I want to wright about: Words I’m unsure of their meaning: Word :                               my translation :                      dictionary: nodding                             (zustimmen)                            nicken confidentially                    einverstanden           ...
Journal Blog 1 (p. 7…18)   Questions I want to wright about: -        Write about something happening in the book that you can relate to? How did you react, Try to put yourself in the characters shoes and say why you think they feel the way the way they do.   In these pages in the beginning of the story, we get to know main characters a little bit. I know now Mr. and Mrs. Birlings and their children Eric and Sheila, who is just engaged with her love Gerald. I want to pick out Erics character. I realized that Eric reacted in some dialogs between the different members unsuitable. For example, he suddenly started laughing in the middle of a happy family talk. (p. 9) Another example for his dubious behaviour is showed on page 11. In this situation, he makes an unpleasant statement about Sheila, after the parents have wished all the best for the young couple. This expression was not very friendly and as I already said: very mispla...