Not long after the restoration, late 17th century London suffered two consecutive disastrous calamities: the Plague in 1665, taking the life of thousands of people and the Great Fire, devasting the old city in 1666. There are several narrations of these terrible happenings, but certainly the most important eye-witnessed recount is Samuel Peyps's Diary. It is considered as a document of social history. It reflects his real experience in his life. He is utterly frank in recording the events of his day, both public and private, the major affairs of the state or his quarrels with his wife. .
Samuel Peyps credibility appears in the first part of his diary, which is "The Great Fire". He describes in details the state of the city and how people escape from this tremendous fire, as if we are watching this state of anxiety. Also, he, sometimes, sympathizes with those people, as he says, "poor people", and "poor wretches". He is honest in giving a real portrait about the great fire for it is a fact that it is known and witnessed through history. What is strange is his saying that he "had an extraordinary dinner", while the city is burning. This shows that Peyps does not care so much to the goings-on around the city. .
Peyps did not intend to publish his diary for two reasons. Firstly, it includes some of his scandalous secrets which he does not want them to spread to the outside world. Secondly, he is quite rich as he describes his fortune that he saved from the fire, so he does not need money from publishing the diary. He just records his days for his future as not to forget the major events that happened during his public and private life. He records very openly some facts about his personal life admitting his affairs with his maid, Deb. .
He keeps betraying his wife by his affairs and she forgives him every time as if she cannot do anything towards him except insulting him.
Dear Diary. ... I leave this diary in those hands I trust in my absence. Caught in the Woods Dear Diary. ... Dear diary, sorry I haven't written for a while but things are a mess in Salem. ... Lucky Me Dear diary today was a close one; John and I were in court being questioned by Judge Danforth. ...
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The Diary of Anne Frank is about a girl that kept a diary while hiding from Nazi's in Amsterdam for two years. The diary ends when the Nazi's found her and her family. ... The diary is seen as dreadful. ... Also, her father was the one that found her diary. Many believe that he might have edited the diary too. ...
Otto Frank (Anne's Father) was reluctant to release his daughter's diaries probably for many reasons. Because of basic respect for his for the dead and the fact that that Anne's heart and soul were in her diaries her father had a difficult decision in deciding whether or not to publish Anne's diaries. ... Anne's father found it difficult to publicly release her diaries in part because of the way she used her diaries to confide in. She trusted that what she wrote in her diaries would stay unknown. ... Frank ended up publishing Anne's diaries. ...
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Hiroshima Diary, written by Dr. ... Several specific incidents from the diary absolutely shocked me. ... Stories from other parts of the diary also greatly affected me emotionally. ... Experiencing their world in a diary involved me in their hopes for retaliation, as well as their personal experiences. ... Hiroshima Diary revealed to me previously unacknowledged facts about the cultures of American and Japan, and myself. ...
