Diary Essays

  • Diary Of A Young Girl As A Diary

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    There are many forms of art, and the best one to describe successfully a historical event is writing. Diary of a Young Girl is a diary which 13 year old Anne Frank kept for two years during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands in WWII. Today, her diary still remains extremely relevant to the historical background of Jewish people during the Holocaust; not only because of Anne 's experiences in hiding, but because of the honest and unvarnished way that she describes the universal struggle of simply

  • The Turner Diary Analysis

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    started becoming separated, many loved ones were gone, and many more security checks. The incidents of Waco and Ruby Ridge gave him his worst fears about the government. He began reading the book “The Turner Diaries”. Slowly, he became more and more mad at the government. By reading “The Turner Diaries”, he got some idea on bombing. He then planned on bombing the Murrah Building. McVeigh believed he was a soldier fighting on a nonstop war with the government. McVeigh was worried the government would take

  • Diary Of A Young Girl Diary Analysis

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    The Diary of a Young Girl” is a diary written by Anne Frank during the Second World War. She wrote this diary from 14 June, 1942 to 1 August, 1944. When she died in a concentration camp in Germany, Anne Frank was only fifteen. Through her diary, she tells us the atrocities of war times; how people suffer, how lives would be tormented and how families would be shattered. The descriptions and emotions are so vivid and enchanting you can envisage her life with your own eyes. Anne Frank belongs to a

  • Accuracy Of Anne's Diary By Anne Frank

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    Anne’s diary is accurate, has a realistic time frame, represents her thoughts and feelings well. In the play they start in November of 1945 then go through key events in the annex and the capture, and return to 1945. Skipping to major events makes it hard to understand the passing of time. In Anne's diary she writes about everyday, so the passing of time is maintained. The diary is more accurate than the play because it was the original words of Anne Frank. Yes, the play is based off of the diary but

  • The Diary Of Anne Frank's Diary And The Anne Frank Play

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    Anne Frank’s diary is one of the most informative historic pieces that was left from WWII. It explains how living was in the annex for the Franks, the Van Daans, and Dussel. In addition, it describes what life was like for them living in fear of being discovered while hiding from the police. The Diary of Anne Frank helps us remember what happened in the past and at that time. It helps us understand what it feels like to be hiding for so long in fear. Remembering this diary today and continuing to

  • Miss Breed: The Diary Of A Young Girl

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    much that they barely survived this traumatizing experience. But there were people that managed to stay positive through this rough journey and inspired a ton of people. One of the inspirations was Anne Frank from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. In these diary entries, Anne describe the struggles that her family

  • Anne Frank's Diary

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    Anne Frank’s dream came true about living on after her death. She has told the world, through her diary, what life in World War II. Her writings explain the struggles and the good times of her life in the Secret Annex. Anne is an example of one of many people who were affected by the war. Anne Frank is now a novel that has been sold all around the world. Her diary has been translated into many different languages for everyone to have the chance to read her story. At the end of the novel some information

  • Anne Frank's Diary

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    There’s no argument on how important Anne Frank’s Diary was to this world and how we see it. Anne’s diary just didn’t have a huge effect on on the world, it also gave Anne an outlet for her frustration, her happiness, and any other thought she had. It her writing has touched so many people in so many different countries, it truly was an inspiration. Anne Frank’s Diary has been translated into many different languages so that much more people can hear this story and learn from it. People might

  • The Diary Of Anne Frank

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    The Author wrote this book as a diary for herself to keep her personal thoughts and ideas to herself. Anne Frank was also known for her some of her short stories she wrote. This book wasn't originally published by her, instead was published by her father after the war. The literary perspective was put into third person and second and it continuously switched through the story being hard to follow what perspective at times. They also used literary terms as “I” and “me”, to thinking it was also

  • Anne Frank Diary

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    The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank is a diary written between 1942- 1944 by Anne Frank herself while in hiding in Amsterdam during World War II. Anne writes about the perils of living in the secret annex during the time of the Holocaust. She also struggles with self identity, isolation from others while in hiding where she to grow up so quickly. The diary starts off with Anne receiving a diary for her 13th birthday. In some of her very first entries, she talks about her daily life, school

  • Anne Frank's Diary

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    interest in kids learning about this dreadful time in history. However, there have been some controversial arguments on whether or not Anne’s diary should be used when introducing the topic. There are both advantages and disadvantages in including her diary as part of a history lesson. One advantage to Anne’s diary being used for educational purposes is that the diary may spark an interest in children by reason of Anne was around their age. Since the children become interested in Anne and her story, they

  • Anne Frank's Diary

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    Anne Frank’s “The Diary of a Young Girl.” This comes seventy-one years after World War Two, when Frank’s diary is among some of the most well read Holocaust books in North America. Surprisingly, Frank’s diary has sparked contentious arguments and debates as to whether or not it should continue to be read. Critics have suggested that it would have been better if Frank’s diary had never been published on the basis that the diary lacks educational historic value. Arguably, Frank’s diary does have historical

  • The Motorcycle Diaries And Dennis Gansel's The Wave

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    Through this discovery, a challenge will open itself up. This is a never ending cycle in life, where both positive and negative results of the challenges in our lives will help us understand and discover. The events transpired in both The Motorcycle Diaries, an ideological autobiography about the discover of communism by Ernesto Che Guevara, and Dennis Gansel’s, The Wave (Die Welle), a German socio political film support this. Gansel’s film where history repeats itself through an experiment designed

  • Anne Frank's Diary

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    In my opinion “Anne Frank’s: Diary of a young girl” so a good example to learn about the holocaust because the diary belonged to a Jewish girl that wrote on her diary while she and her family were hiding away from the nazis.In her diary she wrote about how things were changing over time for the Jews she explains what Jewish people couldn't do certain things anymore.Her diary talks about how they went into hiding and what happened when they were in the annex she talks about how hard it was to keep

  • Anne Frank Diary

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    red checkered diary on June 12, 1942 from her parents on her thirteenth birthday. While in hiding and over the years she wrote all about her experiences and her wishes to a made up character named kitty. It is said she writes to “kitty” because she has no other friends to confide in and talk to about her feelings. Anne Frank also wrote great short stories in her diary. “I know I can write. A few of my stories are good, my descriptions of the secret annex are humorous, much of my diary is vivid and

  • Diary Of Anne Frank

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    After Otto was called to report to the Germans, the Franks along with van Pels family, and Fritz Pfeffer went into hiding in the Secret Annex which was a hidden place inside her dad's office. Anne poured all of her thoughts and feelings into her diary that she had received for her birthday. They stayed hidden in the Secret Annex for over two years. Then on August 4, 1944, they were found

  • Anne Frank Diary

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    The Diary of a Young Girl The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank is a diary written about her life struggles and emotions. It takes place in Amsterdam in 1942-1944 during World War II. The diary covers her last two years of her life, while living in an attic with two families hiding from the Nazis. In the beginning of the story, Anne receives a diary for her 13th birthday. This diary is where she writes everything she goes through during the hiding. On July 9, 1942 they are put into hiding by

  • Anne Frank's Diary

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    Frank’s diary was a very carefully crafted work of literature. She used examples from other sources, and touched on counterclaims about Anne’s work. She held to the statement that Anne Frank was a great writer and was mature for her age which was shown through her writing. Growing up she told us how much she loved her diary, and had read it over and over and each time had a deeper understanding of it. In the beginning she stated (Prose pg. 369 lines 1-20), “The first time I read the diary of Anne

  • Diary Of Anne Frank

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    Ever since I was in elementary school and read The Diary of Anne Frank. I was fascinated with the idea of writing all life’s daily encounters in a diary. I was intrigued with the way she wrote her life in her diary, which she decided to call “Kitty” This was the first time that I was so invested into a book. I believe it could’ve been that we were so close in age when she wrote in her diary. While I read this book, I thought numerous times, how I could do the same with my life. Surely, I did not

  • Anne Frank Diary

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    This book report is based on Anne Frank’s thoughts and feelings through her diary. Anne was a girl who live in Germany during Nazis World War II. When she turns 13 she received a diary from her parents as part of her birthday present. On this diary she started writing her daily life and adventures before things got bad. She and her family were Jewish people, so they needed to go into hiding because of the fact the jews were taken to concentration camps. Her family and others hid on her father´s office