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    Anne Frank and her family were one of many to go into hiding during the holocaust. One of the people who helped them was Victor Kugler. However he was called Mr. Kraler in the book. Victor Kugler was born in the Czech Republic on June 5‚ 1900. In the book he had an ulcer and was in the hospital‚ but he lived to be 81 years old. After the war he went to Canada to start a new life and lived there for 26 years‚ but died on December 16‚ 1981. Another person who helped the Franks was Miep Gies‚ she worked

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    Victor Frankenstein was an egotistic person who allowed his selfish thoughts to drive him to commit evil actions. Frankenstein was adamant on researching and improving the human understanding of life‚ but he used this acquired knowledge in the wrong ways. He thought that if he were able to create a human‚ he would be glorified for his technological advances. He says that if he were successful‚ “many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to [him]”(552). He also states that he deserved

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    The desire to make history to discover what remains undiscovered‚ or to know what remains unknown is an everlasting human goal. Although many have failed to realize this dream‚ a very few have been passionately successful in its pursuit. The immortality power that these select few have‚ of course‚ only provided to encourage those who come after. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s Frankenstein is a literary reflection upon this intensely human desire here illustrated by the title character’s quest for

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    Victor‚ the Wild Boy from Aveyron "Come on‚ poor babe: Some powerful spirit instruct the kites and ravens To be thy nurses! Wolves and bears‚ they say‚ Casting their savageness aside‚ have done Like offices of pity." Shakespeare‚ Winter’s Tale‚ Act II‚ scene 3‚ line 185 Interests in Feral children began as early as the 1700’s and has continued to fascinate people throughout our modern era. Most reported cases on record‚ involve young children who have been isolated (or locked up) for an

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    The Block‚ a piece by Victor Villanueva‚ contains a story of great meaning. I found that the battle for understanding the piece was incredibly difficult. The story was very difficult to follow due to the mess of words and context. I found that reading the story was similar to playing a video game‚ the first few pages were easy to read‚ but the further into the story I got‚ the harder it was to understand. After reviewing the story a few times I was finally able to understand the meaning behind

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    the different lessons that the characters were offering. With me as the reader I have learned to be taught by the actions of the characters in all books I read‚ whether they are Harry Potter or Chronicles of Narnia or even Water for Elephants. “History shall teach those who come after us‚ and hopefully they will learn from our mistakes before they make them themselves.” These words were once spoken by Napoleon to his dear wife Josephine‚ in his new vision for the nation of France. Can people learn

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    the subjection of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. Upon reaching Central Mexico‚ Spanish explorers found themselves confronted with the Nahua people‚ commonly known as Aztecs‚ of whom the largest tribe was the Mexica. Stuart B. Schwartz’s Victors and Vanquished: Spanish and Nahua Views of the Conquest of Mexico contains opposing versions of the defeat and destruction of the flourishing sixteenth-century civilization of the Nahua. By presenting both indigenous and European sources in each

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    appears the opposite of the main character is commonly known as a foil and often is used to highlight another character’s defining traits. By doing so‚ a foil can be used to capture the essence of the main character. In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley‚ Victor Frankenstein’s foil is Henry Clerval. Clerval is used to illuminate the meaning of the work by showing the effects of Frankenstein’s actions on his well being‚ emphasizing the guilt that overcomes him and displaying the reality of how awful Frankenstein’s

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    Written communication: For my written communication evaluation I will be looking at my work from this unit. P2‚ in this one I looked at what makes effective communication. Strengths: this this part of the work there was a lot of written information that I had to get down. So it was appropriate for me to separate it with heading and subheadings so the assessor was able to understand it and make sure that they knew what they were meant to be reading. This also makes it look more professional and it

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    INTRODUCTION | 2 | Written and Unwritten Constitution | 3-4 | Comparison of the Supremacy of Malaysia and United Kingdom | 5-7 | Characteristic of both Parliamentary Supremacy and Constitutional Supremacy and the drawback | 7-8 | Conclusion | 10 | Bibliography | 11 | INTRODUCTION As Malaysia is a federation of thirteen states‚ it has altogether fourteen constitutions the Federal Constitution and thirteen State Constitutions. Johor was the first state to have a written constitution‚ granted

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