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Positivity: Anne Frank, Miss. Breed, And Rosa Parks
Positivity:”the practice of being or tendency or be positive or optimistic in attitude”. Sometimes in hard situations or conflict the solution is to just be positive. If it doesn’t solve the conflict it will definitely help it. Examples of people that dealt with conflict with positivity are Anne Frank, Miss.Breed, and Rosa Parks. To start Anne frank is a person that dealt with the conflict of being a Jew during the holocaust by being positive. Anne was a young jewish girl that had to go into hiding so that she wouldn’t be brought to a concentration camp. She went into hiding looking at the good or at least better things about it. One of the first positive things she says is “father, mother, and Margot still can't get used to the chiming of the Westertoren clock, Which tells us the time every quarter of an hour. Not me, i liked it from the start; it sounds so reassuring, especially at night.” In this quote she is saying that when everyone is being negative she’s using it as a distraction and for reassurance. She next talks about how she feels about hiding. Anne say “I don't think i'll ever feel at home in this house, but that doesn't mean i hate it. It's more like being on vacation in some strange pension.” I take from this that Anne understands it's not like home but she will try to make the most of it. She also says …show more content…
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