Characters: Funder: Narrator/critique/friend/observer/interviewer/historian Explores and re-tells stories from ex Stasi men‚ and victims of the Stasi Explores through human stories the separation of east and west Germany Experiences sympathy for victims as well as all Germans who lived through two tremendous events within a small space of time She has an outsiders perspective not experiencing the feelings of those times personally Miriam: Story inspires Funder to write the text. Funder can explain
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The Book Stasiland uses the interviews with victims and perpetrators to inform the reader on life in East Germany. To some extent‚ Anna Funder does paint a black a white picture of her views‚ separating the victims from the perpetrators. As she despises the GDR/Stasi‚ Funder still acknowledges that many of the officials were just doing what was told and were reluctant to react‚ in fear of falling under the stasis harsh rules. Despite this‚ many of the officials were strong believers in the system
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CRITICALLY COMMENT ON THE USE OF LIGHT AND DARK IN BOTH TEXTS. Anna Funder’s book Stasiland and Donnersmark’s film The Lives of Others both discuss the Stasi’s oppression of the people in West Berlin during the time of the Berlin Wall. The composers depict light and darkness both literally through various techniques and metaphorically through mutual themes. These implementations of light and dark revolve around the concept of secret histories‚ which refer to the Stasi regime being hidden in darkness
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Introduction of life history of anna hazare Anna Hazare was born on 15th January‚ 1940 in Bhingar village in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra state to Babu Rao Hazare and Laxmi Bai. His parents christened him as Kisan Bapat Baburao Hazare. Anna Hazare was raised up by his childless aunt. He couldn’t pursue his studies beyond 7th standard due to family reasons. He started his career as a driver in Indian army in 1963. He served Indian army for a span of 15 years. During this time‚ he faced
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Anna Karenina “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Just as the famous quote goes‚ Tolstoy brought me back to the Russian society in the 19th century‚ leading me to ponder over the meaning of love‚ family‚ ethics‚ religion‚ as for the whole life. Anna Karenina is perhaps one of the greatest novels of all times. Anna shone like a bright light in Petersburg society and was admired by everyone. But she was married to the dull‚ cold Alexei Karenin‚ a
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contentment. In Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina‚ Anna’s life is spiritually empty‚ and so she fills it with earthly pleasures (such as adultery) to fill the void. Levin‚ the other protagonist‚ also feels throughout the story as though something is missing in his life‚ but ends up actually discovering what will maintain his happiness in the long run. A main theme in the book is whether or not it is possible to preserve a happy life in a healthy way. Both characters‚ Anna and Levin‚ demonstrate how and
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Whitfield Draping II 10/22/2012 Anna Sui Anna Sui‚ born August 4‚ 1964 in Detroit Michigan‚ dreamed of becoming a fashion designer since age 4. Her father a structural engineer and her mother a painter‚ she was believed to have gotten her creativeness from her mother and her business side from her father. In her 4 year old mind‚ a fashion designer was portrayed beautiful‚ stylish‚ always surrounded by luxurious fabrics and countless sketchbooks always off to lunch. Anna was attracted to this glamorous
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Anna Sui (born August 4‚ 1964)[2] is an American fashion designer. Her luxury brand retails globally in the Americas‚ Europe‚ Asia and the Middle East. Her clothing‚ fragrance‚ cosmetic‚ and accessories lines sell at Anna Sui stores in over 50 countries and are also widely distributed at leading department stores worldwide.[3] Sui is known for her timeless designs and ability to transcend eras with her historical and culturally inspired collections. After leaving Parsons‚ she worked for a variety
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Ballerina Anna Pavlova was born Anna Matveyevna Pavlovna Pavlova on February 12‚ 1881—a cold and snowy winter’s day—in St. Petersburg‚ Russia. From early on‚ Anna’s active imagination and love of fantasy drew her to the world of ballet. Although they were poor‚ Anna and her mother were able to see a performance of The Sleeping Beauty at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg when Anna was 8 years old. Captivated by what she saw‚ the wide-eyed little girl declared she was resolved to become a
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