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    Throughout history we have seen massacres and mass killings of people for selfish and unnecessary reasons. Growing up, I remember reading the story about Anne Frank in school. I remember thinking how difficult it must have been to go through such terrible circumstances and not know if you are going to make it to see the next day. She was so young but yet was still very brave. Even in the tragedy, she some a glimpse of hope. I think it must have been hard to understand why they killed so many…

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    through terrible times in history, but one of the most famous is that of Anne Frank and her family during World War II. They went into hiding along with another family, the Van Daans, and another man, Mr. Dussel, in a place known as the secret annex. There they remained for two years, in living conditions that were poor, with little positives. For a lot of people, remaining still and quiet for an hour is difficult. The Franks, the Van Daans, and Mr. Dussel all had to do this - Except they had…

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    years. This is shown in the book, The Diary of Anne Frank, by McDougal Littell. In the book, Anne changes a lot while in hiding. She goes from acting childish and becomes mature, she gets nicer to everyone, and she goes from having a lot of energy and running around to having low energy and being a lot more calm. While in hiding Anne changes, one example of this is how he gets more mature over time in while hiding. One example of this is when Anne is talking to Margot, "I mean, every time I…

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    Leigh Anne identifies a strength in Michael which is that he isn’t some aggressive, scary, and mean person. She sees him as a gentle, nice, and very caring person who has nothing going well in his life. Others see as some big scary guy and feel unsafe and maybe uncomfortable when he is around them. In the movie she sees Michael talking to her son and that shows her that he isn’t a scary guy, but that he is nice and caring person, which makes her curious about Michael. Leigh Anne draws out the…

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    of a Young Girl by Anne Frank the main setting is the “Secret Annex”, which is not an ideal setting. The “Secret Annex” is the area were the Franks and the Van Daans were forced to hide from the Nazis during the war. First, the “Secret Annex” is faulty because the people hiding within it can be caught very easily. Living in the “Secret Annex” is risky because it is above Mr.Frank's work office and there are members of the office who are not aware that they are hiding. As Anne described,…

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    event that deserves recognition. Hitler also led his armies to try to conquer all of Europe. During these events, there was a family that lived in Amsterdam by the name of the Franks. When Hitler invaded Holland, more and more restrictions were put on the Jews until the Frank family was forced to go into hiding in what Anne Frank called “The Secret Annex.” She recorded these memorable events in her Diary, which would later be published as a book, and is one of the most popular nonfiction books…

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    Conflict, something many humans deal with in their lives, can be difficult to react to for some people and others might not know how. Conflict was faced by Anne Frank the author of “Anne Frank the Diary of a Young Girl” and Anne wanted to stay positive even in knowing that her friends and others she knew were taken and might be dead. In the short story “A Man’s Search for Meaning” Viktor E. Frankl, and his friends, stay positive even while in a concentration camp and play games together. Staying…

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    Mari Frank was born on June 12,1929 in Frankfurt, Germany. She was quite described as “ a talkative, teasing, and intelligent girl full of curiosity”(Kersell, Nancy) type of female. Margot, her older sister, was born on February 16,1926. Their father was a businessman while her mother stayed home. Anne frank went to Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam. While she attended Montessori she learned how to “speak Dutch”(kersell,Nancy), a language that is Germanic, in quicky method. Her parents,Otto frank and…

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    and they don’t know how people in the holocaust felt with no shoes and no socks. They had to walk barefoot in snow and in the mud. People threw their uniforms away that the Nazi’s gave them because it was infested with bugs and people was itching. Anne Frank was in a concentration with no shoes or no socks and walking in mud, she took and threw her clothes away because their was lice all over the uniform. She used a sleek of cloth to cover her body. She had a friend who was at the…

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    Reading about Anne’s life has changed my life in many ways. Anne showed me that you should have hope even in the toughest situations. I’ve realized that Anne is an amazing and inspiring person. I believe she would be able to cheer anyone up with just a smile. That’s what I want to do, I want to be able to make anyone smile just like she did. She showed me that even if people are different from you, it doesn’t mean that they’re not human. Even though she’s gone and in a better place now, she…

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