We have read three pieces of text about Anne Frank and her story as a teenage girl during the Holocaust. We have read a play‚ her diary‚ and a Memoir from a first account‚ all written at different time periods. The play took place at the beginning of November 1945‚ and retells the events that had occurred during the holocaust‚ it ends after Anne has died in 1945. The diary took place on Saturday‚ 20th of June‚ 1942 and ends on Thursday‚ 19th of November‚ 1942. These are all Anne’s entries in her
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Imagine finding out that you have a father halfway across the world‚ that you didn’t even know existed until your failing mother decides to tell you about when you’re sixteen- that is what Carolina Emerson had to face In Jenna Evans Welch’s “Love & Gelato”. Jenna Evans Welch spent her teenage years in Italy‚ which is the fire behind this love story. Carolina and her mom lived together‚ just them two‚ and that’s how it always was‚ until her mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was given
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The exile’s reflection In the poem “The Wanderer‚” an old warrior man who has been exiled from his country reflects on his past life. He reminisces about how good his life used to be when his lord and relatives were alive‚ and the hardships he went through in his life such as the time he had to watch his kinsmen being slaughtered. The wanderer expresses how lonely and sad he feels as he does not have anybody left to share his feelings or thoughts with. He reveals that the lords are frequently forced
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The 1993 film‚ Caro Diario (Dear Diary)‚ can be seen as a critique of modern Italian culture and its ills‚ in contrast to a more idyllic past‚ if perhaps as seen only in the mind of the film’s director‚ Nanni Moretti (who also plays the main character‚ Moretti himself). The film takes us on a journey through Italy in three chapters‚ each with its own focus on Italian culture. Though each vignette differs from the other‚ they all reveal Moretti’s deep love for Italy and its cinema as forces that shaped
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Brief summary of the plot: (at least 5 sentences) Tally Youngblood lives a world of the future‚ where humanity was saved from destruction by the newly created world. Tally is 15 almost 16‚ her best friend Peris turned 16 a few months before her so he got the surgery every 16 years old gets when they turn 16‚ the surgery to make them “Pretty” and perfect just like the new world was. Tally was just a few weeks away from being Pretty when she met shay‚ her new best friend. Shay taught her about new
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Just as Duneier discuses the role of homeless people in society‚ so do does Mary Douglas in Purity and Danger: An Analysis of the Concepts of Pollution and Taboo‚ where she explores societies views of cleanliness and purity and the different conceptions involved. Purity and Danger is well known as an outstanding text in the field of anthropology as it was recognised throughout many disciplines. Within Purity and Danger‚ Douglas gives representation to the significance of anthropological enquiries
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When I first heard “Telegraph Road” by Dire Straits I was drawn by the instrumental music that started with hushed strings and keyboards and rose to a thundering crescendo of drums‚ keyboards‚ strings‚ and electric guitars. In a quiet relaxed mood the 14 minute and 18 second story begins with a man ”walking 30 miles with a pack on his back” (Mark Knopfler‚ 1982). He stops when he finds an idyllic spot to build a cabin and a field for planting by a lake. As the song progresses people come and build
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The book opens by introducing The Gunslinger‚ a peacekeeper named Roland Deschain‚ who is after the Man in Black‚ a demonic sorcerer that is terrorizing their world’s way of life. On Roland’s journey on muleback‚ he means a farmer named Brown‚ whom he tells his previous adventure before arriving in the desert wasteland he’s in now. In the town of Tull‚ Roland rides into town in hot pursuit of the MiB‚ but misses him by a week. Since Deschain knows the Man in Black well‚ he decides to settle down
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The first books of Afternoon of Elves were published in 1989 and written by Janet Taylor Lisle. Sara Kate was 11 years old and Hillary was 9 years old. Their friendship wasn’t strong at the beginning but in end‚ it was an unforgettable moment for Hillary to see Sara kate leaving her alone. It shows that Hillary relationship with Sara Kate was strong even though Sara Kate leave her. In Hillary’s heart‚ Sara Kate always remains because that what friendship was meant to be. `"Friendship is delicate
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In A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam‚ a widowed woman named Rehana Haque finds herself entangled between the temporary loss of custody over her children and the Bangladesh War of Independence in 1971. A fictionalized account that was inspired by Anam’s grandmother and her personal experiences‚ it exhibits the hardships that were faced during the war and even the adversities that civilians had to encounter during this critical time. Considering that the novel was based off the challenges Anam’s grandmother
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