What Makes a Diary?: Pearson’s Diary and the Conventions of Diary-Writing

A brief overview of how Pearson's writing fits into the greater literary form of diary writing, and how his own authorial quirks, such as his mention of the weather, misspellings, and abbreviations can provide insight into his personal growth and maturity. Meant to be compared to the computational text analysis resource, titled '“Nice Weather We’re Having”: Trends in Pearson’s Writing and Analysis'.