The Pillow Book

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• Characteristics of a Diary
• Random Organization
• Emotional Expression
• Snapshots/Images of human experience

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• Comedic Elements
• Tone
• Honesty
• Boldness
• Familiarity

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• Universality of Human Experience
• Humanism Concerning the individual and the
  critical spirit. Emphasizing secular concerns.
  The quality or state of being human.

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• The Human Experience

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• Human Nature to Seek, Acquire, and Admire Beauty
• Physical
• Symbolic

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• Physical Beauty
• Youth
• Confidence
• Style

• Symbolic Beauty
• Nature
• Love
• Relationships

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• Human Nature to Shun, Reject, and Loathe Ugliness
• Physical
• Symbolic

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• Physical Ugliness
• Old Age
• Poverty
• Filthiness

• Symbolic Ugliness
• Presumptiveness
• Rudeness
• Rejection

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