Anne Fadiman

years ago Anne Bonny navigated along the Caribbean, capturing precious treasure, targeting low lives, and stealing ships with Jack Rackham and Mary Read ("Famous Pirate: Anne Bonny"). Anne lived during the 18th century, and had a long and arduous life full of danger, risk, and excitement ("Famous Pirate: Anne Bonny"). From the day Anne was brought into this world till the day she took her last breath, she worked hard, and was an extraordinary female. Anne Bonny is also known as Anne…

Krystyna Chiger and Pavel Friedmann were both Jews that were captured by the Nazis and wanted freedom from being killed by the Nazis. Both were in Ghettos, and lived a hard and uncomfortable life there, so they had to escape. This happened during World War 2, through 1939 and 1945 Krystina had escaped through the sewers with her family and others. Pavel had escaped by doing the hard way out, dying. Pavl had stayed in the ghettos for 7 weeks after dying, and Krystina had hid in the sewer for 14…

The Holocaust was an event where Jews were considered inhuman and not worthy of living. The stories during this time were told by lucky survivors as well as through the famous diary written by an optimistic Jewish girl named Anne Frank. The planned genocide was one of the reasons why people felt sympathy towards the Jews, and the need to help. Chiune Sugihara was one of these people. Sugihara was a Consul-General from Japan who traveled to Lithuania at the beginning of World War II and decided…

Anne Frank is young teenage girl that went through a hard time in world history. Anne and her family went into hiding when the war broke out and Jews were being persecuted because of their religion. The Franks hid in the secret Annex accompanied by the Van Daans Mr. Dussel. They all have to survive until the war ends, survival means a state or fact of continuing to live or exist, but sadly everyone living in the secret Annex died. The diary was retrieved by Miep Gies, who gave it to Anne's…

Have you ever thought of having to live in hiding for most of your life, or living your life in fear? Most children, including Doraine Kurz, experienced this during the Holocaust. Doriane Kurz lived in hiding for most of her childhood. She was 7 years old when she and her brother were put into hiding. Before hiding, she and her family lived in Vienna, Australia in freedom and equality. Her father ran a thriving business and they all enjoyed a great life. Two years after Doriane was born, her…

“Margot is three years older than Anne. She’s tidy quiet and gets good grades at school” ~ unknown During the Holocaust Margot Frank was very responsible young Adult . She kept to herself and knew exactly what to say and when to say it. And she understands a lot about how to take care of herself. Anne confirms about Margot at the table, she writes; “ Eats like a little mouse, and she doesn't say a word “. Anne and Margot have a few fights during their time in the secret annex. But sometimes…

Tha Shawl The events presented by Cynthia Ozick in The Shawl, happen during the World War II in Europe, when the Germans were occupying much of the Europe and led most of the Jews in concentration camps. In the beginning,, Ozick is presenting us a forced march to a concentration camp, on a very cold day. The principal character that she introduced to us is Rosa, the mother of a fifteen months old girl, Magda, and her niece, Stella, who walked along on that miserable day (Ozick 277). Little…

What is The Scarlet Letter about? The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a novel about a woman named Hester Prynne who committed the sin of adultery and was sent to prison for it. She was required to wear an embroidered “A”, standing for adultery, on all of her clothes so people would know what she had done. When she had the baby, it was named Pearl. She was forced into standing on a scaffold with her baby as a public humiliation. While she being publicly humiliated, her husband, Roger…

potentially conflict? How can you reveal the conflicts in those values? Do any of those values conflict with themselves? These are important questions that should be answered in order to have a reasonable conflict. In The Diary Of Anne Frank, pg. 10, paragraph 1, Anne…

In the play, “Diary of Anne Frank.” The character traits that help the people in the annex, are that Anne is an outgoing, friendly, and comprehend girls, Mr,Frank is a kind and intelligent man, and Mrs. Frank is a patience and mature woman. It is so hard for her to hide in the annex , because she is the youngest one hide in the annex. For her age, if she can’t find anything fun she may feels bored and get annoying. But, she is an outgoing girls. She always can find some little things make…