Mummy Vlogs: Diaries

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Have you ever kept a diary? Have you ever wondered why people did? In John Mullan’s article, From religious reflection to mummy vlogs: diaries through the ages, he explains the dairies throughout the age and answers the questions to why keep a dairy? I found this article interesting and I enjoyed learning the history of a diary through the ages. Mullan starts his article explaining how an exhibition in London explores the history of diary keeping. It’s based on an ordinary person keeping a diary and how it changed over decades. In earlier centuries, people kept a diary for religious reasons. Mullan states that, “Dairy-keeping was closely related to the growth of Protestantism.” He believes this has to do with the type of novels that came …show more content…

Mullan tells his readers to “sign yourself up and a few words from you can make an entry look rich.” He then continues to go into explaining a modern diary. Mullan mentions many celebrity diarists and their purpose is “self-investigation.” He also talks about the diaries doctors have kept explaining diagnosis’s of cancer. He adds in examples of what he considers as “weird” diaries and talked about financial-account keeping of dairies. Mullan explains how electronic devices have now made it easier to write. People record almost anything nowadays. He states that diarists record almost anything such as books, their health, phone calls, dreams and even kiss lists. Diaries have come a long way since the earliest centuries, almost anything can be considered as “diary.” They aren’t always …show more content…

I was always fascinated with dairies and I even had a journal myself growing up. Dairies have such importance and helped us even explain a lot of history. Mullan argues that diaries any simply be almost anything a person records. I never thought about that when you record your dreams this could be considered a diary. Mullan’s over all point is to explain to his readers what a diary is, different types of diaries and how they changed over the years. He ended his article on a strong note. He Argued the importance and strong emotions behind past diary entries. Mullan states in his final paragraph, “Most diaries do not end so much as stop.” Then finally ended his article with one more final story about Keith Vaughan. He was suffering from cancer and took a lethal drug to end his own life. He wrote an entry during his final moments and Mullan considered Vaughan making a commitment to his diary. I found this to be very powerful, how Mullan decided to end his article on such a strong note. I believe he wants his readers to truly understand how emotion and strong a diary entry can be, along with their

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