Annelies[1] or Anneliese[2] Marie Frank on 12 June 1929 in Frankfurt‚ Germany‚ to Otto Frank (1889–1980) and Edith Frank-Holländer (1900–45). She had one elder sister named Margot (1926–45).[3] The Franks were liberal Jews‚ and did not observe all of the customs and traditions of Judaism‚[4] and lived in an assimilated community of Jewish and non-Jewish citizens of various religions. Edith Frank was the more devout parent‚ while Otto Frank was interested in scholarly pursuits and had an extensive
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Earths surface‚ they are meteorites Slide 2: Meteor Showers Happens when there is a spike in the number of meteors streaking through the night sky. The radiant of the shower is the point in the sky from which the meteors come The radiant for the Leonid meteor shower coincides with the constellation Leo Slide 3: Apophis In 2004‚ astronomers gave this asteroid a 2.4% chance of hitting earth during its close passing in on April 13‚ 2029. More recent analysis shows that Apophis will miss
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In 1896‚ Cather moved to Pittsburgh after being hired to write for the Home Monthly‚[8] a women’s magazine patterned after the successful Ladies Home Journal.[9] A year later‚ she became a telegraph editor and drama critic for the Pittsburgh Leader and frequently contributed poetry and short fiction to The Library‚ another local publication. In Pittsburgh‚ she taught Latin‚ algebra‚ and English composition[10] at Central High School for one year. She next taught English and Latin at Allegheny High
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Climbing up the Social Scale The time and way people are brought up in society makes a huge difference on how they will climb up the social scale in life. In the classic novel House of Mirth‚ by Edith Wharton and Call it Sleep‚ by Henry Roth the main characters experience totally different upbringings into society. While Lily Bart is brought up into a high class society‚ David is born into an immigrant family in a part of the city‚ which has similar people as his own country. The two characters
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Women‚ But Not Less Being a female doesn’t make women any less than a man. In today’s society‚ women fighting for their rights of equality undergo and underground battle concerning women’s inequality towards men. Discrimination are just one of the reason of women being treated unequally‚ Glass Ceiling was a problem for women equality then and now‚ men also have higher salary wages than the women‚ and how Feminist starts. Women are labeled as sensitive and fragile as for the men they are big‚ strong
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LITERATURE TIMELINE Date | Literary Period | Authors/Works | 800-400 BC | This period was dominated by Homer and other Greek tragedians | The Iliad and The Odyssey by HomerOedipus the King by SophoclesMedea by Euripedes | 250 BC - AD 150 | Writers of the Roman Empire are most noted in this time period | Famous authors from this period: Virgil‚ Horace‚ and Ovid | 450-1066 | Old English (Anglo-Saxon) Period | Beowulf The rise of haiku poetry Tale of Genji by Japanese writer Murasaki
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Literature and Social Reality xxxx ENG/492 xxxx xxxx In this paper I will discuss and analyze the social forces of immigration and industrialization that shape literature during the period of 1865 to 1912. I will describe the major literary movements of the period. Additionally I will explain how Realism and Naturalism influenced the literature of the period‚ how immigration and industrialization contributed to the influences. I will illustrate using examples from some of the
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The Pale Horse Agatha Christie About the Author Mary Clarissa Agatha Miller (Agatha Christie) Birth Date- September 15‚ 1890 Death Date- January 12‚ 1979 Family Life: She grew up with her parents‚ an American father and British mother‚ in Torquay‚ Devon‚ South West England. She had two older siblings whom did not live in the house with Agatha when she was a child. She taught herself to read at the age of five and always had her imaginary friends.
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University of Bouzareah Faculty of Letters and Languages Departement of English RESEARCH PAPER PREPARED ON : An Overview of the American Literary Periods Submited by : YAHIAOUI HAMDOUD ALANE Academic Year: 2012 / 2013 Early American Fiction (1492-1789) Literature is told through the oral tradition. Works largely consist of origin myths‚ legends‚ chants‚ and other stories. Spiritual forces show up in water‚ land‚ animals‚ etc. which shows a major theme in
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of his most well known stories‚ where dreams are just the norm. <br> <br>J.R.R. may owe much of his success to his diverse beginnings. On April 16‚ 1891‚ Mabel Suffield and Arthur Reuel Tolkien were married in Bloemfontein‚ South Africa. They soon gave birth to John Ronald Reuel Tolkien on January 3‚ 1892‚ who was christened later that month. <br> <br>In April of 1895 Mabel took J.R.R. and his younger brother to Birmingham England. Arthur‚ their father‚ was supposed to follow them in a few months
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