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    life” (Sasson). This shows that seeing the bright side of life will make all worries and negativity dissipate during tough challenges. During World War 2‚ many people used the method of positivity to endure the misery. From Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl‚ Anne Frank tries to stay positive while in hiding. It was exceedingly challenging getting around without getting captured by the Nazi. Another novel is Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Incarceration During World War ll and a Librarian

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    Emily Soper Book Review Mr. Friend 4/21/11 Just a young girl The book “A Diary of a young girl” by Anne Frank is a must read and a re-read kind of book. There are so many interesting and heart retching events that occur throughout this book. Anne made it very easy for the reader to get hooked on the novel and not want to ever put it down but‚ there are also some point as if she is rambling. While reading the book you almost felt as though you were Anne’s best friend “kitty (what she called

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    Shawshank Redemption – Frank Darabont An important timeless idea in The Shawshank Redemption directed by Frank Darabont‚ is hope. The film demonstrates how hope is so significant in life. Frank Darabont indicates the idea that hope is still important in our lives because having or lacking in hope‚ affects people personally‚ nationally and worldwide. The film techniques; narration/dialogue‚ symbolism and lighting were used by the director to enhance this important idea of hope. Through these film

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    related text‚" The Shawshank Redemption" directed by Frank Darabont encapsulates the idea of institutionalisation. Education is a supplement for the old lifestyle giving new ways to live with detrimental side effects. In the play “Educating Rita”‚ Rita assumes that education is an opportunity for finding herself but she is merely transitioning from one social class to another. Rita’s education has an oppressive effect on her personality. Frank wants her to ’discipline’ her mind‚ but what he means

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    portrayed him to be an almost Robin Hood type character but in reality he is the opposite of a perfect husband. Frank Nitty was killed by falling from the top of the courthouse‚ or was he. The film shows Elliot Ness pushing Nitty off the roof of the courthouse but that is totally twisting the truth. Frank was also shown trying to kill members of the untouchables this was also completely false. Frank Nitty was the second in command in Capone’s empire‚ so he would not even risk being prosecuted for murders

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    respond to conflict‚ and has been seen throughout history‚ like Anne Frank and Louise Ogawa‚ is having a positive attitude. One example of a positive attitude helping someone through a conflict is Anne Frank. Anne Frank was a jewish girl at the age of 13 when she started hiding from the Nazis in an old‚ dusty attic. However‚ under the circumstances‚ she made the best of it. She had a diary that was published and titled Anne Frank: The DIary of a Young Girl. Anne glued up postcards‚ as her diary says

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    forced on a person. As seen in the film “catch me if you can” the protagonist ‚Frank Abagnale Jr‚ played by Leonardo DeCaprio‚ steals the identity of numerous people as a means to pay back the money his father had lost. These changes in characters is seen by his constant costume changes and his identity changes just be means of simple accessories like a brief case. People take on new identities as a means of escape. Frank Abagnale jnr ran away from home when his parents divorced and it can be seen

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    only be 13 when she moved into the hidden attic‚ enduring the stresses that came with it. The Frank’s and Van Daan’s stay hidden for 2 years and 1 month during WW II from the Nazi’s. The theme of Anne Frank story is her ablility to stay positive will dealing with WWII. Reading how Anne Frank tried to stay positive during life changing events because of a move is similar to many people today that also have to move away friends‚ schools and homes . Trying to stay positive during such a horrible

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    of blacks.” He says that people say that being black is not that bad because there are white people in the same situation and that there is still hope for the black because of people like Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis but it is still not something “to be regarded with complacency” because the situations of Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis are just rare. Equality in America at the time was possible with “determined will‚” but still very rare. Another way James Baldwin established the theme of equality

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    The Struggle of Men Frank Darabont’s movie The Shawshank Redemption (1994) actively displays the trails and conflicts prisoners face in prison in an effort to show that everyone no matter their background endures some type of struggle. Darabont further backs up this claim by narrating the life of Andy Dufresne who was falsely accused of killing his wife. Darabont’s purpose is to generalize people’s fight against humanity‚ in the centralized setting of a prison so that the message is understood by

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