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    story of Anne Frank‚ Anne‚ Miep‚ and Mr. Frank showed courage‚ compassion‚ and sacrificed things for those around them. The residents at the Secret Annex went into hiding in early July 1942 right after they received a letter for Margot to go to a work camp in Germany. Anne and her family went into hiding in Annex that was behind Mr. Frank’s business. They all hid there for two years. Throughout those two years there were so many rough times and they had to rely on each other. Mr. Frank showed courage

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    Anne Frank and Frederick Douglass Everyone has hope in something whether it is possible or seemingly impossible. Anne Frank and Frederick Douglass‚ among many differences and similarities‚ both had hope in something others may not have believed to be possible. They never gave up their hope that they so desperately clung to when they were in bondage. Anne Frank and Frederick Douglass were both held in bondage‚ each in a different way. Frank was kept from the public eye for fear she would be caught

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    Period 4 9/4/13 Angela’s Ashes Essay In Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes‚ the lower class of poverty-stricken Ireland faces many challenges. They encounter not being able to care for their families and harsh living conditions. Such conditions force Malachy McCourt to drink out of control. Malachy‚ Frank McCourt’s father‚ uses alcohol to escape real life. The choices of Malachy Sr. cause many other problems for the family. The difficulties in the McCourt family have caused Malachy Sr. to escape his

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    Compare and Contrast Have you ever thought about the negative behavior back then and today? The actions and the reactions will always be the same but the situations will change as new things come up creating new arguments and situations. Anne Frank acts like she is the owner of the house‚ she feels she does not need to show any respect if she does not want to or not. She is very disrespectful to the people she lived with like when she says she put a wet mop in Mr. Dussel’s bed. She also is very

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    about the Diary of Anne Frank Anne Frank is a Jewish girl during World War II he has to hide to escape persecution by the Nazis. Along with seven other people it remains hidden in the " Secret Annexe "After more than two years of being hidden ‚ hidden they are discovered and deported to concentration camps . The theme is that everything has an end because Anne said “The world must be going through a phase” and the symbol is the diary   THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK Anne Frank was born on June 12

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    diary‚ came to help to deal in the time of transition. Young children often have imaginary friends. Anne Frank‚ after she followed her family into hiding‚ never enjoyed this luxury. Her diary became Anne´s friend‚ her retreat from a microcosm imposed upon her and the seven other Jews imprisoned in the loft because of Hitler’s master plan of genocide against Jews and other groups. Even before the Franks entered the loft‚ Anne had named her diary “Kitty.”  (Shuman). Kitty helps Anne deal with the huge change

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    Frank McCourt in Angela’s Ashes described the hard times and pain in his life‚ pain that no person should have had to endure. After losing his baby sister Margaret and twin brothers Eugene and Oliver‚ to disease and bad parenting‚ McCourt went through terrible times himself. Regularly subject to malnutrition and neglect‚ he came down with the typhoid fever‚ spending weeks in the hospital‚ and an unrecognized‚ persistent eye infection that came close to blinding him. In life people learn from their

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    Anne Frank: Writing as a journey to self discovery The protagonist and author of The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank began writing her diary at the age of thirteen. She has many friends and admires at school; however‚ she confesses that she doesn’t have any close friend whom she able to open up fully about deeper things in her mind that she wants to share. It makes her to feel lonely and misunderstood. Anne found a best friend in the diary she named “Kitty”. The diary gives her a private place

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    Film Analysis of The Diary of Anne Frank The Diary of Anne Frank is a powerful non-fiction film based on the diary of a young Jewish girl who went into hiding with her family in 1942 to escape the Nazi persecution. Filmed in 1959‚ George Stevens brilliant usage of mise-en-scene successfully made this movie thought provoking and emotional. Mise-en-scene is one of the four film components that allow motion pictures to serve as a medium of communication. Films use this component to incorporate a

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    Poverty‚ Perseverance‚ and Humor‚ oh my! Pulitzer Prize winning memoir “Angela’s Ashes” written by Frank McCourt is a phenomenal tear jerking memoir written about Frank’s childhood growing up in extreme poverty. What were most memorable about this book were Frank’s poverty‚ perseverance‚ and humor. You’ve never seen real poverty until you’ve read this book. His father‚ Malachy McCourt‚ is an alcoholic who uses all of the dole money (welfare) to get drunk‚ leaving his family with no money for a

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