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Post by stormy44 on May 27, 2013 23:53:02 GMT -5
The story I had for our project was called "the pillow book."
It's basically a journal of a Japanese woman Sei Shonagon, who worked for the imperial court during the 9th century.
The book was filled with lists of things, drawings, conversations, and random observations Sei Shonagon thought were interesting.
The book was later published, and it's still considered to be one of the most valuable literary works of Japan.
My question is, how would you feel if your personal diary was published and millions of people studied it after your death?
Sei Shonagon wanted her diary to be published, but if I were her, I think I would be embarrassed. A diary is supposed to be full of your personal secrets..and imagining it being read in an English class makes me shudder!
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Post by hannahs on May 30, 2013 0:05:05 GMT -5
I wouldn't want people to read it because I wrote just to be read by myself. It would be embarrassing to have people studying and reading my diary. But since I'm dead I guess I wouldn't really care.
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Post by sarahlee2 on May 30, 2013 0:08:02 GMT -5
I would hate for my diary to be published. It would be so embarrassing for everyone to read what I thought and what I did. But I think it would be fine if it was published after so much time passed that everyone I knew also died so it wouldn't be that embarrassing because I wouldn't have known any of the people reading my diary.
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Post by alexkoo on May 30, 2013 0:08:14 GMT -5
I hate writing a diary since i was in elementary school because i had to write it everyday for school. I would write about everything that happened on that day which was same for every week. I do not think i will mind someone reading my diary since i am not going to write anything significant. I am not going to write about my love story because someone wrote about my friend on her diary and my friend felt very dangerous.
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Post by sageda on May 30, 2013 0:10:16 GMT -5
I don't have a diary but I do have a blog that I try to keep hidden as well as possible. I think if anyone I know were to discover my blog I would feel like I'd been violated. Not cause I post secrets or anything but I just like keeping that part of my life private. I don't trust much people in real life so no one I know actually knows my blog.
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Post by joannekim on May 30, 2013 23:23:29 GMT -5
I do not keep diary, but I would also feel embarrassed if my personal diary gets published. I would not feel good if people in future analyze what I wrote and try to find deep meaning from it, when there isn't. I would also like to keep my secrets and my daily life stories private. However, I think there would be nothing to analyze or learn from my diary anyway.
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Post by jessicashim2013 on May 31, 2013 0:29:49 GMT -5
If its published right now and I wouldn't want it to. Its embarassing and I some of my secrets would be known to everyone. Maybe if its published after my death, that would be okay, like Anne's diary. People can remember me and also learn the world I live in. When I was young, Anne's diary was interesting to read. So if young women read my diary and feel the same way that wouldn't be bad.
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kevin
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Post by kevin on May 31, 2013 3:35:46 GMT -5
i would not want that happening. diary is supposed to be private and so people like private stuffs like their own thougts and secrets.
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Post by cesar on May 31, 2013 5:10:50 GMT -5
If I knew the significance of the events that I wrote about in my diary; I don't think i'd have a problem. Imagine our view on the holocaust if we didn't have The Diary of Anne Frank. The even probably would not have so much of an impact on people. The Diary brought a perspective that could never be recreated, and thanks to that, it had a much bigger impact on people. if my diary was as important and the Diary of Anne Frank i'd be happy having them published.
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Post by junaen0416 on May 31, 2013 5:21:32 GMT -5
I would definitely mind if it were to publish during my lifetime but then after being published after my death would be another case unless I were to die in an historic event where people might have a biased perspective about the event. My diary might contain some valuable information especially the truth which could bring in some controversial moments later on. Wouldn't it be fun to have people wondering around right or wrong based on what you've wrote in the diary?
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Post by yerin0727 on May 31, 2013 5:23:44 GMT -5
I would feel embarassed and would personally not want my diary to be published. I know that if it gets published, I would become famous, however, I do not want my secrets to be revealed all over the world. How weird would it be for everyone around the world to know your identity?
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Post by tha0ism on May 31, 2013 9:51:42 GMT -5
i've heard of makurano soushi like thousand of time but i have actually never read it. but now that you mentioned, i think i will go and check it out! if i was sei shounagon, i would feel terrible though. even though its after my death, i dont want people to be reading things happened in my life like that..
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Post by sarahlee4 on Jun 1, 2013 3:14:27 GMT -5
I dont know actually. I think for me, it wouldnt be such a huge deal for it to be published. I mean, it is being published after my death so what the heck, right? I would want to have people learn from my mistakes and to learn from my life. Especially if my life was as crazy as hers.
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Post by rebeccahan0613 on Jun 3, 2013 21:30:57 GMT -5
I would hate to have my diary published if I ever wrote one. I'm not really good at keeping track of what I did so keeping a diary would be like the last thing I would do. However, I still wouldn't want people, or historians to read through whatever I wrote and share it with the world. I would definitely be embarrassed too.
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