Bobby Franks

his guard up and not let things get to him. When meeting Red he met somebody who reflected Andy’s life. Seeing how Red was a down to earth guy helped Andy throughout his time in Shawshank prison. The director of the movie The Shawshank Redemption, Frank Darabont displays the characters in plan to illustrate how Shawshank prison was a hopeless and dreadful place; only the ambition of Andy is what will help him escape. How Andy handled situations in the prison is going to help Andy in the long run…

Loganathan Mark 3.9 Frank Darabont – Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile Anne Bradstreet once said “Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.” Frank Darabont effectuates this simple principal in his work. He successfully illustrates and imparts this comprehension into the mind of his viewers making his impact in the world. It can be drawn that this principle is close to his heart as it is craftily presented in most of his works. Frank…

There are a number of conflicts Frank Darabont used to show institutionalisation in the film Shawshank Redemption. This is shown in physical, verbal, internal conflict between the prisoners, guards and the warden. Conflict can be found in the form of physical violence. At Shawshank prison physical violence was not only common between the inmates but the guards were also violent toward the prisoners. The first few years Andy was at Shawshank Red’s voice over stated he would, “every so often, turn…

Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry follows a black family called the Logans in Mississippi during The Great Depression. The Logans have four children who are quickly becoming exposed to the racism that surrounds them. The book is from the point of view of the only girl, Cassie. Cassie is stubborn and knows what’s right, so she has trouble ignoring the constant racist acts that she is exposed to. Cassie’s grandmother, Big Ma takes her and her eldest brother Stacey into Strawberry to…

Thesis statement: Anne Frank was a young Jewish who was known for her diary that documented her life during the German Holocaust. Introduction: Attention getter: Imagine living in a confined space with 7 other people, and not having any contact with the outside world. Doesn’t sound fun right? Engage audience: I just described how Anne Frank, her family, and 4 others had to live for over a little over 2 years. Preview main points: Today, I will talk to you about Anne’s life before…

The Diary of Anne Frank is a nonfiction story almost like an autobiography. In the book Anne faces many hard times because they were in hiding during the holocaust. I think that the theme is that, you should try to be happy even if the situation you are in isn’t the best. Anne tries make the Annex a happy place like when it was Hanukkah and everyone was talking about how they could not get presents that year, and she said “Presents!“. That lifted the spirit of the holiday because everyone…

Anti- Jewish laws. But now, as the year 1947 rolls by, a dad was able to fulfil his little girl’s wish. That dad was Otto Frank. The Frank family was a Jewish family and was forced to live in hiding till the war was over. Otto’s youngest daughter, Anne, wrote a diary, and Otto published it making her wish come true, which was her being an author. However, not everyone in the Frank family was able to see the war end and was able to see Anne’s diary published. Only Otto survived the war. “Well,…

Cornelia “Corrie” ten Boom was born in Haarlem, Netherlands, on April 15, 1892. She was the youngest of 4 siblings (two sisters and a brother.) her father, Casper ten Boom, was a renowned jeweler and watchmaker. Corrie became Holland’s first female watchmaker. After Corrie’s mother passed away from heart failure, Corrie busied herself with helping her father in the shop and she started a girl’s youth club in which she taught Bible, crafts, sewing, and performing arts. In 1940, the ten Boom way…

In my opinion, “The Green Glass Sea” by Ellen Klages is an amazing book. “The Green Glass Sea” is about a little girl named Dewey who goes to a place the book calls “The Hill” to live with her father. “The Hill” is the place where during World War II, scientists came together to help make the nuclear bombs, or as they call it, “the gadget,” that would be dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. All throughout the book, Dewey faces many problems such as adjusting to her new life, being bullied, and her…

Having an urban setting affects the characters or people in the lyrics of “New York, New York” and “Chicago” by Frank Sinatra, the short story “Thank you Ma'am” by Langston Hughes, and the Novel Seedfolks written by Paul Fleischman. Characters and people in lyrics are affected from an urban setting. An example of this would in the lyrics of “New York, New York” and “Chicago” by Frank Sinatra. In “New York, New York” the line “I want to wake up, in a city that never sleeps”…