The Annex

“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” This quote by J.K. Rowling shows what people must do to overcome adversity. They have to believe strongly that they can get through difficulties. The play “The Diary of Anne Frank” by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, follows the diary written by a young girl during World War II. Anne Frank is only thirteen when her father presents her with a diary, in which she documents what it is like to be a…

the Treaty. When Hitler rose to power in Germany what he wanted was Germans to become the master race and wanted to have a 3rd rike he did everything he could even though it didn’t work out he killed Millions of people. The allies allowed Germany to annex Austria in 1938 which was forbidden by…

The acquisition of Hawaii can be described as a bitter over throwing of the queen, Lydia Kamakaeha Liliuokalani, and her government by a group of American planters who were interested in nothing more than creating a fortune. The issue brought in many figures including United States soldiers, Presidents Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland and William McKinley, Sanford Dole, and nonetheless, congress. Although Hawaii was interested in sugar trade with the United States, they were not typically…

more, though more than half of the were captured. Anne Frank’s diary follows her experiences and consequences, while being in hiding. Her family, along with others, have their story told. The Frank’s and the Van Pels hid in a place named the Secret Annex. It was hidden in plain sight; the city, in a warehouse building where people worked. The attic that they hid in, though, the door was covered by a bookcase. That eliminated almost all of the suspicion that someone could be hiding upstairs. No…

During the two years Anne Frank and her family were in hiding from the Nazis, the world was falling apart. War separated the world, innocent people were being killed and tortured every day. While these people were hiding from the Nazi’s, their comfort, their home, almost everything they were was stripped away as they were forced to hide from the soldiers who wanted to kill them for committing the crime of being who they were. People hold onto things when they’ve lost everything else. For Anne,…

to bring political or social change. Famous activist Martin Luther King Jr. was a social activist who led the Civil Rights Movement in the United States to bring justice for African Americans. 2. To annex means to add to a document or to something. When the United States annexed Alaska would be an annex. 3. The central government is the government that only has power over an individual state. The executive position of a central government is the governor. 4. Checks and balances is a principle…

Following the 8 month American-Spanish war, the United States gained territories such as Guam and Puerto Rico in the Caribbean, as well as the Philippines off the southeastern coast of Asia. Following this brief war, there will be debate on how the Philippines should be divided and who should lead the nation. Emiliano Aguinaldo, the rebel leader of the Filipino people, attempted to lead a revolt against the Americans who had declared that they would rule the island, but miserably failed. With…

DOHA ROUND, 2001 The Doha Development Round or Doha Development Agenda (DDA) is latest round of trade negotiations among the World Trade Organization (WTO) which initiated in November 2001 under then executive general Mike Moore. It is the Fourth Ministerial Conference with the goal to bring down exchange hindrances around the globe, and along these lines encourage expanded worldwide exchange. The Doha Ministerial Declaration provided the mandate for the negotiations including on agriculture,…

“Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl”, a memoir by Anne Frank, details Anne’s experiences in the Annex, and shows her strength in enduring the exiguous conditions in the cramped and confined attic. She wrote, “Thanks to Father -who brought my entire postcard and movie-star collection here beforehand -and to a brush and a pot of glue, I was able to plaster…

restorations would focus on and consider the different life stages of the Sainte-Chapelle rather than focusing on its primitive state. One of The changes made during the restoration was the spire designed during the 15th century. The staircase in the annex on the northern side was taken out and a new spire was built in its place in 1853. A great deal of decoration on the interior of the Sainte-Chapelle. Although investigations were made to retrieve previous decorations of the Sainte-Chapelle a…