America is supposed to be the nation of the free. We are allowed to protest‚ to speak‚ to believe‚ but what happens when all this is taken away? How can one survive in this country when there are wars that occur every day? These wars are unknown to most. They occur on the streets were rape‚ drugs‚ murder and kidnap could be found. There is one way to survive in this country where hate is found that is to find freedom within thyself and within others who accept you. This was accomplished through 150
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Huy Ngo Professor Dumars English 103 18 December 2012 Forever Again The Holocaust was a very significant atrocity against the Jewish people. Under the command of Hitler‚ many millions of Jewish people did not live through his reign of terror. Yet‚ there are those who did survive through this and grew from this genocide. To this day‚ many Jewish people still participate in a day dedicated solely to the memory of the man‚ women‚ and children who died during the Holocaust. The day is
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Research Paper- Film Analysis Inner-city schools are suffered by multilayered structural and institutional problems. Although urban problems mainly stem from socio-political power relations rather than individuals‚ classroom teachers must shoulder the responsibility for making education caring for urban youth. Freedom Writers (2007)‚ a film released in 2007‚ addresses the complex challenges that inner-city teachers face by acting the special pedagogy of one teacher‚ Erin Gruwell. Throughout the
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they would attempt to change each. (This title - "Toast for Change"‚ reoccurs for the themes of their fundraisers). In class‚ when reading The Diary of Anne Frank‚ they invite Miep Gies (Pat Carroll)‚ the woman who sheltered Anne Frank from the German soldiers to talk to them. After they raise the money to bring her over‚ Miep shares her experiences hiding Anne Frank. When Marcus tells her that she is his hero‚ she denies it‚ claiming she was merely doing the right thing. Her denial leads Eva to rethink
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Miep Gies gives Otto Anne’s diary and Otto reads the and discovers a whole new Anne and he is touched by that (Stitching). One of the things I learned from this project is that i’m more touched by the Holocaust now because when you hear about someone who went
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Goodrich and Albert Hackett in the play they decribe the life of a young Jewish girl‚ named Anne Frank. Anne and her family were forced into hiding because Hitler’s discrimination against the Jews. The hiding place is small attic of a office owned by Miep Gies and Mr. Kraler in Amsterdam. The people hiding in the attic commonly known as the secret Annexe. The secret Annexe consists of Mr. and Mrs. Frank‚ Anne Frank‚ Margot Frank‚ Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan‚ and Peter Van Daan‚ however the most troublesome character
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Anne filled a notebook with quotes from her favorite authors‚ original stories and the beginnings of a novel about her time in the Secret Annex. After Anne and her sister passed away‚ Otto Frank‚ her father‚ read the diary that was kept safe by Miep Gies and made her diary into a book because it deeply inspired him. Her diary was the story of faith‚ hope‚ and love when all was in despair. It has now been translated to sixty-seven languages‚ and read by millions. Below is a quote that she has wrote
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This essay is about World War II and a group of people who hid behind a bookcase and called their secret home The Secret Annex. A woman named Miep Gies helped keep them safe and hid them the best she could. The families that lived there were the Franks and the Van Daan’s. Also a single man who they called Mr.Dussel. They went into hiding in the year of 1943. The place that the Annex was in‚ is a city called Amsterdam. According to Dictionary.com‚ the definition of courage is ’’the quality of
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The Holocaust was a very tragic and horrifying event in history that changed human minds forever. Millions of Jews died in this event‚ because of mass murders and death camps. Adolf Hitler was a very cruel‚ but persuasive leader of Germany. He turned many people against the Jewish by blaming the loss of World War I on them. Adolf started to send Jews to concentration and death camps‚ so Jews hid. Many Jews went into hiding‚ such as‚ Jeannine Burk. During her childhood she hid for two years from the
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In one of the most powerful scenes in the film‚ Erin draws a line in the center of the classroom and divides the students into two groups. She then asks a series of questions‚ telling the students to step up to the line if their answer is yes. • Do you own the new Puff Daddy CD? • Have you seen the movie Boyz in the Hood? • Do you know anybody who has been in jail? • Do you know where to get drugs? • Have you ever been shot at? • Have you have lost a friend to gang violence? • Two
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