Category: FYS183
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WWII Presentations
For class, we shared our presentation of any topic during WWII involving letters that we were willing to share. I focused on love letters from the book “Love Abe: A Jewish GI’s World War II Letters Home” by Bonnie Klapper Goldenberg. I read majority of the book and read some of the letters that were…
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WWII & Epistolary Fiction
In class, we discussed the ideas of letters being sent to either strangers or loved ones. It made me think about how letters have impacted communication to get their words out for good. When sending letters, it would either be about sending them a gift to feel safe or connecting with what’s happening in their…
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Last Letters in the Holocaust
In class, we discovered that free writing is a way to clear the mind with writing that doesn’t need to be perfect. Before class, we read two letters during the Holocaust the were a persons last letter to their loved ones (family members, significant others, etc;). During class, we wrote a free writing for a…
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Writing Project Free Write
For this letter writing project, I know that my theme is love letters, but I can’t seem to find one that I would be interested to read about. My first option had to be off my list because it will be presented during class. I’m still looking for books, but I know that I will…
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WWII Japanese Internment
Before class, we read letters from Japanese-Americans of what it was like to be a target and having to move from your hometown to a camp for your own protection. We came together to discuss an article called “Dear Miss Breed” which shared stories of different people sharing their experiences during WWII in Japanese Internment…
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WWII Communication /Special Collections
Something I found interesting during my class was reading multiple letters from a student that attended to Muhlenberg College in the 1940s. Yes, majority of the letters were in cursive and needed to be treated delicately, but it was worth learning. What I mean is that you learn how productive students were back then and…
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Letter Writing & My Writing
On Letter Writing To me, letter writing is how you’re capable of writing your personal thoughts for someone you care for about anything you desire. I’m excited on how to make a letter not only be presentable, but more affectionate of how my writing can effect that person from my words. My only concern about…