Heroism In frightening situations such as witnessing a crime and saving a life‚ ordinary people often perform heroic actions far beyond their normal capabilities. To begin with‚ the action doesn’t have to be the superhero stereotypical story. “When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation‚ we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.” – Joseph Campbell. This means that in any situation where you put another person before yourself you are being heroic
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Anne Frank is a brave young girl‚ who writes about her family’s encounters while hiding from the Nazis. She writes from the heart‚ and leaves a detailed diary of her daily life. Through her writings‚ we are given a glimpse into the daily trials and tribulations of her ordeal. She writes with such honesty‚ that we are able to feel all of her emotions. She is quite upbeat‚ and believes in a bright future for her and her family. Her writings also display the feelings of the other members in the house
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AoW: Word War II & Anne Frank I have no idea what it would be like to have to be afraid that someday‚ some general will come‚ seperate my family and I‚ and send us off to die painfully just because I believe in a certain religion. A 14 year old girl should not ever have to worry about this but sadly‚ Anne Frank‚ a year younger than me‚ did. World War II was a horrible war that caused the death of 55 million people. The group of people that were mainly targeted were Jews. Adolf Hitler‚ the dictator
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can live in hope.” Otto Frank‚ was the father of Anne frank. Otto Frank had been a survivor in the Holocaust. Many people argue about the issue of survivor’s guilt‚ about whether or not survivors should feel guilty about life and death situations. Survivor’s guilt is when a life and death situation happens and the survivor feels guilty of surviving of the disaster they were in. Otto Frank had survivor’s guilt because he lost family members during the holocaust such as Anne Frank who was famous for
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The Nazi’s did not release Otto‚ he got liberated by Soviet troops on January 27th 1995. The Nazi’s took him into auschwitz and held him till the troops came. The Nazi’s didnt kill Mr. Frank in auschwitz because they had just got there for only a couple months then the troops came and then they rescued all of them. Before auschwitz he was in 2 concentration camps. Otto Frank first arrived in auschwitz in September of 1944. Otto was first sent to Westbrook transit concentration camp then moved to
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Anne Frank I. Introduction A. Imagine being in hiding for 2 years and then being caught and taking to a camp and forced to work all because of where you are from. B. Have you ever been judged or looked at different because of the way you do things. C. The main purpose of my speech is to inform you about the life of Anne Frank and how her life became a legacy. D. I will begin with some history of the early life of Anne Frank. E. The life before and during her hiding F
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Anne Frank: Endurance and Strength through Positivity “Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy” - Anne Frank Anne Frank has taught us that although life can be hard‚ that there is always time for happiness. She survived and matured and maintained her positivity for as long as it was physically possible for her to do so. Regardless of the stress and troubles in her life‚ Anne Frank proved to be an important figure in history‚ because she showed us that even when the odds are
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COM 181 OUTLINE FORM: SPEECH Topic: Anne Frank General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To introduce Anne Frank and talk about her life. Introduction: Opening: How many of you heard or read about Anne Frank? Thesis: Today I will discuss the young and short life of one of the most well known Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Anne Frank was acknowledged for her quality of writing. Her diary is one of the world’s most widely read books and there has been many plays and films
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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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Challenges Anne Frank Faced during the Holocaust Anne Frank faced many challenges and had different ways of solving them. Some of those challenges we have today and so we don’t. Anne Frank lived through many restrictions just for being a Jew. During the time‚ in 1935 Jewish people were less then they had many laws that other didn’t have they had Nuremberg. The Nuremberg Laws were anti-Semitic laws that took away civil rights and citizenship from German Jews. The challenges that Anne Frank faced
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