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    Anne Bradstreet

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    Anne Bradstreet: The spokeswoman of her time Aaliyah Cooper Anne Bradstreet: The Spokeswoman of Her Time Anne Bradstreet was a poet who wrote about subjects that shows people what it was like to be a woman with a family during the 1600s. She wrote about what is like to be a wife‚ a mother‚ a grandmother and losing loved ones. She captured her audience’s attention by utilizing literary elements such as imagery and metaphors. With her use of literary elements and relatable topics‚ Anne Bradstreet

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    Anne Frank

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    Brayden Turner Mrs. Switzer Literature and Composition 26 February 2014 The Diary of Anne Frank In The Diary of Anne Frank‚ Anne illustrates how the human spirit can be resilient even in the darkest of times and still find faith in humanity. The Diary of Anne Frank takes place during World War II in the Netherlands. Anne Frank was a teenager around the age of 13-15 who suffered during Hitler’s rule over Germany because she was a Jew. Hitler was trying to eliminate all the Jews by putting them

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    Anne Frank

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    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 how “Mr. Keesing‚ the old fogey who teaches math‚ was mad at me for the longest

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    Anne Carson

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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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    Anne Hutchinson

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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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    Anne Geddes

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    Anne Geddes One September day‚ in Queensland Australia a baby girl was born. September 13‚ 1956 Anne Geddes was born into her family as their third daughter. Anne and her four sisters grew up on a cattle farm. The Geddes girls grew up true country girls‚ horseback riding and helping out with the cattle farm. Around the age of seven or eight‚ Anne had an epiphany of her future. As she saw her mother hanging clothes outside on their porch‚ and for some reason she had the need to be a photographer

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    Anne Carson

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    “Early one morning words were missing.” When I first read Short Talks‚ I had difficulty understanding why Anne Carson wrote about what she did‚ and thought that some words must have been missing. I was confused as to how they all fit together and it was only after further consideration that I came to see how the sections unite into one cohesive piece. Anne Carson’s Short Talks is a series of short reflections on different subjects that at first do not seem to be related‚ but through her use of cyclical

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    Anne Orthwood

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    Anne Orthwood’s Bastard tells the story of John Kendall and Anne Orthwood and their bastard son‚ Jasper. It began with John and Anne’s meeting and ended when Jasper came of age. This book gave a detailed description of sex and law in early Virginia and how it differed from the law in England at the time. Two of the main themes seemed to be respectability and social mobility. During the 1660’s and 1670’s in Virginia‚ respectability and social mobility were two of the most important aspects people

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    Anne Sexton

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    the most identifiable examples are Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton. Both Plath and Sexton were troubled individuals who suffered from manic depression and bipolar disorder‚ and both ultimately gave in to their suicidal tendencies and took their own lives. The eerie similarities between the lives of Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath continued into their written works‚ producing two sets of confessional literature with common themes. Both Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton shared the common themes of death‚ mental

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    Anne Frank

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    AoW: Word War II & Anne Frank I have no idea what it would be like to have to be afraid that someday‚ some general will come‚ seperate my family and I‚ and send us off to die painfully just because I believe in a certain religion. A 14 year old girl should not ever have to worry about this but sadly‚ Anne Frank‚ a year younger than me‚ did. World War II was a horrible war that caused the death of 55 million people. The group of people that were mainly targeted were Jews. Adolf Hitler‚ the dictator

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