taking place‚ and even hid Jewish families to protect them. One person who risked her life to fight for what she believed in was Miep Gies. Everyone knows about the brave Anne Frank‚ but barely any have heard of Miep Gies‚ the woman who hid Anne Frank and her family during World War II. Miep Gies is the reason that the world met Anne Frank and found out about Gies’ heroic efforts in hiding the Franks and other Jews. Equality‚ generosity and modesty are the qualities that make up Miep’s character. For
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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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In the book "The Bewitching of Anne Gunter" we can see how these allegations can be completely fabricated for personal gain and revenge. The British Isles‚ was a tense and troubled time in the late 1500 ’s/early 1600 ’s where the book is set. Anxiety arose between the Catholics and the Protestants‚ which would eventually lead to the English Civil War. Family feuds‚ politics‚ poverty‚ religion and views of witchcraft inflamed this delicate time. The case of Anne Gunter is an interesting one in
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Anne Bradley came to speak about economics and faith at Colorado Christian University. She mentioned that culture is warring for our hearts and minds. Her company‚ The Institute of Faith‚ Works‚ and Economics‚ has a saying‚ “We’ll start with our nose in the bible and that’s how we’ll die.” Their pillars are freedom‚ fulfillment‚ and flourishing. Bradley mentioned that together we can do many things‚ but not alone. For the majority of her speech she talked about the importance of God. She emphasized
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Freedom Writers SYNOPSIS FREEDOM WRITERS - 2nd March 2007 (Cert 12A) (Paramount) Starring: Hilary Swank‚ Scott Glenn‚ Imelda Staunton‚ Patrick Dempsey‚ Mario Directed By: Richard LaGravenese Freedom Writers is inspired by real teenagers and the diaries that they wrote after the LA riots. Two-time Academy Award®-winner Hilary Swank stars as Erin Gruwell‚ whose passion to become a teacher is soon challenged by a group of Black‚ Latino and Asian gang members who hate her even more than each other
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Anne Bradstreet’s Poetry Anne Bradstreet was the Danica Patrick of poetry in the mid 1600’s‚ except she went unknown. She drove into the male-dominant field of poetry. In her time it was frowned upon for women to race in such an intellectual track. Bradstreet does not let the wall between the drivers and the spectators stop her‚ she pulls right up to the starting line with them. In fact‚ she uses this barrier of sexes to fuel her ideas. Anne Bradstreet writes using many different forms of figurative
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During world war 2 many terrible things had happened. The Diary of Anne Frank is one of many truly horrific stories. Anne has lived way beyond her death. She obviously has because we still talk about her today. There is tons of books about her that keep her spirit alive. Her dream was to become famous. She definitely wasn’t famous during her lifetime‚ but after she died her journals were found and once they were published and the word got out she later then became famous. I think that what she had
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events leading‚ during‚ and after Hitler’s reign as Chancellor of Germany. In the play‚ The Diary of Anne Frank‚ written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett‚ Anne Frank’s story of hiding in the Secret Annex is communicated through her father reading her diary and a third person point of view. Anne states in her diary that “in spite of everything‚ I still believe that people are really good at heart.” Anne is correct‚ which is shown through the Franks’ kindness‚ President Hindenburg and Adolf Hitler’s
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a very interesting time period. It was represented through the eyes of Anne Bradstreet‚ Madame Knight and‚ Mary Rowlandson. They made it so that you could visualize how life was during the time and what they referenced different people as. Most of the time people were referenced as the lord himself or the devil of course. Most of the time these three women told their life story and/or their struggles. Body 1612‚ Anne Bradstreet was the most prominent of early English poets of North America
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had a ruling queen‚ and the dynasty was not secure enough to run the risk of handing the Crown on to a woman‚ risking disputed succession or domination of a foreign power through marriage. In the meantime‚ King Henry had anyway fallen in love with Anne Boleyn‚ the sister of one of his many mistresses‚ and tried to persuade the Pope to grant him an annulment of his marriage on the grounds that it had never been legal. Royal divorces had happened before: Louis IX had been granted a divorce in 1499
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