someone’s day a little bit brighter. Being generous does not mean that you have to give money‚ sometimes you just have to give time. Every person has a different definition of what it means. Anne Frank states that "No one has ever become poor by giving." Is that because being generous makes your heart feel rich? Frank A. Clark says "Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never notice." If no one ever acknowledges when someone does a considerate deed for them‚ why does generosity
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impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe‚ in spite of everything‚ that people are truly good at heart." from the Diary of Anne Frank (last entry). I’ve been thinking about what it would be like to be that daughter or sister or mother of someone killed in cold blood. And I still can’t say another dead body would soothe my pain. The last time Anne was seen by two of her friends‚ most of her precious family were dead. She was bald‚ emaciated and shivering. In February‚ 1945 she told
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Gies (1909-2010) was an office assistant to a gentleman named Otto Frank. During this time Miep Gies led the ordinary life of a young woman during World War II. She was a reliable secretary‚ enjoyed many social activities‚ and was well loved by her friends‚ family‚ and foster family. One afternoon‚ Miep Gies‚ by answering an immediate yes to a question put forth to her by Otto Frank‚ began the rise of the legend that is Anne Frank. The following essay will give the example of how an ordinary life
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The film Hidden in Silence is based on a true story. During WWII‚ while Jews are sent to ghettos‚ Catholic teenager Stefania Podgorska (called Fusia in the movie) helps 13 Jews to save their life while raising her little sister. Every day‚ she risks execution by given food and water to the silent individuals living above her. The film is not very explicit in the violence against the Jews; instead‚ it conveys a message of hope for mankind‚ despite the horror humanity shows itself in sensitive ways
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My initial impulse when confronted with the prompt to select a piece of work that influenced your view of the world was to think of the book that inspired my career choices. Vaccinated by Paul Offit is about a man by the name of Maurice Hilleman who invented many of today’s widely used vaccines and saved millions of lives with his vaccinations. It was not only Hilleman’s work‚ but the way in which he preformed his work – testing on himself and allowing others to present his work if it meant his vaccines
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In the novel “The Book Thief”‚ there has been multiple accounts of symbolism that has been used that are helpful‚ but to different people and in seperate ways. Throughout the book‚ bread‚ an accordion‚ and books have saved lives and have helped people learn through their struggles and show friendliness‚ but they differ in their own way. These three main symbols are very similar‚ in the fact that they all saved lives and have helped a character grow‚ learn‚ and mature. For example‚ for Liesel Meminger
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On September 1st 1939‚ the Nazis had invaded Poland. The life of the 15 year old girl‚ Clara Kramer‚ wasn’t ever bound to be the same again. Clara Kramer was a typical Polish teenager from a small town named Zolkiew where thousands of Jews resided. At the sudden uproar of World War II. Clara and her family decided it was a good idea to go into hiding. They were taken in by a family called the Becks‚ a Volksdeutsche (ethnically German) family from their town. Mrs. Beck was a Catholic woman who worked
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This book is a diary that goes through the last two years of a young teenage girl’s life‚ who got infected with the HIV virus after being date raped . The girl in the book is named Nancy and she is important enough to have her diary published because her life went from being a normal teenage girl with normal problems‚ to an abnormal girl with AIDS and abnormal problems. She agreed to have her diary published so that other people who think that AIDS and rape can’t ever happen to them can have
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Miep Gies said‚ “Everyone is capable of providing a small light in a dark room.” How is this true for me? Ever since a child is young‚ parents tend to instill in them high aspirations and goals for the future. The desire to make a difference in the world is the primary theme in doing well in school. When I was little‚ my grandfather used to say to me that “The world has too many problems that you‚ my dear‚ are meant to fix.” At that time‚ I believed that it was his indirect way of saying that
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The witness‚ Patty Hearst was kidnapped and caught in police obligations within a group of kidnappers. The SLA influenced Hearst to get involved in their illegal actions. This case occurred on February 4th‚ 1974 in Berkeley‚ California. Throughout her lifetime‚ Hearst had a bright future ahead of her at Berkley University. Her early life‚ the occurrence of the case and aftermath involve many different aspects to the obligations conducted. Patty Hearst was born on February 20‚ 1954 in San Francisco
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