English Speech Goodmorning. Today I will be talking to you about how history and memory are depicted in Peter Carey’s True History of the Kelly Gang‚ and James Cameron’s 1997 film Titanic. Both texts depend heavily on fictionalised historical figures to tell their stories through memory. And both leave us with suspicions about their historical accuracy. In this speech I will be exploring these two texts through five main points * The difference in believability between a novel and a film
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Anne Frank Reaction Paper Anne Frank is the diary of a little girl following the events surrounding a thirteen year old girl who grows up Jewish and lives in Amsterdam during the Holocaust. As the events of World War II began Anne was a typical girl who attended school and was aware of the war and world around her‚ but at the time‚ wasn’t very fearful for her safety. Unfortunately‚ reality struck Anne as the news of World War II progressed‚ accompanied by the call for her old
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The Holocaust Diary First Entry January 30‚1933 My name is Friedrich Krebs. I am a 29-year-old free-lance journalist. I write about all things happening in Germany‚ and then sell them to newspapers and magazines all over the world. I am the only son of a World War 1 hero‚ and my mother who idolizes me. I am divorced with one son who resides with his mother. I’m young‚ blonde‚ blue-eyed‚ strong‚ and pure German. I’m what you would consider Hitler ideal German to be
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But not everyone chose to see it that way. Anne Frank is famous for her diary‚ the one she kept in‚ chose not to let this tragic time bring her down. She had a whole other perspective on‚ and said this; “In spite of everything‚ I still believe people are really good at heart. She didn’t want to live out the rest of the life she had in pain‚ anger‚ grief‚ etc. She wanted to cancel any negativity out and focus on bringing out the positives. I agree with Anne‚ and some might disagree‚ but that is your
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Throughout Anne Frank’s “The Diary of a Young Girl‚” you can tell that Anne‚ the writer‚ matures a lot throughout her diary. She makes a lot of transformations mentally‚ and you can tell she is really growing up. One page where you can see her mature is in pages 127-128‚ of her diary entry on January 2‚ 1944. She even discusses her previous immaturity. That alone makes the reader think that she is very self reflective‚ and she always thinks of her past mistakes. In this entry‚ there are several signs
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everything in Anne Frank’s family. Fear changed these people and their identities. Anne Frank and her family feared getting killed‚ getting caught‚ and feared getting sent to the concentration camps. Anne Frank was a smart‚ brave girl and the fear shaped her for who she is. With fear constantly in their lives‚ it made them who they were. First‚ Anne’s family got the news that the Nazis were going to kill all jews that were in Germany. They were scared and startled of all of this so Edith Frank‚ her
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Shane Rivenburgh Anne Frank Paper Anne Frank Can you imagine being stuck in a room for years at a time and not getting the fresh air from outside? Anne Frank was a Jewish girl who was alive during the ruling of Germany by Adolf Hitler. She was a young girl who had to go into hiding due to the Nazi takeover. While Anne was in hiding‚ she kept a journal about what she did‚ who she met‚ and her experiences throughout her journey. Anne was sometimes very obstinate while in hiding. She was
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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 and her family
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The Holocaust was a very tragic and horrifying event in history that changed human minds forever. Millions of Jews died in this event‚ because of mass murders and death camps. Adolf Hitler was a very cruel‚ but persuasive leader of Germany. He turned many people against the Jewish by blaming the loss of World War I on them. Adolf started to send Jews to concentration and death camps‚ so Jews hid. Many Jews went into hiding‚ such as‚ Jeannine Burk. During her childhood she hid for two years from the
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the best she could. The families that lived there were the Franks and the Van Daan’s. Also a single man who they called Mr.Dussel. They went into hiding in the year of 1943. The place that the Annex was in‚ is a city called Amsterdam. According to Dictionary.com‚ the definition of courage is ’’the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty‚ pain‚ danger‚ etc’’. One person that lived in the Annex was Anne Frank‚ and she is a great representation of courage. I believe this
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