Frank Loesser

Ruth was a young girl when the war started, only about seven years old. Ruth was born in Poland Warsaw and lived there until 1944 with her mother, father, two older sisters and older brother. One large part of Ruth’s life during the time of the war was when she moved back to Warsaw from Russia and her family got put into a ghetto. German trucks began to come into the ghettos and grab people right off the streets and everyone knew that whoever got put onto those truck wouldn’t be coming back.…

How would it feel to be stuck in a small room living with 7 other people? Not only do you have to live with 7 other people, but you have a small amount of food and fear of being caught by the Nazis, so the noise level is almost to the point of nothing. This book is based off of a real story that a girl wrote in her diary. The time that they lived in hiding was two years and she only was thirteen years old, because she was only thirteen things were happening with her, mentally and physically.…

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl narrates the emotional journey of adolescent Anne Frank during World War II. The diary allows insight into the changes Anne went through during the war after going into hiding to avoid persecution. Over the course of her time in hiding she develops in maturity, and uses her diary to voice her innermost thoughts and desires and the readers learn what it was like living in those conditions from a perspective during the time. Anne’s diary begins on her…

When one thinks of the memoir Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, one would often picture Anne Frank and the horrific tragedies of the Holocaust. A lesser known name such as Miep, Gies, however, is one that we should also remember. Miep Gies is a Christian woman who risks her life for two years helping to illegally hide those residing in the “Secret Annex”, namely Anne Frank. Her sacrifices for these Jewish families allows them to safely lead out their lives as chaos unfolds throughout Europe…

Assessment 2 Australian Film Essay Topic 2 KPB205 Approaches to Contemporary Documentary Semester 2 2015 Name: Dermot McNamara Student Number: n9161988 Due Date: 16th October, 2015 Introduction Since one of the first documentary or non-fiction narrative films in 1922, innovation has dominated this area of filmmaking becoming immeasurable just how much it has changed. Film theorists such as Bill Nichols, continue to push the boundaries of documentary filmmaking with…

The first word that I chose to best describe The Diary of Anne Frank is “optimism”. I chose this word first because it seems to be the recurring message of every chapter Anne writes. Especially towards the end of the story. For example, Anne writes about how the war will end soon for them, and that they will be home soon. It shows optimism because Anne is seeing the best of situations even in the worst of times, and not for time periods alone. Anne has the same optimism for people. For example,…

shot, and depression. What if no one knew that this happened to you in your life? What if only one person was able to help you? These are some of the few things that Anne Frank and Eva have to deal with. The Diary of Anne Frank and Freedom Writers teach readers that everyone is fighting their own battles. In the Diary of Anne, Frank Anne is hiding from the Nazis in World War 2. While she is there she has troubles with the arrivals of the Peters and is trying to find a way to repair the…

A documentary can best be defined as a visual representation of a past occurrence. Taking this simple definition and applying it to a large-scale production is challenging, therefore, it will be stated that in order for a film to be considered a documentary, the film must contain authentic material from the subject matter. In the text Visible Traces, Gregory Currie takes multiple cases and explains how each of them might add to the viability that documentaries are a collection of loose concepts…

My favorite character from The Diary of Anne Frank is Otto Frank. He is my favorite character because of his personality. He is really kind, smart, and loving. Mr. Frank loves his family very much and would have done anything for them. I like how close he is with his daughter Anne. He is one of the only people she is able to confide in and one of the only ones that support her. She is a difficult person to understand, but Otto Frank does and loves his daughter. He also was so determined to keep…

The diary of Anne Frank is about a thirteen-year-old a Jewish girl, who had to go into hiding during world war two to hid from the Nazis. Anne frank kept a diary of her experiences while she was hiding. Anne frank went into hiding with her family in a secret annex in Amsterdam. Anne frank was a young girl who wanted to be treated as an adult and didn't act very maturely. Anne had an older sister named Margot, Margot always helped around the secret annex and was very shy and quiet and kept to…