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    In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester Prynne is forced to wear a scarlet “A” on her clothing in order to broadcast to the community that she has sinned. Throughout the novel the letter’s meaning begins to change. While it originally stood for “Adulterer”, it has begun to stand for “Able” instead, due to Hester’s acceptance of her sin and talent in embroidery. In the beginning of the novel after Hester is convicted and forced to wear the “A”, she is entirely shunned and scorned…

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    In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne advances the central ideas…

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    Movies and books have been around for many, many years, and books go back to the start of time. Some people have taken a famous book and made into a picture show, or as we know it today, a movie. However movies can only be so long. Producers have to take away and add stories from the book to fit it in about 2 hours. Many of the movies keep the main story line, but sometimes producers of the show really switch it up. The Devil’s Arithmetic, by Jane Yolen, was written about a Jewish girl who is…

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    The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne adulteress Hester Prynne must wear the scarlet ‘’A’’ to mark her shame. Her lover, Arthur Dimmesdale, remains unidentified and is filled with gilt, while her husband, Roger Chillingworth seeks revenge. Even though Hester ends the story as a heroine,she plays a victim throughout via extreme societal judgement. After all, she is forced to wear the scarlet ‘’A’’ Hester wears it on her chest with her head held high on the scaffold. As she walks through the…

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    Ever since the evolution of humans, conflicts have been arising, things from making a new America, slavery, and many wars. Each conflict that we have overcome has affected someone. Some questions that help us understand better of this conflict is what are some ways that people respond to conflict, does responding a different way change the outcome, and does the way you respond change the way people think of you? To start things off, how do people respond to conflict? There are many ways people…

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    According to Anne Frank herself, ¨I hope Kitty [Anne’s imaginary friend] that I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, and I hope you will be a great source of comfort and support.” Anne Frank wrote this passage in her diary before World War II. She wrote this before Hitler invaded the Netherlands. Previous to the war, Anne’s only problems were school, stress, and girl drama. Little did she know that much more troubling times were ahead of her.…

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    a whole new world and let us into the kingdom of knowledge. The Diary of Anne Frank and Camp Harmony let us have a glimpse of what it was like to live through World War 2 and the Japanese relocation in the U.S. In the Diary of Anne Frank the Diary informs us what it was like to live during world war two. This changes the perception people and lets audiences know of the difficulty of the Jewish population. In the Diary Anne writes how she and her Family got…

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    Saint Quiteria Saint Quiteria was born in the 5th century in northern Portugal. There are different stories about her life. Both stories are very different from the other. Both stories tell about how Saint Quiteria survived hardship to fight for her Christian beliefs. One story tells about how she was killed and rose again. The other story tells about how she fought for Christianity. One story about Saint Quiteria says that she was the daughter of a prince in Portugal. When she was old…

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    “Despite everything, I think that people are really good at heart” from Anne Frank. Believing in this message can be hard if you had lived your life in hiding during the holocaust but Anne Frank believed every word. Inspiring, is the best word to describe Anne, she spreads a message through million of people’s hearts, saying that even though people may do horrendous actions, they are all charitable in our hearts. During her life, Anne Frank went through way too much misfortune than any…

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    Anne frank is a true story about a girl named Anne frank who was in hiding for two years in a attic. People like Anne frank can best respond to conflict by staying positive through the most of it. Anne frank kept her hopes up while she was stuck in the attic and she would put postcards on the wall to imagine what it would look like. In I Am Malala , Malala stays with positive thinking even tho she was in the hospital and was shot in the face. Also in The Boy with the striped pajamas shmuel…

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