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    Anne Frank Anne Frank pictured in May 1942 Born Annelies[1] or Anneliese[2] Marie Frank 12 June 1929 Frankfurt‚ Weimar Germany Died Early March 1945 (aged 15) Bergen-Belsen concentration camp‚ Lower Saxony‚ Nazi Germany Nationality German until 1941 Stateless from 1941 Notable works The Diary of a Young Girl (1947) Signature Early life Frank was born 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

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    if You Can by Frank W. Abagnale is the true story of Frank Abagnale himself‚ as a real fake. Throughout the book‚ Abagnale uses several different rhetorical devices‚ such as foreshadowing‚ irony‚ point of view‚ and importance of title; and raises certain social issues. The title Catch Me if You Can is very important because it is a perfect example of foreshadowing. Frank’s first taste of the criminal life occurs at age sixteen. He cons his father out of $3‚400. After which‚ Frank runs away to New

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    questions to ask. The Franks‚ Van Daans and a couple of extra people‚ had to go into hiding during World War II in order to keep their family and friends safe. They all fit into the same hiding place. It is important for all to know that they were in hiding‚ why they were in hiding‚ and how they stayed in hiding for so long. Anne Frank was born June 12th‚ 1929 in Frankfurt am Main‚ Germany. Her parents were Otto Frank and Edith HollÃonder. She had an older sister‚ Margot Frank‚ born in 1926. Anne

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    never fail you.” Frank Lloyd Wright was an inspiring architect who developed a distinctly style. He created new types of architecture through his creativeness. He had different styles of architecture. Frank Lloyd Wright was the greatest architect of all time. His influence continued and his innovative building style spread around. He created a numerous of buildings in different places and he mostly designed the interior elements. His work was original‚ unique‚ living‚ and modern. Frank Lloyd Wright’s

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    Watching the Anne Frank movie and reading the play helped me gain a lot of new information. The beginning of the play was all about the Franks having to go into hiding and how they were coping with their unfortunate situation. Similarly‚ the movie’s beginning also showed Anne Frank and her family going into their hiding spot‚ the Secret Annex‚ except the movie showed this with a lot more emotion‚ and with a much more serious and dramatic tone. By the middle of the play‚ the Van Daans had joined Anne’s

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    Frank Norris (1870-1902) by Janice Albert Norris’ novels include Blix (1899)‚ The Pit (1903)‚ The Octopus (1901)‚ and the memorable McTeague (1899). Of the writers who assembled in San Francisco’s Bohemian Club along with Joaquin Miller and Jack London‚ young Norris was one of the most energetic‚ filled with ideas. Like many of his contemporaries‚ he was profoundly influenced by the advent of Darwinism‚ and Thomas Henry Huxley’s philosophical defense of it. Norris was particularly influenced

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    The Dutch surrendered on May 15‚ 1940. As the war roared on‚ a Jewish girl named Anne Frank made her first account on this in her diary on May 1940. According to Biography.com Anne states in her diary “After May 1940‚ the good times were few and far between; first there was the war‚ then the capitulation and then the arrival of the Germans‚ which is when the troubles started for the jews.”(Biography. com/Anne Frank/) One of her quotes in her first entry‚ according to an article called ’Museum Hours’

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    depended on it? This is exactly the situation that Anne Frank faces when her family is forced to hide from the Nazis. When Anne Frank receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday on June 12‚ 1942‚ she knows it is a special gift. She calls the diary ’maybe one of my nicest presents.’ She has no way of knowing‚ of course‚ of the important role the diary will play in recording the years she must spend in hiding. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank details approximately two years of the life a Jewish

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    Anne Frank- Primary Source Paper The Diary of Anne Frank is a remarkably moving book about the short life of a young girl and her family. The Holocaust was a horrible time for Jewish people and Anne and her Jewish family’s lives were completely turned upside down as a result. The war resulted in the deaths of countless people‚ mostly innocent people. Before the invasion on D-day and the end of the war not too long after‚ the rest of the world didn’t know the real disaster going on over seas. Anne

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    In the diary of Anne Frank‚ it shows a girl who went through the holocaust at the age of thirteen. She was a Jewish girl who was born on June 12‚ 1929. Anne and her family decided to go into hiding. They were helped by Miep and Mr. Kraler. In the annex‚ they met the Van Daan family and Mr. Dussel. They went through a bunch of ups and downs‚ having that many people together all day every day. They spent 2 years hiding in the annex before the Nazi’s found them and sent them to concentration camps.

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