responder because non-fiction literature is based on a true story. Non-fiction authors give responders the ability to understand the experiences and difficulties that they have faced and gone through. For example taking a look at the diary of Anne Frank creates an eagerness as you read from one line to the next. (Wednesday the 13th of January 1943 - top of page 84: “I could spend hours telling you about the suffering the war has brought‚ but I’d only make myself more miserable. All we can do is wait
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Kazuo Ishiguro’s Remains of the Day gives an eloquent treatment of the issue of how a stoic English butler’s unemotional reaction to the emotional world around him is damaging and painful‚ and how he resolves to make the best of the “remains of the day”—the remainder of his life. Ishiguro explores some of the differences between the old English Victorian culture—that of the stiff upper lip‚ no show of emotion‚ and repression of personal opinion—and the no-holds-barred
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take a mother’s place. I need my mother as an example I can follow‚ I want to be able to respect her… I imagine a mother as a woman who‚ in the first place‚ shows great tact‚ especially towards her children when they reach our age‚ and who does not laugh at me when I cry about something--not pain‚ but other things-- like ‘Mums’ does.” (Frank 129). This is a character versus character type of conflict. Anne is the protagonist‚ and her mother is the
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mean to be great? In the novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the author introduces a character known as the‚ “Great” Gatsby‚ but is this character truly great? I think that the character‚ the Great Gatsby truly is great because of the following reasons. The Great Gatsby’s born name is James Gatz. He was born poor‚ in poverty in which he knew he didn’t belong. He always knew he was destined for greatness and power beyond anyone’s imagination. However‚ despite his great poverty stricken
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Historical Perspective from “The Diary of Anne Frank” The historical events in the play helped the readers understand what was going on when Anne and her family went into hiding during World War II. In 1935 the Nuremberg laws are passed in Germany stripping Jews of their rights as German citizens. Laws passed over the next several years further isolate Jews including the requirement to wear a yellow Star of David. Germany invades Poland triggering the beginning of World War II. Growing Nazi restrictions
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look like? Maybe be afraid to go out because of your culture‚ possibly been attacked? Anne Frank and Eva are very different people‚ living very different lives‚ but they both have some of the same issues. Both of the young teenage girls are fighting there own wars‚ both being looked down on for there culture and what they look like. Which should have no impact on how you treat someone. In Fact‚ in Anne Frank‚ people everyday were being taken from there homes‚ Anne hides for her life‚ scared she could
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she could. The families that lived there were the Franks and the Van Daan’s. Also a single man who they called Mr.Dussel. They went into hiding in the year of 1943. The place that the Annex was in‚ is a city called Amsterdam. According to Dictionary.com‚ the definition of courage is ’’the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty‚ pain‚ danger‚ etc’’. One person that lived in the Annex was Anne Frank‚ and she is a great representation of courage. I believe this because
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Holocaust. ‘’ The boy on the wooden box’’ and ‘’Anne Frank’’ are a great representation that having a positive attitude is the best response to conflict‚ especially in the time of war. (TBOTWB) is a book about the life of Leon Leyson who is a boy who he and his family are taken to concentration camps and have to work Schindler hires Leon and cares for him and ends up getting his mom’s camp switched and ends up saving him and his family. Anne Frank is a diary of a young girl who is taken to a concentration
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Task four: Frank Lloyd Wright’s organic architecture “So here I stand before you preaching organic architecture…not cherishing any preconceived form fixing upon us either past‚ present or future but instead exalting the simple lows of common sense…” It is not surprising that Frank Lloyd Wright‚ a brilliant architect and designer of far-reaching vision and great powers of invention‚ anticipated many of the hallmarks of today’s Green movement. Wright introduced the word ‘organic’ into his philosophy
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Annelies Marie Frank born June 12‚ 1929 in Germany is known though the world for her diary‚ Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. A Young Jewish girl who wrote about how her family was hiding for two years during the German occupation of the Netherlands which was ended published by her father. She was born into an Upper-class Jewish family in the city of Frankfurt. Before the leadership of Adolf Hitler‚ her and her sister Margot had a secure‚ loving and comfortable childhood. Unfortunally a worldwide
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