The Diary of Anne Frank ! This summer I read The Diary of Anne Frank. This book was a diary written by Anne Frank who was a young Jewish girl living during the German occupation of Holland‚ and was translated by B.M. Mooyaart-Doubleday. In her diary she writes about what her and her mother‚ father‚ and older sister Margot went through because of their culture and beliefs. In 1942‚ Anne and her family went into hiding to avoid being sent to a concentration camp by the Nazi’s. !
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some way transformative. An individual’s discovery is transformative on their perceptions of the world. This is the case for the book ‘The Motorcycle Diaries’ by Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara and Keats’s sonnet “On first looking into Chapman’s Homer”. In this book‚ we are taken on Che’s journey as he travels Latin America as a young man‚ before the fame. His diary entries lead the reader into his own eyes‚ as a typical young man on an adventure‚ not the revolutionary figure we all associate him with. Through
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The Diary of Anne Frank Anne Frank was a young Jewish girl who was living in Holland during World War II. She had a sister named Margot‚ a mother‚ and a father. Being a Jew‚ she was in hiding for 2 and a half years in a little set of rooms she called the “Secret Annexe.” She died when she was 15 in March of 1945 in Bergen-Belsen‚ a couple weeks before the English breached the camp. Even though she died‚ her thoughts‚ memories‚ and detailed descriptions of life during World War II were published
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Dear Diary (entry two)‚ things have not gotten better; in fact they might have worsened. Ralph called a meeting to discuss how nobody was doing his assigned tasks‚ and instead they were running wild or playing around. Then he threatened us saying that if we do not keep the signal fire we will be stuck on the island with the beast. I do not know how I feel about the beast but I do know that it is causing me a lack of repose. The stories the littluns have told about the beast sounds pretty compelling
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Shawn Smith Honors American Literature 27 June 2012 The Use of Atomic Weapons On August 6th‚ 1945‚ the world was forever changed when the world’s first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima‚ Japan. The attack was made as an attempt to end World War 2‚ and it succeeded at a devastating price. John Hersey’s Hiroshima depicts six different accounts of victims of the bomb. The journalistic novel tells how each of the people began their day‚ how they survived the explosion‚ the response‚ and where they
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Hiroshima Peace Day falls on August 6 and Nagasaki Peace Day on August 9. The two days to remind the world of the destruction that a war can wreck. According to estimates the bombs killed a large number of people – with the majority of the causalities having died from flash or flame burns. What happened? In 1945‚ the United States of America dropped two atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. On August 6‚ the nuclear weapon “Little Boy” was dropped on Hiroshima because it
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Motorcycle Diaries Directed by Walter Salles As most potential viewers know‚ this film is based on diaries and letters to home written by Ernesto "Che" Guevara during a motorcycle and foot tour of a significant portion of South America during the early 1950s‚ years before Guevara achieved international renown as a Communist and Latino revolutionary. Thus‚ the film functions as an attempt to get at the heart of the person who preceded the myth. The film is therefore difficult to judge as pure
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For my midterm book review I chose‚ Diary From The Dome: Reflections on Fear and Privilege during Katrina‚ by Paul A. Harris. Paul Harris is currently the manager of a library information desk at the University of California‚ San Diego. In his book‚ Mr. Harris begins by recounting his first visit to New Orleans 28 years prior to Hurricane Katrina. He falls in love with the city even though he only spends a few days there. He later makes several more trips. On his fateful trip to trip to the city
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America dropping an atomic bomb on Nagasaki and Hiroshima had many benefits‚ including: ending the war‚ saving Americans soldier’s lives‚ showed America’s power‚ and made future peace talks much easier. If the bomb was not dropped the war most likely would have continued. If the war had continued‚ then more America soldiers would have potentially lost their lives. After the bomb was dropped‚ other countries would not underestimate America’s power. Once other countries knew the power America had‚
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Dear Diary‚ Today has been the strangest day of my life. I don’t even know where to begin. Everything I thought I knew has been turned upside down‚ and I feel like I’m drowning in a sea of secrets and lies. Mrs. Coulter‚ who I once admired and trusted‚ has shown her true colors‚ and they are darker than the night sky. When I first heard about the concept of dust‚ I couldn’t wrap my head around it. Dust‚ the mysterious substance that adults are so afraid of‚ the same substance that seems to be at
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