The Untouchables is an American gangster film produced in 1987. The movie is set in 1930 during the prohibition era. Al Capone, a Chicago crime boss, has the entire city in the palm of his hand and supplies illegal alcohol. He has strong relations with the government officials and the police force, influencing them greatly enough to not investigate his illegal practices. One strong member of the Treasury Department, Eliot Ness, believes it is his duty to uphold the law and bring Capone to…
A play by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, The Diary of Anne Frank, is the main text that will be focused on in this learning segment. The play has two acts. The main characters in The Diary of Anne Frank include Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl who is hiding with her family from the Nazis from persecution. Mr. Frank, also known as Otto Frank, is the father of Anne and Margot Frank. Mrs. Frank is the wife to Otto Frank and the mother of Anne and Margot. The Van Daan family are also play…
In the diary of Anne Frank there is a quote that verbalizes, "In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart." This can be interpreted in many ways. To start off, this quote can denote that the Nazis are still human in spite of all the unacceptable evil they have done. To start off, Anne is very heroic and vigorous to verbalize this. Also, she contemplates all the good, and resplendency that is left. Even in a crisis, Anne looks for the comeliness in the world. To…
The two most dominant types of imagery used in “The Diary of a Young Girl” by Anne Frank are visual imagery and kinesthetic imagery. Usually, this imagery is demonstrated when Anne describes seeing Jews being deported and feeling sympathy for them. For example, in the Thursday, November 19, 1942 diary entry, Anne observes that, “Evening after evening the green and gray army lorries trundle past. The Germans ring at every front door to inquire if there are any Jews living in the house. If there…
In the Diary of Anne Frank and Night the non-fiction stories theme of change is introduced by the primary character’s terrible experience in the Holocaust. Change is established when the characters had to go through a time where jews were not treated equally as others. In Diary of Anne Frank, Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett explains this concept with the character named Anne Frank, when her life changed because a man believed jews are poisonous to the germans. Also, her family and the Van…
news articles were printed with details of the corruption within the department. The first article was written by a reporter named David Burnham with the article appearing in the New York Times. Mr. Burnham’s article was sourced by 2 NYPD officers, Frank Serpico and David Durk that had previously tried to report the corruption to supervisors with no results. Serpico and Durk became frustrated with the corruption and finally made a complaint to the District Attorney’s office. Finally tired of…
has been contemplated throughout society in varying forms. Thousands of poems, songs, films and books have been published across the globe exploring this notion. Two prominent texts that deeply explore the ocean that is the concept of justice are Frank Darabont’s film interpretation of Stephen King’s novella “Rita Hemsworth and The Shawshank Redemption” and the poem “The Ballad of Reading Gaol” by Oscar Wilde. They investigate the injustices and justices within the judicial system and life.…
Jewish children fates The fates of Jewish and non-Jewish children can be categorized and judged all by one person. camps became very close with each other and became a family almost. Oftentimes they had become separated from their family members and developed new relationships within their co-workers. Despite this tenuous support, all of these children suffered emotionally from the horrible conditions and treatment they endured and witnessed. We are the youngest survivors of the Holocaust. We…
I am researching Anne Frank. “Anne Marie Frank was a thirteen-year-old jewish girl that fled her home in Amsterdam with her family and went into hiding.” “Anne was hiding for the next two years with her family and another family lived cloistered in the “Secret Annex” of an old office building where her father had worked in.” Anne Frank was born on June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany. Anne had lived in Amsterdam with her family in World War II. Anne Frank went into hiding for two years in the…
What measures were taken at the Beje to make it as safe as possible for the Jews staying there? Does the Beje become another character in a way? By the end of this essay you will see the measures taken at the Beje to make it as safe as possible are; and electric buzzer installed, a warning sign and hidden room and a secret code and that the bee becomes another character in a way by always being there for those in need. The buzzer which was installed is one of the measures taken to make the Beje…