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    The Anne Frank Project

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    The session that I attended at The Anne Frank Project on September 11‚ 2009 was Beyond the Diary: Behind the scenes of a Jewish Family in Hiding with Sophia Veffer. Even though I learned some things about the Holocaust during middle school‚ there still were things that I did not know. The reason why I attended this session is because I wanted to know how some of the Jews were able to survive the Holocaust and I also wanted to know what Sophia’s experience was like actually being a child during the

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    Anne Frank Immaturity

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    When people are put in difficult positions‚ it’s often that their maturity alters. In the play The Diary of Anne Frank by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich‚ taken place 1942 in Amsterdam‚ is about a Jewish family who go hiding in a secret annex in order to avoid being captured by the Nazis. This play is based on the diary of the Anne Frank‚ the main protagonist‚ who recounts her experiences from when she entered the annex at age thirteen until when her freedom out from it at fifteen. Over the course

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    Anne Frank Causes

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    her father‚ who later published her diary. The Diary of A Young Girl by Anne Frank is historically accurate because of the anti-Semitic laws‚ the destruction of Jewish culture‚ and the Nazi presence. Indeed‚ there are many anti-Semitic laws. There are many examples of anti-Semitic laws. Anti-Jewish laws were used in the 1930s and 40s in Germany and other Nazi-controlled countries. "Jews must wear a yellow star..." (Frank 4). Wearing a yellow star was a tactic that the German government used to dehumanize

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    Frank Lloyd Wright

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    Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright was a very successful architect‚ writer‚ interior designer and educator born on the 8th of June 1867 and died on the 9th of April 1959. He designed more than 1000 structures and completed 500 works. Style Wright’s creations took his concern with organic architecture down to the smallest details. To all his work‚ he included so much detail‚ same on the external and interior design. He was one of the first architects to design and supply custom-made‚ purpose-built

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    Anne Frank Traits

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    Anne Frank once said‚ "In spite of everything‚ I still believe people are really good at heart." This quote was written right before the Annex was found by the Nazis. I feel this expresses three of Anne’s personality traits. It indicates how honest‚ humble‚ and brave she is. Even when her whole world is crumbling and she has every right to be angry at the unfairness of her situation‚ she still chooses to believe that people are good. Anne Frank‚ a Jewish girl alive during World War II‚ believed

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    Furthermore‚ in Angela’s Ashes‚ Frank McCourt continues to persevere despite the hardships he and his family had to face. The frustration of having the door slam in his face again and again‚ the pain of seeing his siblings die one after another‚ and the shame of seeing his mother begging for food fuels McCourt’s will to succeed. In the memoir‚ McCourt mentioned a time when he was so desperate for food that he had to “take the greasy newspaper from the floor. [He licks] the front page….[He licks]

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    Anne Frank Speech

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    you admire can be applied to your own life for your benefit. When I am feeling unsure and having doubts about the whole process‚ no one inspires me to continue on more than‚ my role model‚ Anne Frank. As most know from reading her diary in middle school or studying her life in history class‚ Anne Frank was a young‚ Jewish girl during the 1930 ’s and 40 ’s. Her family and another hid in a "Secret Annexe" of her father ’s office building to avoid persecution from the Nazi ’s occupying Holland. Anne

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    Anne Frank Essay

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    permanent personal record that is kept of events‚ thoughts‚ and ideas associated with an individual. They retain great significance in an individual’s life‚ and hold a great deal of sentimental value. The Diary of a Young girl (1952) written by Anne Frank and the film‚ Freedom Writers (2007) directed by Richard LaGravenese‚ explore this cleansing of the psyche as individuals undergo an introspective‚ reflective process. Diaries hold a great deal of sentimental value‚ especially to those in society who

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    Anne Frank Injustice

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    During world war 2 many terrible things had happened. The Diary of Anne Frank is one of many truly horrific stories. Anne has lived way beyond her death. She obviously has because we still talk about her today. There is tons of books about her that keep her spirit alive. Her dream was to become famous. She definitely wasn’t famous during her lifetime‚ but after she died her journals were found and once they were published and the word got out she later then became famous. I think that what she had

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    Frank Stockton's Jealousy

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    Most people have experienced jealousy in their lives. Furthermore‚ most people have had to live with difficult choices they have made. In the short story‚ “The Lady or the Tiger” Frank Stockton tells the story of how jealousy and difficult choices lead a princess to condemn her lover to a terrible death. Due to the princess’s barbaric nature and fervid jealousy of the maiden‚ she directs her lover to the door that contains the tiger. First of all‚ the princess’s jealousy surfaces when the princess

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