Anne Frank Huis - Andrew Motion The poem Anne Frank Huis refers to Anneliese Marie who was born in 1929 in Frankfurt to Jewish parents. After the Nazi came to power in Germany Adolf Hitler became the chancellor and the Frank family fled to Amsterdam. The Nazis occupied in Netherlands in 1942 and Franks went into hiding. The poem reminds us one of the three years of fear and suspense undergone by Anne Frank and the family who took shelter in a narrow space in an upstairs building. Andrew Motion
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The Other Boleyn Girl By: Kelsey Hardy The Other Boleyn Girl is about the lives of Mary and Anne Boleyn. It tells the tale of how an ambitious family uses their daughters to receive wealth and status by exploiting them to the King of England‚ Henry the VIII. First Mary is sent to seduce the King‚ when she becomes pregnant‚ her parents think they have achieved what they set out to do‚ but Anne comes back from France and sets about seducing the King for her own. She does this somewhat successfully
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older than her. Anne was always jealous of Margot‚ since she did so good at school Margot was set as the example and their parents compared the two sisters to each other constantly. Anne didn’t like being compared to her older sister every time her sister got a good grade in school or did something nice for others. Her favorite family member was her father and she even had a pet name for him "Pim" which she used to refer to him in her diary. In 1933‚ the Frank family moved and Anne adapted very well
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Anne Hutchinson was the spirited daughter of a clergyman. She was born in England‚ but moved to Boston in 1634. The main reason she moved was to follow Reverend John Cotton‚ whom she greatly admired. Once in Boston‚ Cotton helped to get Anne accepted into the church. She was very spiritual and would have gatherings at her house in which those there could discuss the sermon of the week. This started out as a godly activity‚ but soon began to be a place where people could complain about and criticize
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Anne Bradstreet was the only real American poet of her time‚ and a talented writer. As such‚ her works are historically significant. She was born in England‚ but traveled at the age of 16 to the Puritan settlements in the Massachusetts Bay colonies‚ in British America (Hart 94). This is where she developed her unique writing talent; she was isolated from England‚ where traditional forms of poetry were flourishing (Magill 393). Her family‚ religion‚ and several other poets contributed significantly
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Adolph Hitler and his acts of cruelty. The Diary of Anne Frank showcases the injustice she‚ along with others‚ endured for the sake of their survival. She suffered a racial injustice‚ but the biggest injustice is that she did not survive after all the wasted time she spent trying to live normally. Because of the Nazi regime‚ Anne‚ her family‚ and the van Daans‚ had to hide in a secret annex in order to escape the Nazi’s wrath against the Jews. Anne was kept in isolation against her will because it
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Anne Frank‚ an inspiring girl with lots of dreams! Anne was one of the millions of Jewish people that perished because of the Holocaust. She was born on June‚ 12‚ 1929 in Frankfurt‚ Germany. When World War II began the Jewish race lost a lot of privileges and opportunities. Like being able to use public transit‚ to then being able to be outside at all. The German empire began to relocate Jewish people to concentration camps‚ which left them in horrible living conditions until they perished. In 1942
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Daniel Lee Professor Gutowsky English 300 4/7/14 The Reasons and Inspirations Anna Funder was an excellent writer and her novels are well anticipated for a good reason. Her first book‚ Stasiland‚ was translated into 16 different languages and won the Samuel Johnson Prize‚ which is a top level award in Britain. The novel was a personal inspection of East Germany’s shady secret service and its faith in Germany‚ and is an excellent novel that people everywhere should read even in Professor Gutowsky’s
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Annie Hegg has been considering investing in the bonds of Atilier Industries. The bonds were issued 5 years ago at their P1000 par value and have exactly 25 years remaining until they mature. They have an 8% coupon interest rate‚ are convertible into 50 shares of common stock‚ and can be called any time at P1080. The bond is rated Aa by Moody’s. Atilier Industries‚ a manufacturer of sporting goods‚ recently acquired a small athletic-wear company that was in financial distress. As a result of the
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Imagine living in a society where they repressed you from being able to do and feel what others considered normal. Imagine growing up a woman and learning to read and write for the sole purpose of being able to interpret the bible and nothing else. Now imagine being a woman who had to hide her talent in writing because it would be considered a sin in front of her fellow neighbors. As ridiculous as this all sounds‚ Bradstreet had to do this. Being raised a Puritan‚ Bradstreet‚ had a strict belief
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