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    The main character of the play‚ “The Diary of Anne Frank” written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett is quite blatantly Anne Frank — a thirteen year old jewish girl. In 1942‚ due to the ongoing war and infamous Nazis‚ Anne and her family were forced into hiding to escape a life stuck concentration camps. Another family‚ the Van Daans‚ were caught in the same situation‚ and stayed with the Franks in the Annex. Later‚ a man named Mr. Dussel would also come hide with them. In the two years of living

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    Margaret. Francis’ parents get sad and the two cousins of Angela step in and send them away to Ireland to suffer even more. The next scene I chose is when Malachy Sr. went to England (the second time) and disappears from their lives. Francis really did become the man of the house after that. The third scene I thought was important was when Francis decided not to take the exam to become a permanent messenger boy. He thought that would stop him from doing what he wanted. Two of the scenes made Francis’

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    Susan Pfeffer's Ashes

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    she is living with her mother. Her dad gave her the nickname of “Ashes” but her mother hated the nickname so they had a fight. Ashleigh did not take her mother’s money because she thinks her dad is irresponsible‚ she knows her mom would be mad if she stole the money‚ and she was questioning her dad’s motives for taking the money. Ashleigh did not take the money because she thinks her dad is irresponsible. In the short story “Ashes” Susan Pfeffer states‚”He’s an irresponsible bum”was her way of wording

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    individual. This is occurs in Lives of the Saints by Nino Ricci and Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt where both protagonists face difficult childhoods. The two families lack a male role model due to their poor fathers but makes the boys more responsible. In addition‚poor relations with relatives affect the boys but they learn to be more compassionate people. Finally‚ both mothers do not show love towards Vitto and Frank causing them to learn to be more caring. Although both face a tough upbringing

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    Theme Essay

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    In the novel‚ Ponyboy and Johnny saves kids from a burning church which leaves Johnny with serious burns. These burns are eventually the cause of his death. This example from the novel shows how indirectly Johnny’s act of violence was the cause of his death and Dally also affected from it. This theme is worthwhile to think about because it shows that violence always leads to suffering and tragedy no matter where in the world you live. Another idea from the novel The Outsiders written by S.E Hinton

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    In the ruckus of life‚ love and jealousy can become intertwined and destroy the other. Jealousy can strangle all life out of the love that has been formed over time. In Frank R. Stockton’s short story titled “The Lady or the Tiger?”‚ this exact situation occurs. A youth falls in love with a king’s daughter‚ which is forbidden by society‚ so in return‚ the youth is thrown into jail by the king and put on trial for his convicted crime of treason against the kingdom. In the story‚ it is revealed that

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    Angela Character Analysis

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    2 this week. The prompt I have chosen is “How has a particular character changed since the beginning of the story? What is the evidence of this change‚ and what caused this change to happen?” I believe Bryon has changed from the beginning of the book by at first being unthoughtful and troublesome‚ and then by the end of the book being more mature and intelligent. Bryon was unthoughtful and troublesome at the beginning of the book. It made sense why Bryon and Mark got along so well when the story

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    Angela Carter Wolf

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    or writers rewrite classic texts‚ they are able to reveal important lessons‚ they believe in‚ to readers or make the underlying message from an original text more obvious to readers. Rewriting classic texts can also allow the writer make an original text more moderate and relatable to the readers and help them understand the story clearer. Which exactly what Angela Carter did in her text‚ “The Company of Wolves‚” Carter seems to make a feminist point in her rewrite and seems to criticize the original

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    Valley of Ashes

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    might just go up in flames. The long snake like road twists and turns through the bleak dead country side as if it were stalking prey – and I was the prey. I drive for what at times feels like forever. Every so often I look back to see where I came from‚ trying to remember where I’m going. Then it hits me where I am. I’m on the road to

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    Frankenstein was in the process of shaping his creation his intentions were naïve. He did not imagine that when he brought his creation to life it would turn out to look evil. I would consider Dr. Frankenstein a coward because he was scared to death from his own creation. After he saw his creation he hid. The doctor said “I took refuge in the courtyard belonging to the house which I inhabited‚ where I remained during the rest of the night‚ walking up and down in the greatest agitation‚ listening attentively

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