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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Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett use a series of techniques throughout Lindhout’s memoir, A House in the Sky, to develop the specific purpose for writing. One of the most frequently used techniques was imagery in order for the reader to feel as though they are with her in captivity. Secondly, Lindhout uses anecdotes to show how rare it was for the guards to treat Lindhout kindly and her way of mentally escaping captivity. Lastly, Lindhout uses allusions to give the reader information as to where
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Children will always turn into a mature person in their 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
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Otto Frank returns to a secret hiding place in which he and his family have lived during the first part of the Holocaust in Amsterdam. His friend, Miep Gies, has saved a diary that his daughter Anne kept during that time. Otto begins reading the diary aloud, and the play follows Anne's thoughts and actions, as well as those of the others hiding in the Secret Annex. In the play, you can see their daily struggles such as their fear of existence and fear of the Nazis. Throughout the play, you can tell
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In 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
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her diary have opened eyes around the world. Frank was born on June 12, 1929 to Otto Frank and Edith Frank and died on March 1, 1945; while growing up, Anne and her family moved from Frankfurt, Germany to Amsterdam, Germany because of economic despair causing Adolf Hitler to take control over the government in result of him taking over everybody except Nazis, which were Jews, which was also Frank’s family because they were Jews; when Frank had finally turned thirteen, she had received a diary book
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Annelies Marie Frank, author of The Diary of a Young Girl, focuses mainly on the idea of loneliness of adolescence. This book was originally written as a diary then later published by Frank’s father, Otto Frank, to fulfill his daughter’s wish after she passed away. Because this book was written in first person point of view and falls under the non-fiction category, I believe that the strongest things about this book is that it is able to leave an impact to the society as well as a dark past that
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From 1942 Anne frank which was 13 years old when she entered the annex, her family and another family the Van Pels entered the annex. Margot the sister of Anne is very quiet and is 16 years old when she enters the annex. Otto and Edith Frank are the parents of Margot and Anne and are very generous people. Hermann the dad, Auguste the mom, and Peter Van Pel the son. The Van Pels care for their stuff very much and are very selfish other than Peter while the Franks don’t care as much for their stuff
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The Diary of a Young Girl showed that a 13 year old girl can have heroic qualities and furthermore that anyone, with the right personality and attitude can inspire others and be a hero. This young girl’s actions are inspirational to many types of people in different situations in helping them get through their troubles. Furthermore, her writing is effective in positively affecting people to be able to handle the trials in their life. This young girl was Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank. Anne Frank endured
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In the book, The Freedom Writers Diary, some things were not added into the movie. They changed the perspective, so instead of the students telling the story and the teacher secondary, like in the book, the teacher (Ms. Gruwell) tells the story, and the students are secondary. Also, the entries are worse and more horrifying than in the movie, like abuse, drugs, peer pressure, illness, and violence. I think that these changes, in the book version to the movie version, were to have a 3rd person
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