Jianan Chen Ms. D’Amore English Honors 11 10 October 2012 Katherine Anne Porter Katherine Anne Porter is one of the most celebrated authors in American Literature‚ she is mostly known for her collection of short stories‚ often about themes regarding justice‚ betrayal‚ and the unforgiving nature of the human race. Throughout her life the many things that influenced her views and morals also helped shape the way she writes and the messages in her stories. Porter experienced a variety of cultures
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hid from the Nazis in the second world war. Anne Frank’s world-renowned diary tells the story of one family. In the play adaptation of the diary‚ eight people have been in hiding from the Nazis for an unexpectedly long time. They are becoming very agitated after being together for so long. The historical events referenced in Anne Frank affect the mood of the characters and how they act towards each other. The historical events that take place during Anne Frank influence how the characters treat each
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Response: The Author to Her Book In 1650‚ Anne Bradstreet had her first book of poems‚ Tenth Muse‚ unknowingly published by her brother-in-law. Once she saw her work in print‚ she instantly criticized it‚ as can be seen in this poem. She uses a metaphor comparing her feelings for her work to an unsatisfied parent for a child. Bradstreet uses and irritated tone to display the discontent theme of The Author to Her Book. Because the “rambling brat” belongs to her‚ she declares it “irksome in my sight”
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If we were to read about Anne Bradstreet and Jonathan Edwards’ lives‚ we would think they were fairly similar. Even though they both have devoted their lives to their Puritan religion‚ there is a notable difference in Bradstreet and Edwards’ writing styles and their view on the Puritan religion. They are both well respected writers from the early 1700s‚ but their writing styles are completely different. Bradstreet uses a great deal of figurative language and rhyming in her poems. This helps emphasize
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Mary Rowlandson and Anne Bradstreet are two women with different stories and one similar faith. Their similar faith in God and passion for writing allowed the two women to survive the contrast of hardships each woman had to endure. Furthermore‚ in this essay‚ I will compare and contrast the lives and faith of Rowlandson and Bradstreet. In the story “Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson” written by Mary Rowlandson herself‚ we read that she is taken captive by a group
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Anne Frank Anne Frank is in a tiny attic that is connected to an office with eight other people. Anne Frank wrote a diary that contains internal and external conflict.Anne Frank internal conflict is that she’s maturing and she has no privacy to do anything‚ and family. Anne Frank also has the external conflict she is being haunted for being a jew. Anne Frank’s biggest internal conflict is that she is maturing and has little to no privacy.She is now questioning things that are more important to
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Angela H. Honors English 9 28 April 2013 Anne Frank Research Paper Annelies Marie Frank was born on June 12‚ 1929 to Edith and Otto Frank. Anne’s sister‚ Margot Betti Frank‚ was three years older. The Franks were German-Jews‚ which around the 1940’s was a very dangerous belief to have. For Anne’s thirteenth birthday she received a red and white checkered autograph album in which she used as her diary. Around this time the Holocaust was just beginning to really kick into high gears and extremes
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Anne Rice “Evil is always possible. Goodness is difficulty” (“Anne Rice Quotes”). Being one of the most cryptic and fascinating authors of gothic novels‚ Anne Rice was christened “Queen of the Occult” without objection. From the day she was born‚ Rice had always been a unique individual. Being given the name Howard Allen O’Brien‚ it’s obvious she wasn’t destined to fall in with the norm. Her extensive list of novels display the sheer one of a kind flair that only Anne can capture. Born in
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Anne Frank Elie Wiesel is one of the most eminent Holocaust survivors for his writing and his actions for bringing awareness and memorial for those who were not as fortunate as him during WWII. He was an extraordinary man with such a great personality‚ especially after all he had gone through as a child. He has written many novels about his experiences during the Holocaust‚ one of which called Night which tells of his experiences inside a Nazi death camp. His writing has been influential for all
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Amsterdam when she was four and a half years old because of the Nazi party’s control over Germany. Anne and her family were trapped in Amsterdam because of the German occupation of the Netherlands‚ and they went into hiding when persecutions of the Jewish population increased. They hid in a concealed room behind a bookcase in the building where Anne’s father‚ Otto‚ worked. From 14 June 1942 to 1 August 1944‚ Anne kept a diary where she recounted her social and educational life as well as her changing body
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