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    Analysis on Anne Frank

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    When Anne Frank is given a diary for her thirteenth birthday‚ she immediately fills it with the details of her life: descriptions of her friends‚ boys who like her‚ and her classes at school. Anne finds comfort writing in her diary because she feels she has difficulty opening up to her friends and therefore has no true confidants. Anne also records her perceptions of herself. She does not think she is pretty‚ but she is confident that her personality and other good traits make up for it. Through

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    Edith Hamilton comparing Perseus’ story to the well known Disney story‚ Cinderella is undoubtedly a genius idea because more readers will understand the moral of the story and what he is trying to convey. Using this method to engage readers make them more intrigued and understandable especially when mythology relationships and stories may be a bit intricate to comprehend. Some examples of how Perseus’ stories relate to Cinderella is when the Disney princess has certain rules she has to follow

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    AES-Telasi: Power Trip or Power Play? (A) It would take too long to explain why there was very little electricity and no heat in Tbilisi in the winter months….The reasons were so intertwined with Georgian networks of “patronage‚”‚ black hole‚ patchwork‚ and jerry-rig that it was impossible to separate sabotage (a strange and sudden fire at Gardabani‚ the country’s only thermal power station) from corruption (the bungling and greedy idiots as SakEnergo‚ the state energy concern) from non-payment (less

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    Anne Frank 8

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    The life before and during her hiding F. How the family was betrayed and how she became a legacy. II. Body A. The early Life of Anne Frank 1.Born on June 12‚ 1929 in Frankfurt Germany where she lived most of her. Her Parents Otto and Edith Frank and one sister Margot. They later moved to Amsterdam where Otto received an offer to start a company. 2. The Family where Liberal Jews and did not observes all the customs and traditions. The children where very encouraged to read. 3.March

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    Anne Frank: A Diary of a Young Girl: A Review Gabriela Bergen Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl is a remarkable journal written by Anne Frank herself‚ portraying insight into the world that she lived in. She showed bravery and perseverance. With almost two years of diary entries Anne Frank gives us a glimpse into her life during World War ll. As I read Anne Frank’s diary I felt like I was in such a private world‚ almost as if it was forbidden to enter‚ I was so inspired by this brilliant

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    Nice Girls Finish First Gender roles are how society defines men and women. There are many different categories. Some women are "homemakers‚" others are "rebels‚" some are "bookworms‚" and some are "brilliant." In Edith Wharton’s short story‚ "Roman Fever‚" the females begin as two different stereotypes and end as something unexpected. Even the title‚ "Roman Fever" has an unforeseen meaning‚ proving that things are not always what they seem. Even the most sheepish woman can be a Lioness

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    In the short story‚ “Four Great Adventures‚ Phaethon” by Edith Hamilton one of the seven cultural elements found in the myth was vaules. Values was a cultural element because the fact that Phaethon wanted to know who his father is and that he wanted to get to know him and have the opportunity to build that strong relationship with his father. It is important that he wanted a relationship with him because most people do not want to know who their parent or parents are because for one they left their

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    Who Is Anne Frank?

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    well-known name and a popular victim of the Holocaust after her Diary was published‚ The Diary of a Young Girl. Anne Frank was born on June 12‚ 1929 in Frankfurt‚ Germany. Before the Holocaust‚ her family was an upper middle-class family. Her mother was Edith Frank and her father was Otto Frank. Anne Frank also had a sister named Margot Frank. Their family was a liberal Jewish family. When Anne was 13 years old her family had to go into hiding from the Nazis. They went into hiding with another family that

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     and tailors‚ produced stunning garments for glamorous movie stars. During the 1930s and 1940s the field of costume design was dominated by men. But‚ that didn’t stop Edith Head‚ who would become one of Hollywood’s most prolific designers‚ working on more than 500 films‚ a record for a career such as hers. One thing that separated Edith from her colleagues was that she was making clothes to suit a character; for her‚ the character always came first. (Head‚ Forward) It was Edith’s belief that only

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    TABLEAUX VIVANTS FOR MEN Edith Wharton’s “The House of Mirth” provides the reader with an insight into the upper-class society of New York City in the late 1800’s. The novel also extensively explores the ideas of hierarchy‚ social class‚ and gender roles through the characters. Wharton’s depiction of these characters helps in making the book more entertaining to the reader‚ especially the male characters. The male characters have a broad range of personalities‚ but the character of Simon Rosedale

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