1. Introduction: What are diaries? A diary can be a book or some sheets of paper in which personal feelings, thoughts and actions are daily written down. A diary is something very personal, intimate and secret. People, who write diaries, trust in their diary and tell it their secrets. A diary is like a friend, but it's not a human being, who could laugh at the diarist, detest or comfort him because of his deepest secrets. …showed first 75 words of 512 total…

…showed last 75 words of 512 total…social matters except the diarist belongs to a minority, is a victim of a war and it also depends on the cultural, political, religious and ethic ideals of the person. Immediacy is another aspect of a secret diary. It endows the diary with a vitality and directness that can hardly be reached in any other literary form. A diary fosters an impression of objectivity and truthfulness. All in all it is worth reading a diary.