The Annex Essays

  • What Are The Common Feelings In The Secret Annex

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    Hunger, deprivation, and loss of freedom from the outside world were all common feelings in the Secret Annex. For months mental and physical illness could be felt deeply. There was no time for leisure or having a childhood with fear of the fear of the Nazis coming to take either the Frank or Van Daan family. Nor talking, walking, or even using the toilet were permitted. Every day in the Annex was a bore for Anne since she was no longer able to express herself. The time between 1942 and 1944 made

  • Anne Frank's Diary Analysis

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    In the Anne Frank's diary she talks about how the people of the secret annex are like a little blue piece of heaven surrounded by a dark cloud. There are many different examples of what this might mean but I think it is about the annex and the war. I think she says this because she is happy in the annex but worried about what is happening outside. She compares them to a “little blue piece of heaven surrounded by heavy black rain clouds” (frank 115). I think this represents Anne's diary or her self

  • Anne Frank Response To Conflict

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    As humans, we often make our own conflicts and struggles. Because of this, there will always be a battle between us, both external and internal. Our response to conflict allows us to come back and survive these battles, but one response always seems to work in one way or another. From a small diary of a young girl, a collection of encouraging letters, and an empowering speech that echoed around the globe, the best response to conflict is a positive attitude that can get people through hard times

  • Toda Today: A Short Story

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    close friend, Miep, is here to take us to where we are staying. Miep said we are staying at dad’s office, so we need head out the door and run through the streets as quick as we can. As we get there we go through this door that leads us to the secret annex. It is not that bad, but I wish we could talk and do anything we want without having to stay quiet. Mom assigned us our rooms and we put our stuff away and cleaned the place up. Daddy says there will be another family joining us very soon, so that

  • Hygiene In Medieval Times Essay

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    Can you believe that something so basic and that most people have nowadays, could have killed so many people? In the Medieval times, hygiene was an important, life changing factor for the survival of the people. Most medieval citizens only showered once or twice per year. The spread of diseases in the Medieval Times was mostly affected by the citizen's hygiene. The people who lived in the medieval cities, hadn't and wouldn't notice how the hygiene inside their

  • Oprah Winfrey: Examples Of Moral Courage

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    Oprah Winfrey - An incredible example of moral courage Oprah Winfrey once said “Excellence is the best deterrent to sexism and racism.” (brainyquote.com) This statement is a great example of moral courage. Being able to move past those who want to put you down and do it with a smile. Oprah has always shown moral courage, not just in her career, but in her whole life. She is a role model to all. I will state why she displays moral courage, how she relates to Elie Wiesel, the author of the book, Night

  • Brief Summary Of Camp Harmony

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    Camp Harmony is a chapter in a book about Japanese and Japanese Americans going to internet camps. It is how a girl, Monaca Son, and her family go to an internment camp named Camp Harmony. They are one day into the camp and they figure out how hard life is going to be, and what they will do to stay happy. In this story they are not hiding, they are getting forced to go to the camps. From Camp Harmony. Anne Frank is a long diary about a girl and her family hiding from the Nazis. They are

  • Life In The Secret Annex

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    imagine anyone going through, but in the secret annex they were facts of life. These treacherous living conditions were forced upon the Frank family. From July 1942 to August 1944, the Frank and Van Pelt families were in hiding, depending on their protectors and living in constant tension. During those two prolonged years, the living conditions in the Annex had been terrible. Life in the Secret Annex was consistently bland, the members of the Annex drowning in boredom. Regularly the Frank’s and

  • The Secret Annex Hiding

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    Dussel spent over two years hiding in the Secret Annex. How did these people pass such a horrible time in history? How easy, or in their case hard, was it to communicate with the world outside of the Secret Annex? Where was the Secret Annex located in which these people spent the remainders of their life? The Secret Annex in which they hid in was located in the city of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. In total, there were eight people in the Annex plus two people helping them out. These people were

  • Annex Room: A Narrative Analysis

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    faces. Anne completes these tasks in every possible way she can consider: teasing Peter in the beginning, taking at least one object from every person, and making every person a present out articles around the annex room. As a result of those things, Anne has been keeping the people in the annex room on their feet. To start off with the first one, on page 779, Anne had just come out of Peter’s “room” after feeding Mouschi his dinner, wearing a few of Peter’s clothes. Anne says proceedings that just

  • Anne Writin's 'The Secret Annex'

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    Anne was a terrific writer, her story was told with so much detail that you felt like you were in the “Secret Annex” with her. She included important things such as her emotions, as well as the emotions of those around her. Anne’s story was told best by her and no one else because she was, in fact, a young girl hiding from Hitler’s army. Not many people can say they did this in their lifetime. Anne was so full of hope, and her hope is what I believe kept her alive for the two years in hiding

  • The Secret Annex, By Anne Frank

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    hiding during the course of the Holocaust. However, not everyone is to have read her amazing diary of her experience in the Secret Annex. Her diary tells of how she survived two years of hiding, simply because she was a Jew. It also reveals how she felt about the others in the Annex, and her personal thoughts about the war. Anne was thirteen when she entered the annex, and fifteen when she came out. Thirteen to fifteen is usually a time when children begin to mature. Her maturity can be seen as childish

  • What Are The Challenges Within The Annex

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    Response Complications Within The Annex The time period from 1933 until 1945 is known as the Holocaust, a mass genocide of innocent Jews. The Holocaust started once the Nazi party led by Adolf Hitler came to power in German occupied Europe. Jews would flee their home countries or go into hiding to save themselves from the horrific events that came to place. Anne Frank was an example of someone who went into hiding with her family. They stayed in a compact annex above her father’s work with seven

  • An Excerpt From 'The Secret Annex'

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    The Secret Annex Living within the secret annex wasn't the easiest thing to do. Secrets were kept, stories were told, things changed in the Frank's life and the Van Danns life. Not everyone got along well in the secret annex. There were limitations and restrictions they all had to follow. The rooms annex wasn't a huge house, they had to share lots of things. Many fears would show through all of the. They all had a fear living within the secret annex, whether it was at night or throughout the day

  • The Importance Of Life In The Secret Annex

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    religion?! Keep reading as I tell you the struggles and conditions of how life was in the secret annex. The life in the secret annex was certainly crowded. For starters, they had 8 people in this small annex. They also had mostly two or more people in each small room. Even some of them got claustrophobic in these conditions. This is a very claustrophobic living condition to be in. Also, in the secret annex there was a lot of tension. For, example when Peter kissed Anne there was a lot of tension

  • Pros And Cons To Annex The Philippines

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    The United States of the early 20th century was one with a booming economy and a hunger for power. They had expanded westward and were looking to continue to expand their territory across the seas, in order to assert their dominance as a global superpower among the powerful nations of the time. The poor relations between Cubans and their Spanish rulers eventually led to the Treaty of Paris, which is when Spain surrendered the Philippines to the United States. It was at this point that another major

  • Annex 1 Heart Murmur

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    healthy weight. It is worth noting that on a general basis a luxation at grade 1 does not necessitate surgery, grade II could benefit from surgery depending on wear/pain and inflammation of the knee, and grade III and IV necessitate surgery. Annex 4: Umbilical Hernia An umbilical hernia is an undesired communication between the interior of the abdomen and the area bellow the skin (subcutaneous) in the area of the umbilicus (belly button). This communication is due to the fact that the muscle

  • How Does Annex Show Courage

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    Most people in the Secret Annex showed courage, compassion, and sacrifice, Mr. Frank, Peter, Anne, and Miep. Almost all of them showed these characteristics throughout the story. Though Mr. Van Daan and, Mrs. Van Daan, Mr.Dussel did not show these characteristics they all did have important roles in the Annex. For courage, Miep was the one that had the most courage. She had courage because she risked being caught by the Green Police. Risked other people finding out that the Franks, the Van Daan

  • What Was Life In The Annex Like

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    What was life in the Annex like? At the time of World War II, a family of four (known as the Franks) were forced into hiding for being Jewish. With them was a family of three (known as the Van Pels). They lived in a very small annex. There was a very small amount of room, and a scarce amount of food. Along with that, they had to subject themselves to cruel domination. There were 7 people along with a cat living inside the annex above an office. They had to share rooms and a bathroom. The living

  • How Did Otto Frank Let Into The Annex?

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    family did before they got caught,. sShe was living in the annex hiding from Hitler. Things that Mr. Frank did so much to would make sure his family was going to survive throughout the war. Also the last reason is what was doing with his army and what he was doing with most of the other Jewish people. This report is about how Anne Frank made a big part by writing her diary during World War ll. What was it like to live in the secret annex? Well, you couldn’t talk and couldn’t make noises at certain