I am adding a second follow up item which furthers explores and helps to underline the importance of the power of one’s story and it’s effects on others as should be evident after watching it. Erin Gruwell engaged a second individual as an example following: “The Diary of Anne Frank” with another book that was sweeping the world at that time called: “The Diary of Zlata Filipovich” about the writings of a young girl in Sarajevo during the Bosnian War in the early 1990’s. This clip was taken from an interview with TV news correspondent: Jane Pauley and shows actual footage of the war as a backdrop to what she went through.