The significance is in the main fact that Journals and Diaries are and told from the day the event happens thus they capture not a mere reflection but after thoughts of things occurring. While Memoirs such as this one are told after much reflecting on the significant moment. Both are a step through time. But it is the journal that has the fresh emotions and thoughts of time. One tells more by thoughtful interpretation while the other reflects on current events.

There are significant similarities and differences between Journals and Memoirs. A similarity amongst ‘Journals by Gretel Ehrlich’ and ‘In Pharaoh’s Army by Tobias Wolff’ is the description that has a balance between both. Still there are differences in approach. Gretel focuses on