Leo Frank

Part of the reason that Frank McCourt was able to sell millions of copies of his memoir is because he created a piece of work that balances the good with the bad. Mary Karr explains the importance of this balance in her book The Art of Memoir. She writes: "It's the disparities in childhood, your life between ass-whippings, that throws past pain into stark relief for a reader. Without those places of hope, the beatings become too repetitive--maybe they'd make a dramatic read for a while, but…

Anne Frank is a Jewish girl who has to go into hiding during World War Two to escape from the Nazis. Together with seven others, she hides in the secret annex at Prinsengracht 263 in Amsterdam. After more than two years in hiding, they are discovered and deported to concentration camps. Anne’s father, Otto Frank, is the only one of the eight people to survive. After her death, Anne becomes world famous because of the diary she wrote while in hiding. “Mouschi Mouschi Mouschi! I love cats.i…

Conflict in Frank Sinatra's Gum In the story Frank Sinatra's Gum written by Kelly Simon, the motif of conformity is apparent. The author tells a story about herself pretending to be a reporter for the Weequahic High News in New Jersey. Using this false identity, she goes on to interview Mr. Sinatra and ask him some pretty interesting questions. All the while trying to fulfill her own desire of attempting to fit in with the other girls in her school. After interviewing him she realizes that he…

I’m afraid, I usually look quite different,” Anne Frank wrote in her diary on October 10, 1942 next to a picture of herself as a young girl (Frank). Anne had a normal childhood and dreamed of becoming a Hollywood actress until her family had to go into hiding (Berger). She and her family lived in a hidden room at the top of her father’s office building for two years where Anne wrote in her diary to occupy the time (Frank Back Cover). Anne Frank never intended to write a book, yet she has written…

Anne Frank was born on June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany during World War II. Anne Frank was known for writing a diary about the Holocaust. Anne was most known for her diary entries that gave insight of the terrors of the Holocaust. Her legacy keeps the Holocaust alive. She was a great role model to people going through hard times. First of all, her diary gave an insight of the horrors of the Holocaust. When Anne was little, she was already reading and writing very well. Anne got her first…

From the book and movies of the old and new anne frank, my character that i chose was anne frank because i would not want to be but i had no choice, but i had two wonderful parents: Edith and Otto frank, they are the best parents it the world, i would not change anything for my parents. I wish i had a better life, than what i have now, but i can’t change my life, because i can’t control it. Annelies Marie Frank was a german- born diarist and writer, who basically wrote down her life was and…

The book ¨Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank¨ begins on her birthday, where she is just turning 13, and closes right after her fifteenth. In the beginning it's like any other girls diary, talking about crushes, school, and her friendships. Because anti-Semitic laws forced Jews into separate schools, she went to a special Jewish school with her older sister, Margot. Her family moved to the Netherlands years before the war to escape the persecution in Germany. After the Germans invaded the…

Do you agree with the view expressed in source three that the diplomatic situation was the main reason for Henry’s failure to obtain an annulment of his marriage to Catherine by 1529? It is obvious that there is more than one reason behind Henry’s failure to obtain an annulment of his marriage to Catherine by 1529. It is however possible to identify that the diplomatic situation did not help his case in getting an annulment and was most certainly a hindrance. The diplomatic status was of great…

Michelangelo is one of the greatest artists in history. He showed his passion for art through his works, which have become masterpieces that are looked up to today. Many of his works of paintings, sculptures, and architectures are ranked highly in existences. The beauty of his work had made him an unmatched artist that many have tried to become. Michelangelo’s style of art resulted in the chain movement in the Western art after the high renaissance and was one most famous artist in the Italian…

The theme/text that I found enriching and challenging is Iconoclasm. Before this class, I had only heard a little-bit about icons, and I was ignorant and ambivalent about the controversy. I discovered through this class that icons are central to Eastern Christian theology and identity. For Eastern Christians, icons are used in religious contexts and also venerated by touching, kissing, bowing in front of them, and lighting candles—these Christians are iconophiles (icon lovers). Icons were…