The Franks The History Channel documentary Barbarians-The Franks is about a group of loosely related Germanic ‘barbarian’ tribes that from the third to eighth centuries CE would occupy‚ and eventually conquer and settle most of the Western Roman province of Gaul which would later come to be known as France‚ or “Frankland”. The Franks are portrayed in this documentary as a ‘plague’ to Rome‚ but one group the Salians to the north of the Rhine River‚ were actually quite assimilated to Roman Culture
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These were the words of Anne Frank which were contained in her beloved‚ leather-bound‚ red and white checkerboard-patterned diary. Handwritten in her beautiful scrawl‚ these few simple words have impacted minds around the world and refreshed those with intents of hatred and harm. Despite the bad deeds of those around her‚ and the horrid happens depleting the population of her kind as a Jew‚ Anne Frank could still see the inner light shining through the dreary‚ gray smoke of all of humanity.
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Title The novel "Dune" by Frank Herbert centers on a man named Paul Atreides and his struggle to gain back a planet that was given to him and brutally taken away by his longtime rivals. While the novel is one of science fiction’s best because of its plotline‚ the philosophical points made in the novel make it truly great. The novel uses religion as a driving force in politics at a time when religion was believed to be dying down. Another important revolutionary idea was the human control over ecology
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We have read three pieces of text about Anne Frank and her story as a teenage girl during the Holocaust. We have read a play‚ her diary‚ and a Memoir from a first account‚ all written at different time periods. The play took place at the beginning of November 1945‚ and retells the events that had occurred during the holocaust‚ it ends after Anne has died in 1945. The diary took place on Saturday‚ 20th of June‚ 1942 and ends on Thursday‚ 19th of November‚ 1942. These are all Anne’s entries in her
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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 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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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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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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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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Anne Frank was a very fun poem/play to read and I think all of us enjoyed it. Filled with suspicion and comedy‚ romance and seriousness it was sure to keep everyone interested. Most people thoroughly enjoyed the story whether they were just narrators or characters. It kept everyone on the edge of their seat with the apprehension‚ waiting to find out what happened next. The main character of this fabulous story was the oh-so fabulous Anne. She is bubbly and fun and never skips a beat. She always
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