Lillian Friedman Astor is noted as the first female animator in the studio system. She worked on over 42 films. Her most famous work includes working on Betty Boop at Fleischer Studios. Lillian was born on April 12‚ 1912. Her education took place at Washington Irving High School where she took a class taught by a teacher whose husband owned an ad agency. Her first job in the industry was at Mendelssohn’s Spring Song‚ in 1930. Her primary role was inking‚ painting and inbetweening. Lillian found
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Frankenstein; or “The Modern Prometheus”‚ is a Gothic novel written by Mary Shelley who was a famous British novelist‚ short story writer‚ dramatist‚ essayist and biographer. Shelley wrote Frankenstein when she was 18 years old‚ and portrays a story of a scientist‚ Victor Frankenstein‚ who learns to create a life with decomposed body parts and ultimately ends up creating a monster. Frankenstein was one of the most prominent science fiction and gothic horror novels that initiated a diverse variety
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The novel “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley is about a scientist called Victor Frankenstein. Dr. Frankenstein’s character portrays himself as a curious man that is driven by ambition and scientific curiosity to create a perfect human being. Dr. Frankenstein has many traits similar to humans; he is very dedicated‚ determined‚ passionate‚ selfish‚ and irresponsible. Dr. Frankenstein makes poor choices because he brings his human creation to life‚ and then he rejects it because it turns out to be something
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Mary Shelley uses different types of irony throughout her novel Frankenstein to draw her readers in and to put an emphasis on her characters. Not only does the irony place emphasis on the characters it also helps build the tone and theme of the novel. Throughout the novel Frankenstein it is very obvious that Victor Frankenstein has changed dramatically. In the beginning Victor Frankenstein was a sane‚ ambitious man who focused on his studies but as time goes on and he creates a creature he begins
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Nathaniel Aponte HIS 219-01 Book Report #1 Killers of the Dream‚ by Lillian Smith Lillian Smith’s provocative social commentary‚ Killers of the Dream explains the outbreak of racism and segregation following the Civil War‚ and the succeeding abolishment of slavery. After identifying and treating the many symptoms‚ Smith proceeds to diagnose the root causes of the South’s illness. Initially taking a seat on the bench and psychoanalyzing herself‚ she then juxtaposes her case study upon the wider
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the Frank family were desperately trying to escape Nazi Germany that was under the control of Adolf Hitler. The Franks and the rest of the Jews in Germany had to flee Germany or go into hiding to avoid Nazi persecution. The Frank family decided to hide along with another Jewish family‚ the Van Pels and a man named Fritz Pfeffer in a secret annex of a building. The Frank family hid in the secret annex for more than 2 years. There was a special young member of the Frank family named Anne Frank. Anne
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of Anne Frank The story Diary of Anne Frank was a very interesting book which showed the ways a group of Jewish people during the 1940’s went about trying to conceal their identity and themselves. This story was a true story taken from a diary of a young girl during the incident. This was made into a play during 1955. This was praised as Frances Goodrich’s and her husband Albert Hackett’s most famous work as it was performed. The play was started in November of 1945. As Mr. Frank began to
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My research on Mr. Frank shows that he is a smart and caring person. I would argue his character in the Diary of Anne Frank (Act 1 Scene 2) is close to historically accurate to what happened in the actual event. Mr. Frank is the father of Anne Frank‚ the young girl who lived in hiding for over 2 years during World War II along with 8 others. She managed to stay positive through the period of time and logged everything in her diary. After getting out of hiding‚ Mr. Frank managed to get the diary published;
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given situation would be Frank Abagnale. While others have been handed such opportunities‚ they refuse to follow that lead. Instead they choose to work the hard way to gain what they desire. Frank abagnale was born on April 27 1948. He was the 3rd out of four kids. He resided in Bronxville‚ New York for 16 years of his life. Even in Frank’s younger years it was evident that he was a very special boy. He had an I.Q. over 140 and nearly had a photographic memory. Growing up Frank strictly partook in private
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Frank Abagnale: The story of a teen con-man Cassandra R. 457941 CLN-4U0-A Thursday‚ December 20th‚ 2012 Mr. Kontos An overview: Frank Abagnale was a criminal who pretended to be a pilot‚ a paediatrician and a lawyer. He is most remembered for his efforts in evading the FBI‚ and his fraudulent activities that led him to become a millionaire before the age of 20. Though hardly any information is documented about his trials across the globe‚ Abagnale
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