Otto Canella Essays

Racism’s not Dead: A Look at the Racism Occurring in the movie Night of the Living Dead Hordes of flesh eating murderers move slowly towards a defenseless white girl, she has nowhere to run, seemingly out of nowhere, a black man comes to the rescue as a white family ignores the obvious screams for help from the other side of a door. This exact situation occurs in the film Night of the Living Dead, and although he does everything he can, the main character, Ben, still ends up shot by the very people

The novel “Olive’s Ocean” revolves around Martha Boyle, a twelve-year-old girl full of personality. At the beginning of the first chapter, she was given a journal page from a mysterious woman, who revealed to be Olive Barstow’s mother. Mrs. Barstow explained that her daughter (Olive) left directions to rip out a specific page from her journal and hand it over to Martha. Olive Barstow was a quirky and unique girl, who attended Martha’s school. In fact, the two of them shared the same passion for writing

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

Anne Frank The Voice of the Holocaust Writer, diary, and inspiration are some words people often think of when they hear about Anne Frank. Many people know that she wrote a diary and was a Jewish citizen during World War II, but she was so much more. As a Jewish girl in hiding who experienced suffering and fear at such a young age, her story inspires hope and resilience in the face of death and destruction. Anne Frank changed the world by showing what life was like from the inside out of affected

The 1940s were a crucial time all over the world with hardships and wars going on for years. Within these wars, two little girls that have been apart of it their whole lives, have shared their experiences through a diary and a book of stories. The Diary of Anne Frank is about a young jewish girl named Anne Frank, who has to go into hiding with her family in order to not get caught and taken away by the Nazis in Amsterdam, and while in hiding, records her experiences and thoughts into her diary. Farewell

been known by many people. Anne Frank once said, “No one has ever become poor by giving.” (Frank) This quote from Anne Frank shows that she had a kind heart that cares for others around her. Anne Frank had a mother named Edith Frank, a father named Otto Frank, and a sister named Margot Frank. The main theme of Anne Frank is living in oppression or persecution. (Enotes) Anne Frank’s diary was based in the country of Netherlands, a country in northwestern Europe. Anne Frank’s house has been built in

when anne margot and all the people get caught and unfortunately anne and margot died.these story made me feel bad in some points but it is a great story. I would like anne not to die and know more about her . if only they could find the missing parts otto took out from annes diary.At the end this story has a good message Conclusion I thik this is such an amazin book and i will like to sed a mmessage to other people tat is : If you had ot read anne gfanks diary you should readed it had changed my

"The Girl Who Survived" by Carol Bierman and Bronia Brandman. This book is about a family who went into hiding during the holocaust. Bronia starts of at the age of nine years old and ends up being the only one out of her family to survive. Bronia along with Mila, Mendek, and Bonzeka are the main characters in this book. The story was about the family and unsuspected new friends and what they experienced long the way. Her and her family get deported the "ghetto" because they were Jewish. There life

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

family in Germany in the second world war when a new German president called Adolf Hitler came with the idea that all Jew people were dangerous ; so her dad Otto Frank who worked in a bank came with the idea of moving to Amsterdam, Holland to be safer from the German army called the Nazis. Anne was a little girl who lived with her family: Otto Frank her dad, Margot her sister and Edith her mom. For her birthday in June 12 her father gave her a diary were she wrote everything that happened. Days later

Ruta Sepetys wrote a New Yorks best seller novel called ¨Between Shades of Gray¨. In this historical fiction novel a family is taken from their homes during the Holocaust and has to endure many challenges. One of the main characters is a 16 year old girl named Lina whoś bravery, hope, and faith can be seen throughout the novel. In the novel ¨Between Shades of Gray¨ Sepetys creates two main theme, that hope can be found where there is despair and where there is fear there is faith. One theme that

Being identified as having a National Jewish Book Award for children 's literature the book The Devil 's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen’ is a historical fiction book about a Jewish family that changes with the flip of a page. Hannah travels back in time when her and her family are at a family dinner called the Seder about the Holocaust. Hannah had been forced out of their living space to go to a unknown place but rather than later, she figures out she is going to a concentration camp. While her and her

Imagine how it feels to be stuck in a tiny, miniscule room for almost two years, not able to make a sound or movement and if heard by someone,death or concentration camp is the destination? The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett is about a small family which consists of Anne, Margot, Mr. Frank, and Mrs. Frank who were in a shock of fear, and went into hiding during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Over the course of the story other characters join the family into hiding

In the documentary, One Survivor Remembers, Gerda Weissmann recalls her miraculous survival of the Nazi concentration camps. Throughout her survival, Gerda Weissman shows personality traits of courage, perseverance, and compassion. When Gerda Weissmann was fifteen years old Germany seized control over Poland and all Jewish Poles were confined to small living quarters of their houses. Gerda Weissmann’s ability to keep calm and go on living in that situation showed true bravery because a girl her

which she chose to remain with them, living the rest of her life in the Netherlands.Miep became the biggest support for the family while they were hiding for 2 years and the One who found Anne’s Diary after the war ended.Miep Gies helped hide Otto and Edith Frank, their daughter Margot and Anne, Herman and his Husband Auguste Van Pels, their son Peter, and Fritz in several upstairs rooms in the company 's office building on Amsterdam.Gies said she was glad to help the families hide because

Erin Gruwell, a young Caucasian female who decided to forgo attending law school and instead became a teacher at a newly race integrated school that locates in a poverty stricken and high crimes area. In the movie, the time frame is after the L.A. riot and racial tension are still at high level. Gruwell, who grew up in an upper middle class family, had to make a drastic transformation to her new environment when teaching at Woodrow Wilson High School, which consists of a multiracial and divided

It is important to understand that Anne Frank and Miep Gies are very similar. Miep Gies is a woman who aided the Frank family during the Holocaust. After the Holocaust, she found the diary of Anne Frank and got it published. She also has her own memoir. Anne Frank was a young Dutch Jewish teenager that died during the Holocaust. She is very famous for her diary. Miep and Anne were very stubborn in their teenage years. Also, they loved to read philosophy. They were both known as independent

For centuries, human begins have demonstrated countless ways to be cruel to other groups od people, especially during times of war. Some ethnic groups have been targeted just because they were born in a “wrong” culture. They apply slavery just because the different religion, some people don´t survive… one example its about Anne Frank… Anne Frank born on June 12, 1929, she was a German-Jewish teenager, like her family also Jewish. Anne receive a gift, it was a diary, she was excited about her gift

some of the most influential people of the Holocaust due to their heroic actions and achievements. Miep Gies was just one of many amazing women during the Holocaust. During the start of the Holocaust Miep worked in the office of the very well known Otto Frank. Miep was a very close family friend of the Franks’. When the Frank family decided to go into hiding they turned to Miep to hide them away in the secret annex, of course Miep agreed. When the Frank family went into hiding, Miep was responsible

Arbeit Macht Frei” read the sign of the concentration camp as Anne Frank entered before her death. Hiding for two years with her family, falling in love with the boy “next door” she was just like me in many ways; and not like me in so many other ways. What I learned from her was that relationships take work, and in a prison camp, Anne died “free” because of the relationships she had. Hiding for two years, Anne developed love for a boy named Peter Van don. She despised her mother in many ways