in the attic of an office building‚ a teenage girl writes in her diary about her hardships. This diary later became the most famous written account of the Holocaust. In The Diary of a Young Girl written by Anne Frank‚ the author describes her life when hidden in the Secret Annex. Her story was so outstanding because of the character traits that she portrays in her diary. In the beginning of the book‚ the most obvious trait that Anne Frank depicts is how much she talks. On page 17‚ she stated
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Kiersten Baxley Professor Shirokova English 1102 12 September 2012 Anne Carson’s Lessons Anne Carson is a very intelligent and well rounded writer. When I first read Anne Carson’s “Short Talks”‚ I was seriously confused. At first‚ I thought she was an abstract writer that wrote just to write. But then I took a second look at her work and realized there was much more to it than just crazy jumbled ideas. “Short Talks” is a mixture of many elements. It has argumentation‚ facts‚ personal opinions
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Her Kind The poem “Her Kind” by Anne Sexton brings attention to her readers from digging deep into the true meaning behind her imagery. Her poem is quiet but along with an intense emotion‚ it brings out most of what she truly felt in reality. Anne describes very descriptively three roles of women in society that are overlooked and judged constantly by the people around them. In Anne’s eyes‚ she makes us feel that as good of a person she can be‚ she’s always overlooked and misunderstood and she
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Birth Order It is a commonly known fact that not all children are the same‚ not even close. But at the same time‚ children follow distinct patterns based on where they are in their family ’s birth order. The only child‚ the first child‚ the middle‚ and the last all have distinct traits that can fit into each family. Not every child fits into every single characteristic‚ but virtually everyone can relate in some way or another. Many psychologists have argued that birth order is nothing but a
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Anne Bradstreet’s poem‚ "The Prologue‚" portrays the struggles of being a woman in a Puritan society. She realized that in a Puritan society‚ women were not meant to speak their mind and have strong opinions. With this poem she acknowledges her role as a woman in society even if she doesn’t agree with it. Anne Bradstreet shows her recognition of men’s supposed superiority in that time period with this line: "Men can do best‚ and women know it well" (40). Regardless of her acknowledgment of her
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• Why was Anne Hutchinson such a threat to Puritan society that leaders decided to banish her? Remember that other dissenters in Puritan society were treated differently. Be sure to consider social‚ political‚ and religious reasons. This situation was more complex than a bunch of fanatical or sexist leaders using their power to oppress‚ so make sure you approach the complexity of the history appropriately. Anne Hutchinson was an outspoken‚ confident woman who‚ just like John Winthrop
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The Diary of Anne Frank The story Diary of Anne Frank was a very interesting book which showed the ways a group of Jewish people during the 1940’s went about trying to conceal their identity and themselves. This story was a true story taken from a diary of a young girl during the incident. This was made into a play during 1955. This was praised as Frances Goodrich’s and her husband Albert Hackett’s most famous work as it was performed. The play was started in November of 1945. As Mr. Frank
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How does Anne Sexton presents herself in ‘The Black Art’ and ‘Her Kind’? Anne Sexton’s poem ‘The Black Art’ is often seen a metaphor for her poetry‚ this poem shows how she presents herself to society and how she perceives herself as an individual. This poem is often called highly confessional‚ however Sexton argues against the label of ‘confessional poet’‚ it also suggests her own feelings towards the stereotyping of people‚ and women in particular. ‘As if cycles and children and islands
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Anne Boleyn Anne Boleyn was a very important‚ if not the most important character in Anne of a Thousand Days. The way that she behaves‚ and the decisions that she makes‚ effect the way that the ends. For example‚ Anne could have refused to marry Henry‚ and could have run away. These actions and decisions would have dramatically changed the outcome of the story‚ and for that matter history. Anne has many different personality traits which seem to change over time. At first she seemed rebellious
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Question 2.2. Anne describes the annex as a ’little piece of blue heaven’ surrounded by what? (Points : 2) heavy rain clouds the canal a vacuum Question 3.3. Anne has upsetting dreams and visions of a school friend. Which one? (Points : 2) Jopie de Waal Miep de Jong Lies Goosen Question 4.4. What do the dreams and visions remind Anne? (Points : 2) She is very lucky to be safe as many are not. She forgot something at her friend’s
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