The movie “The Freedom Writers” is based on the true story of Erin Gruwell’s English classes at Wilson High‚ an integrated school with students of all racial and cultural backgrounds. As a new teacher she is given the lowest achieving students. For safety and belonging most of these students belong to racial gangs and bring this social concept into the class by sitting in racial arrangements. Their morals and self concept are defined by these gangs‚ as shown by Eva’s statement of “we protect our
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Jewish girl named‚ Anne Frank‚ had to go through that experience during World War 2. Anne and her family‚ the Franks‚ were Jewish and had to go into hiding after Anne’s sister‚ Margot‚ received a letter to a concentration camp. The Franks hid above Mr. Frank’s work office with help from friends. With them‚ are the Van Daans‚ Mrs. Van Daan is a person that shows off‚ Mr. Van Daan is a selfish person and doesn’t care about anything else but himself and food. The last person with the Franks is Mr. Dussel
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of 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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In act one‚ scene one‚ after World War II‚ Mr. Frank goes back to the attic in Amsterdam. Miep‚ the woman who works in the office below the attic‚ gives Mr. Frank some of Anne’s writings. Her diary reminds him of his family’s time in hiding. This makes Mr. Frank very sad and he wants to leave Amsterdam. Act one‚ scene two is a flashback to an earlier time in the attic. The Franks and Van Daans are forced to hide because they are Jewish. The two families live together in the attic of Mr. Frank’s
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involved have mutual respect? Miep Gies‚ the woman who hid Anne Frank‚ is a hero to Ms. Gruwell’s students. What does Miep Gies mean when she tells Ms. Gruwell’s students‚ “You are heroes everyday.”? Describe the transition in Mrs. Gruwell’s classroom from the first day of freshman year through the end of the year – how have the students changed? How has Ms. Gruwell changed? Why is Eva so affected by the ending of Anne Frank’s diary? Have you ever had to overcome a
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II was Concealment. An example is the Frank Family. According to History.com‚ “A young Jewish girl named Anne Frank (1929-1945)‚ her parents and older sister moved to the Netherlands from Germany after Adolf Hitler and the Nazis came to power there in 1933 and made life increasingly difficult for Jews...In 1942‚ Frank and her family went into hiding in a secret apartment behind her father’s business in German-occupied Amsterdam. (“Anne Frank‚” 1) This is the way her family and many others
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A person grows with each challenge he or she overcomes. During the school year we read books about the Holocaust‚ which are Maus‚ Diary of Anne Frank‚ and a book we got to pick which I chose Call Me Hope. During these 3 books I got to learn different situations people went through during the holocaust time. After reading about all of this is made me realize how thankful I am not be living during War World time‚ or any type of battles. Call Me Hope was a book about a girl named Hope Marie Elliott
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Why Preparation is Good for Conflict Who Knew that one could foreshadow another’s future and start preparing for the worst? In any book or story being prepared can help the protagonist achieve their goals. It is important to be prepared so that one could have an assumption to prepare for the worst. In general‚ when it comes to conflict people start to panic and begin to prepare for the worst thing that could happen. For one ‚ being unprepared and negative might help relieve a lot of stress. Not
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a young girl named Anne Frank. Anne Frank lives in Amsterdam. Anne and her family must go into hiding at the Secret Annex to hide from the Nazi’s. After two years of hiding they are found and taken away to a concentration camps. Today I will be telling you about Anne and some characteristics about her. Anne is very confident‚ energetic‚ and also very caring. Anne is confidant in many ways‚ she is confident because when things go wrong or people start to think negative Anne stays strong‚ and positive
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years and living with another family you have never met. As difficult as this may seem to believe‚ this is exactly what the Frank family and the Van Pels family had to go through‚ along with many other restrictions on their daily life. After the innocent killing of Jews during the Holocaust began‚ thousands of Jewish families were forced into hiding just like the Franks and Van Pels. Miep was one non-Jew who helped these families stay hidden by providing them with food‚ information‚ and many other
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