Anne Fadiman

Anne Frank is really well known for her Biography, Diary of a Young Girl, and the hardships that she faced while hiding from the Nazi, and this book contributed to history in many, many, ways. First of all, her story gave many people insight of how hard it was to be hiding from the Nazi, especially as a girl as young as her. You see, for most people, when they hear about Jews going into hiding, they just think ‘oh well, that must have been hard,’ and forget all about it, going on with their…

The alleged feud between Kate Middleton and Camilla Parker-Bowles are worsening nowadays. The two Princesses are both eyeing for the throne and waiting who among them will inherit the seat of Queen Elizabeth II. Parent Herald noted the report of OK! Magazine that the 89-year-old monarch will step out from her position on Sept. 9 and Prince William and his 33-year-old wife will take her place. However, the assumptions were not quite true as the next eligible inheritor of the throne was her son,…

If you were like Anne Frank wouldn't it be terrible to be in the Holocaust!? Has anything this bad happen to you? If you were Anne frank how would you feel, what would you do? Would you hide away from the German soldiers or just give up your life? If you hid, how would you survive when you have to hide away and not be able to be seen? If you got caught by the german soldiers would your family get split up? Would you ever see your family again? Would you be killed right away for hiding? Where…

Bradstreet poems have demonstrated the Puritanical ideal of what a puritan should be. The author Bradstreet has created a sequence of written piece to exemplify the essence of puritan ideology. The poetries characterizes other Puritanical literature by discussing the same laws or rules that the religion follows. The poet utilizes diction and allusion to connect with past biblical reference. Bradstreet uses diction to symbolize what she is saying about puritans and what is expected of them…

One of the greatest playwrights of all time was William Shakespeare. He, like many famous individuals, was not terribly popular when he lived. He wrote more than 30 plays and did many other works as well. The plays he wrote captivated the audience, and told story's like no other. He built his own theater, and used the money he got from it, to buy his family the second largest estate in Stratford. His fame mostly came after he had died. In the 19th century, adoration for Shakespeare was at its…

Elsa Kopp was born in Munsinger, Germany as Elsa Moll. When Moll was eighteen years old, she moved to the United States to live with an aunt she had never met. Upon arriving in the U.S, Elsa had to take a boat and then a train to get to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Seeking job opportunities, she began working as a maid, but soon realized she was lonely and extremely homesick. So as not to be so alone in a city she had never been in before, Elsa started taking night classes at Whitefish Bay High School,…

Recently, the grade 10 class of BCS had the privilege of seeing the Diary of Anne Frank in play form at the Avon Theatre in Stratford, Ontario. The director Jillian Keiley had started the play by lining out the 19 actors and having them all tell stories from when they were 13. Anne Frank was also thirteen was she went into hiding in the Secret Annex. This gave a sense of understanding the difference between life back in the 1940’s and the life today. The real life story of Anne’s diary starts…

Anne Frank, the author of “The Diary of a Young Girl”, was 13 years old when she started to write her diary. Annelies Marie Frank was born into the family with the parents, Otto and Edith Frank on June 12, 1929 in the ancient city of Frankfurt, Germany. Sadly, because of the family being sent away to the camps, Anne died at the age of 16 at Lower Saxony, Germany. The purpose of writing “The Diary of a Young Girl” was to inform about how life was about 75 years ago. Some historical sides to this…

William Shakespeare was known to have no birth records. But he was baptized on April 26th, 1564, which makes scholars think he was born near or on April 23rd, 1564. Most scholars think he was born on that date so thats what they refer to when he was born. William Shakespeare was about 5’9 and around one hundred and fifty pounds according to scholars. He was right handed. He had long curly hair and a trimmed beard. He had green eyes, and he was white. William Shakespeare's home town was about…

“The Diary of a Young Girl” written in letters by Anne Frank, is particularly interesting to teenagers and middle schoolers because of how real the book is. As the entries were written by someone experiencing the suffering, the book is very immersive and Anne’s depictions of her everyday life in the Annex is relatable to teens her age, and yet so unbelievable because of the conditions she was forced to live under. For example, she included a list of clothes she would like to buy after the war,…