The Turner Diaries

"A small fact: You are going to die" That is the first thing Death says in Markus Zusak's The Book Thief. A story told during WWII, this novel takes you on a journey into the life of the protagonist, Liesel Meminger, an orphaned child who is raised in a house where Jewish people aren't a disgrace. This story dives into Liesel's life, her friends and her growing passion for reading. The Book Thief has everything, from its unconventional use of characterization to its beautiful symbolic messages…

“We don’t need the Nazis to destroy us. We’re destroying ourselves.” (559). These words of Mr. Frank show the many multifarious character traits he possesses. In the play The Diary of Anne Frank, the dramatists, Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich, show Mr. Frank as an optimistic leader (authoritative) that has all of the qualities necessary to hold everyone in the Annex together. Some character traits that Mr. Frank has that makes him a good leader are intelligent (logical), forgiving, and…

Throughout the movie and the book there are many differences and similarities that seem to pop out. Although there are differences that I didn’t see until I read the book and watched the movie, there are also similarities that I didn’t think would happen. More characters appear, Hannah is called Chaya by the camp people, Hannah writes numbers on her arm for grandpa, all these along with many other things happen in the book that doesn't happen in the movie. There are characters in the book that…

The Diary of a Young Girl / Anne Frank Anne Frank possesses a multitude of traits that prove her adequacy of being a best friend. For example, Frank acquires a remarkably positive outlook on life, which is undoubtedly a valuable trait to have in a friend. Frank writes in her diary, "I can't keep that up, if I'm watched to that extent, I start by getting snappy, then unhappy, and finally I twist my heart round again, so that the bad is on the outside and the good is on the inside and keep…

In The Diary of Anne Frank, the novel starts off by Anne Frank, herself, celebrating her thirteenth birthday and is given a diary of her own. She describes all of her friends from school that attend her birthday party in a hysterical way. Anne describes her sense of loneliness and feels as if she has no one to confide in. She decides to call this special diary “Kitty.” Anne writes about her family and teaches the reader that she has a mother, father and an older sister named Margot, and that the…

The author of The Diary of A Young Girl is an adolescent Jewish girl named Anne Frank. Despite her many friends and “strings of boy friends”, she feels lonely and believes she does not have a true friend who she can share her feelings with. She writes, “I don’t seem to lack anything. But it’s the same with all my friends, just fun and joking, nothing more” (Frank 3). Anne Frank is quick-witted and talkative, which can get her into trouble sometimes. Because of her outspoken and loud personality,…

Renate Wolff. What does that name mean to you? Do you think that she was just a random girl in the past, or the present? Do you think that she was part of something important or did she stand in the shadows? Or, do you think that Renate Wolff was a shy, small girl? She, like many, was part of the Holocaust and one of the 1.5 million Jewish children who were killed or murdered during the 1930s and 1940s. Renate was a little girl in the past who stood in the shadows, and was part of a huge…

events in a diary transferred over from their old residence, labeled as ‘Kitty’. Anne, unfortunately, died from a concentration camp. However, this ‘Kitty’ had gotten published and presumably populated by her father, Otto Frank. He scanned the diary and constructed exactly how Anne felt about Peter. Furthermore, how she loves being around him. He also saw her perspective on the Van Daans, and how adults don’t quarrel with each other even though the Van Daans argued endlessly. The diary was just…

stranger and you are stuck in there for about four years in the same spot with the same people every single day. The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett is a play about how Anne, her family, and friend have to go into hiding because of the Holocaust. The historical events are reflected in the Diary of Anne Frank by dialogue and stage direction. In the play The Diary of Anne Frank the characters show historical events by dialogue. “Oh, I tried. But you can’t get near a…

Anne Frank Who was Anne Frank? Anne Frank was a young girl who had went through a hard time. Her diary was a way of getting out of everything around her. She used her diary to express her feelings not only impacting her ,but others from all over the world. Anne Frank will never be forgotten for her remarkable childhood, for her inspirational diary ,and her fate at the end. Anne Frank's childhood To begin with, Anne Frank was born on June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany. Her parents were Otto…