Margot Frank

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…

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…

LEO FRANK Last night, August, 16, 1915, Leo frank was lynched by the prominent citizens of Marietta. Leo frank was put into court after the murder of Mary Phagan, the child of tenant farmers who had moved to Atlanta for financial gain. Mary Went to Frank’s pencil factory to get her $1.20 that he’d owe her from the twelve hours she worked that week. Frank was the last person to see her alive. The young lady was found in the cellar by the night watchman, Newt Lee. He called the police, and told…

Our class recently read the play and watched the 2009 version movie of The Diary of Anne Frank. In the beginning of the story, we watch the Franks and Van Daans being situated into the Secret Annex. They learned that they must be quiet throughout the course of the workday and their abilities are limited. Such ability is using the washroom. In the middle, conflicts grow between the inhabitants of the annex. They have fallen into a pattern for living in hiding, but their terror is still present…

Throughout the course of over two years, Anne Frank and eight other Jews were forced to live in hiding within their secret Annex that protected them from the horrors of the outside world. These horrors were none other than the Holocaust as Anne and the others were Jews living in Amsterdam during World War II where Adolf Hitler and the Nazis wanted to eliminate all of the Jews during this period of time. While she was living in the Annex, she turned to a diary to communicate everything that was…

experience, like how the Germans judged the Jews, but in the movie when the officers figured out about Anne and everybody in the annex they were rushing them to pack and to leave. But when Mr. Frank was getting his suitcase the officer asked him what was in it and how he had it since it was an army trunk, then Mr. Frank explained that he was in the army and the officer told him “why didn’t you say anything, you could have gotten out of this,” and then told him to take his time packing, this…