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Anne Frank and the Secret Annex In the book Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank there are many pieces of information that were surprising. What was interesting in the book was Anne always tried maintain a positive attitude. By having the Secret Annex to live in, always being optimistic about surviving the war, and by having Peter to talk to and keep her happy are just some of the reasons Anne Frank was able a positive attitude. Anne Frank was always thankful for having…

Anne Frank was a 15-year-old Jewish girl who was born and raised in Frankfort, Germany. She was sadly living during a time of ugliness for the Jewish race, the Holocaust. Anne was one of the many Jewish people who had to go into hiding in order to keep herself alive, which sadly did not happen. She died shortly before the Holocaust ended. Anne was a confident, energetic, and kindhearted girl. The first characteristic Anne had was confidence. She never cared about what other people thought, and…

If Anne Frank never kept a diary, we would lose a little of history. She gives such a different outlook than so many other Jews in that time. While they are worried and fretting about all that is happening. Anne just tells her thoughts as they are. She is a very real person and we would be at a loss if we lost her work of art that she called a diary. If Peter Van Daan wrote a diary instead of Anne Frank, The story would be quite different. Peter is obviously a boy while Anne is a growing woman.…

Erin Gruwell was able to break barriers in her classroom for her students in room 203. First, Ms. Gruwell had the students play a game of similarities where they stepped up to a piece of tape in the middle of the classroom when she gave statement of life experiences. Many of the students in Ms. Gruwell’s classroom experience loss of a family member, friend, etc., exposed to violence at a young age, was involved in criminal activates, and other life experiences of loss and grief. Ms. Gruwell…

The movie, The Freedom Writers, follows a teacher who unifies her classroom through literature. The class is made up of many teenagers of different races, most are even in a gang affiliated with their race. During this time period, in Long Beach, California there is a great deal of racial tension, including a gang war. It is a very dangerous place to be for everyone. In the beginning of the film, the students at Wilson High are very segregated in the classroom, sticking strictly to their racial…

write. During the World War II Adolf Hitler hated Jews, he thought Jews corrupted everyone and everything. Anne died of Typhus in one of the concentration camps the Nazi’s. Anne Frank’s diary though, sold more than 30 million copies.She wanted to be a professional writer when she was older. Anne Frank had a diary that she loved to write with. She would call the person she was writing Kitty. (History) On June 12, 1929 Anne Frank was born. Anne was born in Frankfurt, Germany. Anne Franks full…

Anne Frank, Narrative Having a pen and my diary is what I’m most known for but I'm also a pretty good hider; I'm anne frank. I was born June 12, 1929. Margot, who was three years older than me, was my only sibling. My father was Otto Frank he was mostly known for the business he owned ("Anne Frank Biography"). My mother Edith Frank didn't take have a job, so she stayed home and cared for my sister and I and took care of things at our house("Edith Frank." Anne Frank House). Growing up wasn't…

The Diary of Anne Frank: People are Really Good at Heart Anne Frank once said, "Despite everything, I still believe people are truly good at heart." Her diary, which she kept while her family was in hiding from the Nazis, shows the triumph of her spirit over the evil in the world even though the pain of adolescence. In our world and age, there are multiple situations where people are considered greedy, selfish, impatient, riotous and just plain rude but, they are still considered good at heart…

Surrounded by guns, drug deals, and unstable households leaves lost and undetermined kids. In this compelling movie, Freedom Writers the main Character Erin Gruwell(Hilary Swank) sees potential in grieving students when everyone else has lost hope in them. Long Beach, California is central for violence, drugs, and alcohol. For these students all they have known is love through gangs and rough households. Underneath the tough constructed attitude lies innocent kids who have lost faith in…

Nobody Left to Hate and Freedom Writers Cognitive psychology focuses on studying how the environment a person lives in affects his or her behavior. In the mid 1950s, researchers started looking into external factors rather than internal processes to explain why people act a certain way. Cognitive research revolutionized and become the dominant approach in psychology by the late 1970-1980s. Then, many people started creating strategies to influence people’s behavior to change. In 1990, Erin…