Book Report on the Freedom Writers Diary Ten years ago‚ The Freedom Writers Diary was published and soon became an international sensation. Today‚ more than one million people have read it‚ and they have even made it a motion picture starring Hilary Swank. As the freedom writers all graduated from high school and keep on advocating their deeds‚ the journey continues. Through the report I would like to divide them into four sections to discuss: origin‚ differentiation
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was able to remain hopeful that people were good at heart. One example of a person that gave Anne hope in humanity was Miep and her courage that she displayed. Hiding the Jews was extremely dangerous and risky‚ and if caught was punishable by death. However‚ Miep took Anne Frank and her family in. Hiding and taking care of eight people was dangerous and exhausting work. Miep did not have enough money to buy eight people food‚ so she got illegal coupons to get food. She had to find a new supplier
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The Secret Annex One of the hardest struggles occurred during the 1900. This struggle was none other than the holocaust. In this piece of writing you will learn of the hardships that a little 13 year old girl faced during hiding from the Nazi regime. This girl stayed with her family and another family as well in the little annex that had little to no room in general and for two families. The lack of food was another hardship since they had so many people and little food that they weren’t able to
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In act one‚ scene one‚ after World War II‚ Mr. Frank goes back to the attic in Amsterdam. Miep‚ the woman who works in the office below the attic‚ gives Mr. Frank some of Anne’s writings. Her diary reminds him of his family’s time in hiding. This makes Mr. Frank very sad and he wants to leave Amsterdam. Act one‚ scene two is a flashback to an earlier time in the attic. The Franks and Van Daans are forced to hide because they are Jewish. The two families live together in the attic of Mr. Frank’s
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from school life at day to gang violence at night. A new teacher at Wilson High School by the name of Myer Gies connects education with her troubled students’ daily lives to bring them together past the boundaries drawn by gangs. Myer Gies teaches at Wilson High School‚ located in Long Beach. She is the teacher of her 23‚ “below school average‚” students in room 203 where she teaches
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Anne Frank is a very influential historical figure whose diary has helped everyone all over the world learn about the Holocaust and what it is like to be a Jewish person in hiding. The Holocaust was a time period where the Nazi’s killed as many Jewish people as they possibly could. The majority of Jewish people had gone into hiding during this time period. In her diary‚ Anne describes life in the Secret Annex and why they chose to live in the Annex rather than anywhere else. She also talks about
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The Striped Pajamas. For example Mr. Frank had to leave when he didn’t want to. He did not know why he had to leave‚ he also was not very happy about it. In paragraph 11 it states “I’ve come to say good-bye… I’m leaving here‚ Miep.” Mr. Frank was also brave when he told Miep to burn his papers that he got. For example in paragraph 21 he says “ Burn them. All of them.” In paragraph 23 when he read Anne’s diary he wasn’t sure if he should burn her
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To most people the Holocaust is one of the darkest periods of time in history. The Holocaust began in 1933 when Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. It ended in 1945 when Allied forces defeated the Nazis. During this time a genocide occurred that slaughtered 6 million people of the Jewish faith. Throughout this era of darkness many people risked their lives to do what is best. Although‚ with all of the bad things people do‚ it may be easier to think that there is evil in everyone’s heart. I strongly
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The Diary of Anne Frank Between 1941 and 1945‚ Jews were targeted and severely massacred creating the largest genocide to happen during the 20th century. During the Holocaust‚ over 11 million people were killed by German Nazis who came in power and believed that Germans were the superior race. One million Jewish children were killed alone. A chain of over 42‚500 facilities controlled by Germans were used to confine and kill Jews. About 500‚000 people were participants in the preparation and execution
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