went into hiding for two years, in fear of being sent away to a camp, or suffer a slow, painful death in a gas chamber during the Holocaust. Was she captured or kept hidden away? This is her first person experience of the Holocaust based on her diary “The diary of Anne Frank “. Anne Frank was a young, adventurous, and religious girl born on June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany. She was mischievous and curious. But soon Germany became a dangerous place for Jews, and , Margot, Annes sister, received a
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HI18 - C July 1, 2013 _____________________________________________________________________________________ To many of us, history is simply a class you take to be able to learn and memorize certain dates, events and people that have tremendous significance to a country, nation or even community. If you view it this way, you are missing the whole point of history. There is more to the objectivity of history. The very essence of history is that it leaves a trace of emotion by these so called
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*What does freedom mean to you? Freedom can mean different things depending on the situation. Freedom is an important theme on Frederick Douglass's "Narrative Life" as well as my chosen books "Worst Case" by James Patterson and "The Diary of Anne Frank" by Anne Frank. All these books illustrate the theme of freedom in different ways, but all follow a theme of personal freedom. Freedom is not easily achieved for any of the characters in these three books. * Michael Benette is the main character
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Extra Credit Today I attended the Life at the Edge: David Koker’s Concentration Camp Diary presented by Dr. Robert Jan Van Pelt at Miami Dade College Kendall Campus. I found the presentation to be very interesting. It was a different view of what took place during the holocaust from inside the concentration camps other than the story of Anne Frank. The diary was intended for his girlfriend to read at the time which he describes everything in such detail and passion. David was captured in March
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Freedom Writers Diary Review The movie “Freedom Writers” is a true story about a white teacher trying to make a difference in a room crammed with black, Latino and Asian high school freshmen. It is defiantly a challenge, especially for a first time teacher. Hillary Swank is the main actress and she plays Erin Gruwell, a 23-year-old teacher in 1994 assigned to teach freshman and softmore English at Wilson High School in Long Beach, Calif. By the time Erin steps into her classroom, two years after
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The Diary of Anne Frank Would you family have the strength to sacrifice everything to stay together? The Frank family did. On July 5,1942 Margot Frank, a shy, sixteen year old was ordered to report to a work camp in Germany. To keep his family united Otto Frank decided to go into hiding in a secret annex located in Amsterdam, Holland with his wife Edith and his two daughters Margot and Anne. The Franks were later joined by the Van Daan Family, which included Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan and their son
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BOOK REPORT Title : The Diary of a Young Girl Author: Anne Frank * Annelies "Anne" Marie Frank (12 June 1929 – early March 1945) was one of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Her diary has been the basis for several plays and films. Born in the city of Frankfurt am Main in Weimar Germany, she lived most of her life in or near Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. Born a German national, Frank lost her citizenship in 1941 when Nazi Germany passed the anti-Semitic Nuremberg Laws
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told that she’s too young to understand some events and discussions, in spite of living through them on a daily basis. That book is Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl is a partial biography of Anne Frank who had received the gift of a diary for her 13th birthday in 1942 (Frank, 1967). The pages in the diary are written in a two year period, beginning on June 14, 1942 and ending with the last entry of August 1, 1944. Anne was a Jewish girl living in Amsterdam
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Bridget Jones’s Diary vs. Pride and Prejudice Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding is about a single woman over 30, who smokes too much, drinks too much, and has a tendency to say whatever comes into her mind. She asks herself: can she find her place in the world, and a man? Her parents recommend a man by the name of Mark Darcy. While he might be wealthy and polite, he just seems too awkward and stiff. A good example of Mark's awkwardness is when he says "I. Um. Are you reading any, ah ... Have
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Are you aware of one of the greatest true perseverance stories of all time? The Diary of a 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
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