...was the quote that stood out to me before I entered into the Anne Frank exhibit, and it was a quote that signified hope and peace. Despite the hardships and struggles that Anne Frank had experienced she continued to hold onto the hope that there would be peace in this world. As I walked through the exhibit I noticed how her journals were filled with stories of her everyday life and never did she right bad about living in the secret annex or the harsh behavior of the German gestapo. She wrote of her normal life she was real in her writings, leaving no details behind, she talked about her teachers and friends and even the boy she was crushing on. She was a typical...
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...own life. In the Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, a girl named Anne Frank gets a diary and writes about her life during the time of World War 2. She is hiding in this place called the Secret Annex. Along with her parents. Also, another family arrives with them, the Van Daans. Along with their son Peter and their cat Mouschi. During the story, Anne will show a lot of her being positive, but mostly with Peter and his father Otto Frank. Anne remains positive in this environment by wanting to dance with Peter. She remains positive so she can get distracted and not worry about what's going on outside of the Secret Annex. She also acts positively because she is an innocent person. “Peter, where are you going? Come dance with me.” (230). Anne tries to provoke Peter so he can get angry. Also, so Peter can get in trouble and Anne won’t. Anne turns happy after she gets frustrated for a while. In the story, there is a scene when Anne see’s Peter for the first time. Anne gets’s excited because Peter has a cat. Anne is all happy because she had a cat before she went into hiding. But Peter shows Anne a bad attitude because he doesn’t really like Anne....
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... In “The Diary of Anne Frank” the authors, Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, reveal the personalities and traits of the characters Mr. Frank, Anne Frank, and Peter Van Daan. These aspects of the characters are unveiled by the interactions between each other and their dialogues. In the first three scenes of the play, you can observe Mr. Frank to be caring and welcoming especially with the arrival of Mr. Dussel. Mr. Frank knew the struggles that might arise with the addition of Mr. Dussel in the annex yet he still took him in because he knew it was the right thing to do. He welcomed Mr. Dussel with opened arms and with no hesitation. “Mr. Kraler: ...I know it’s a terrible thing to ask of you, living as you are, but would you take him in with you?” “Mr. Frank: Of course we will.” Mr. Frank was also a very intelligent man. This is expressed through a brief conversation between Mr. Frank, Mrs. Van Daan, and Peter Van Daan. This conversation includes Mrs. Van Daan asking Mr. Frank if he can assist...
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...the story, The Diary of a Young Girl: Anne Frank, Anne compares the eight occupants of the “Secret Annex,” to a piece of little blue heaven. I feel that Anne is referring to the black rain clouds around them are the Nazi’s coming closer to finding them. Anne notices the fighting in the streets and how Nazi’s are taking away people every day which worries her more. She starts have nightmares of what might happen, and how she might be taken away from her family. I feel that Anne compares the families to the little blue heaven because she feels safer with them in the annex, and their “...circle which separates us from the approaching danger closes more and more tightly,” (Frank 115) shows how they come closer and closer to being found each day. Anne becomes more and more afraid that they will be caught. Anne goes into a deep state of depression because she feels there is not a living person she can talk to about her problems. She has nightmares of being shipped off away from her family, or of the “Secret Annex” being on fire. Anne tries hard to occupy herself with books and education, but it won’t help her to have her fears go away....
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...Young Girl, by Anne Frank, is an amazing and oddly enough, beautiful journal. As young as Anne is she writes a descriptive, and a little bit sarcastic, log of her day to day events. On her thirteenth birthday, she receives a diary from her parents. Even though she has a pretty good social life, she feels misunderstood by everyone around her. Within a month of Anne starting to write her journal, her entire life changes. Anne and her family have a plan to move into a secret annex. Hidden behind a bookshelf in her father’s business, to attempt to outlast World War 2 and Hitler's rath. In the diary the main theme is to be hopeful and optimistic even if times seem incredibly tough. This quote proves this theme. “Be brave!...
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...Anne Frank is an inspiration to me in many ways. I decided to choose this topic for many reasons but mainly because id never done anything personally on her. Many know about her life during the holocaust but not many know about her life before. In this essay I will be researching her before life and who she was before this tragic event occurred. For those of you who don’t know who Anne Frank is she was a teen writer who went into hiding during the Holocaust. She journalized her experiences in the what we know as The Diary of Anne Frank. Anne Frank was born as Annelies Marie Frank on June 12, 1929, in Frankfurt, Germany. Her Mother and father known as Edith Frank and Otto Frank. Her father was a lieutenant in the German army during World War...
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...Essay While time has proceeded, multiple historical occurrences prevailed outside the annex, persuaded the moods and relationships between dramatist . Anne Frank is known as the girl who wrote the most famous diary of the century during World War II and she was the was most affected out of all the people living in the annex. Right after Anne’s thirteenth birthday they immediately went into hiding, but once they hid they never came out the same. When Mr. Dussel was first introduced to the annex, he told everyone what was happening outside, that hundreds of Jews were being exiled every day just like the Native Americans walking the trail of tears. This is when it all started with Anne. Firstly Anne had horrid nights in the annex, her dreams were turning into nightmares. At first she didn't know what was going on and why they moved into the annex....
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...Sample Critical Lens Essay • With the person sitting next to you, read the essay below. (2-3 min) • What are the parts of the critical lens essay? (5-10 min) o Label the parts of the introduction (REAL) o Make a list of the parts of the body paragraphs • Be ready to share out your findings. (2-3 min) “In spite of everything, I still believe people are really good at heart.” -Anne Frank Anne Frank said, “In spite of everything, I still believe people are really good at heart.” This means that even if people do bad things, deep down they are still good people that care for other human beings and have feelings. I agree with this statement. In the novella The Pearl by John Steinbeck and the novel A Separate Peace by John Knowles, the characters Kino and Gene are still good at heart despite the bad things they may have done. In the novella The Pearl by John Steinbeck, Kino is a young Mexican man who finds a valuable pearl. Before finding the pearl, Kino has a peaceful life with his wife, Juana and his son, Coyotito. Kino finds a pearl and people try to take advantage of him to get their hands on the pearl. Because of this, Kino is driven to do things he normally would not and the mood of the story turns dark. He beats a man who tries to attack him, he beats his wife for trying to get rid of the pearl and the bad luck it is causing Kino’s family and finally, he kills a man who tries to take the pearl away...
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...Anne Frank Essay: The Holocaust was a very awful event in human history where tons of Jewish people lost their lives and those who were deemed less lost their lives. However a girl named Anne Frank, who was Jewish herself said this: “In spite of everything, I still believe people are really good at heart.” Even though they all showed love and hate through the play, I think that hate outbeats love so I’M disagreeing with Annes statement, because of Mr. Dussel showed his hateful and unkindness actions. However I still recognize that the charter that showed love too by Mr. Frank’s actions and how helpful he is and how caring he is to others. Though I saw many unkind actions, I thought Mr. Dussel's actions were very unkind. On page 60 it Mr....
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...Anthem Short Essay 1) The characters in Anthem, such as Liberty, Equality, International, and The Council Members, seems to think about some of their choices but it depends on the society’s feelings on the situation that they are facing; cause if The Council feels like a citizen should be punished then society will follow and agree. Since society wants to be equal they feel that they must think the same and share the same happiness, anger, regret, and sadness. Society’s choice can determine everything else, for example when Equality went to The Council of Scholars to give them the power of Light, they all turned down Equality but there is a strong hypothesis that they will soon regret turning down Equality’s discovery. They have a choice to speak up and tell society what they really think but they are too scared of being burned or tortured. Anthem’s society follows the rules and orders they are given, Equality takes his place as street sweeper to obey and respect his brothers, but Equality is trying to help his brother when he discovered the power of light (page 59). He was going to give the Scholars all the power, but he was turned down and he ran to the Uncharted Forest. There is where he realizes that he is not really the “damned”, because he is in a beautiful forest and doesn’t have to follow any rules and there is more peace in the forest than in the actual society itself. 2) Equality is a man who knows that he is different and admits to all the wrong things he has...
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...In her article, “The Signs of Shopping” Anne Norton says, “walking from window to another, observing one another, shoppers, especially the astute and observing adolescents, acquire a facility with the language of commodities…shop windows teach composition” (88). In the following essay, we will be looking at how consumerism and advertising influence and help us develop our identity. What is identity? According to the Merriam- Webster Dictionary, identity is the qualities, ideas and beliefs that differentiate a person from the rest of the group. Our identities form from different aspects of our lives; such as family life, school life, friends, professors and religion. In addition, places such as the mall also helps shape our identity. The mall...
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...Material Appendix N Topic Sentences and Supporting Paragraphs Topic Sentences When you write, you form paragraphs. A paragraph is a group of sentences that relate in topic and thought. A paragraph generally consists of three to five sentences and usually begins with a topic sentence. A topic sentence is a general statement that announces what the paragraph is about. By starting a paragraph with a topic sentence, your audience may immediately identify your topic. This construction also helps you, the writer, stay focused on your subject. Consider the following example of an essay introduction: The first sentence is the topic sentence: It tells the readers they will learn about past narratives. The sentences that follow the topic sentence relate to the topic sentence because they provide examples of past narratives. Finally, the last sentence is the thesis of the essay, which expresses the author’s position on the topic and previews what the entire paper is about. You learn more about writing effective introductions later in this course. Supporting Paragraphs Every paragraph after your introduction must be a supporting paragraph. A supporting paragraph supports or proves your thesis. All supporting paragraphs must include a topic sentence. You may then develop the supporting paragraphs within your paper by using one or more of the following methods: • Examples and illustrations • Data, facts, or historical or personal details ...
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...“We are all ordinary people but even an ordinary person can within their own small ways turn on a small light in a dark room.” Miep Gies A Brief Summary of the movie Freedom Writers Freedom Writers is a 1990s film which tells the story of Erin Gruwell, a novice teacher and her interaction with a group of students at Wilson High School, located in Long Beach Los Angeles. Through shared experiences and writing she helps the students to become writers themselves. In the beginning of the film, Ms. G, as she was called by her students, had difficulty establishing a connection with her students and turns to her father and husband for support. Her offers guidance, but not the support she seeks. Her husband distances himself from her work and eventually their relationship. Ms. G in turn, dedicates herself to teaching her students, leaving little time for nothing else. She takes on part-time jobs to buy books for the students and spends late nights working in the classroom. The Head of Department and the faculty at large contributes little to helping Erin in the classroom. They offer advice based on institutional standards and past performance of the students, some staff suggesting that the students simply “don’t want to learn.” At the center of the film, lie the stories of the students. The students are skeptical of Ms. G and her interest in their lives. Initially, they resist her attempts and refuse to cross the self-inflicted boundaries they have designated...
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...Essay by Anne Louise Carter: Frank H. Peterson Academies of Technology Why I Want to be a Part of the Mayor’s Young Leaders Advisory Council Serving on the Mayor’s Young Leaders Advisory Council (MYLAC) would present me with several unique opportunities at the same time. Being on this council would allow me to get more experience being a leader among my peers, as well as an unparalleled way to learn more about my city government. These are the reasons I would like to participate in the Mayor’s Yong Leaders Advisory Council. I enjoy the challenge of leadership situations. While attending Mayport Costal Sciences’ Middle School, I held the office of parliamentarian in the School’s FFA Chapter. As the Parliamentarian, I was expected to lead by example and implement parliamentary procedure that helped the chapter function in an organized manner. This experience introduced me to the value of community service and civic duty. Our chapter facilitated the...
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...The Problem is ********* The United States has promised its citizens the basic rights to speech and free press since the founding of our nation. But in 1821, our country took its first steps towards censorship when the 1748 novel Fanny Hill was banned for containing offensive and vulgar language as well as detailing the less than glamorous life of a prostitute. The tradition of removing books from schools for their questionable content has carried on into the twenty first century with the banning of several extremely popular books such as Harry Potter, for its use of witchcraft as a key plot point, The Hunger Games, for its graphic descriptions of children slaying one another on live television, and even the widespread elementary boy’s books Captain Underpants, for its use of bathroom humor frequently throughout the series. Not only these books, but also beloved classics such as The Scarlett Letter, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Grapes of Wrath, and The Great Gatsby have all been removed from the curriculum of many schools in order to shelter students from the taboo topics they discuss, such as racial prejudice, adultery, and alcoholism. Many concerned Americans have begun to wonder whether or not the government should have the power to control what students read and believe that censorship goes against the very foundations of our nation. While the United States Constitution does clearly state that “Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech or of the press”, does...
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