Melina Marchetta’s novel Saving Francesca is written from the point of view of Francesca, a sixteen year old girl who has moved to a new school and is trying to cope with her mother’s depression. Having the main character relating the story allows the reader to feel close to Francesca as the reader can understand her thoughts and feelings. However, because the story is told through Francesca’s eyes the reader has to rely on Francesca’s assessment of a situation. In many ways Francesca is an unreliable narrator. She does not fully understand what is happening to her mother and many of her comments about her mother are incorrect.
For more than two years Anne Frank describes her daily life in hiding in her diary. As Anne and her family were deprived of the freedom to do as they wish, Anne occupied her time by writing, starting a diary that would keep her legacy alive long after the horrors of the Holocaust had ended. The image of Anne Frank depicted in her diary relate to the common teenage struggles, as she stands out so much because her personality is genuinely captured through the words of her diary, as she was a remarkably skillful writer while she was only thirteen to fifteen years old in hiding from the Nazis. Through Anne’s self-presentation in her diary, she is the one who controls the readers’ viewpoints by showing her stream of consciousness through her private thoughts. Anne is so relatable because her words are sincere; she was able to depict the world around her very clearly, while simultaneously describing the world within her head, both the inside
For a majority of people, what makes The Diary of a Young Girl so poignant is that even though Anne Frank lived over 60 years ago, she was very much like a typical teenager in today's world. Anne's emotions, feelings, and needs are almost identical to those of a teenager today. Although Anne lived in a horrific condition and died in an unpleasant way, she behaved just like an average teenage girl. Like most teenagers today, Anne Frank was rebellious, hopeful about the future, and had a love interest. Similar to almost every teenager in our world today, Anne Frank was a rebellious adolescent.
She seemed illiterate. However, later she realizes her ignorance was really a gift: she finds if she had read the books at an earlier age, she couldn’t have understood 90 percent of their content, and to reread them later would be unlikely. Fortunately, she realizes she can now read, and understand more. In this essay, Schine wants to show us that reading is life-long process. Her life experience is a good example that it is never too late to start reading.
Travis Milleson Period 7 Anne Frank Anne Frank was born on June 12, 1929, in Frankfurt, Germany. She is one of the most famous Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Her father, Otto, got her diary for her as a birthday present for her 13th birthday. After the Germans overtook Frankfurt the entire family fled to Amsterdam. After 8 years the Germans came to Amsterdam, which is when the Frank family went into hiding.
Quote: “The weak die out and the strong will survive, and will live on forever” I chose this quote because it represents the mother’s nature. Book: Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl Arthur: Anne Frank Setting Anne Frank’s diary begins on Sunday, June 14, 1942, during World War II. At this time, thirteen-year-old Anne and her family live in Amsterdam. Shortly after Netherlands was occupied by Nazis, the Jews begin receiving “call up notices” and are sent to concentration camps. When Margot, Anne’s sister, is told to report to Nazis Headquarters, her father realizes that the family must hide and arranges for them to stay at the “Secret Annex” above Otto Frank’s office.
Brittany Wilson Holocaust victim 29 May 2009 English II Honors Goudy Anne Frank June 1929- March 1945 The infamous Annelies Marie Frank was born on June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Anne Frank spent majority of her life living in Amsterdam, after the Nazi's "conqured" Germany. Anne's experiences written in her diary, of the devastating times during World War II, opened the eyes of millions of people around the world. Anne Frank was the youngest of two children. Her father was a World War I veteran.
Dr. Seuss is famous for writing children books that contain rhyming, imaginative characters, and off the wall story lines. Dr. Seuss’s “Oh The Places You’ll Go” is a prime example. When reading, “Oh The Places You’ll Go” from a child to an adolescent, your view of the book changes dramatically. The book merely means to a young child that life is full of excitement and to explore the many options that life may bring you. But as an adolescent, the book is trying to tell you that nothing comes easy in life and to choose your paths wisely.
The youngest is depicted to be beaming as she was not happy to be living in the current area. This may possibly be due to the fact that she is still very young and does not appreciate much apart from the more materialistic entertainments the area is able to provide. The eldest girl, on the other hand, is unsettled and “close to tears because she was happy there”. The elder may have had fond memories of the events that had occurred there or even bonds she had forged with friends and would be undoubtedly depressed to leave. In the last stanza the wife is shown to be reminiscing about how and when they had first arrived.
I have not set down to read much this year but some key pieces that have and are impacting my life are Redeeming Love, a story in which a young girl, given away by her mother at a young age and forced into a brothel is rescued by a Christian man who shows her what love really is. This novel really spoke to me, and being a woman allowed me to relate to being more than a piece of meat or an object, as some still believe. A newer memoir called The Glass Castle is also revealing itself to me as a literary gem that I will hold dear. It opens up with a young successful girl in New York on her way to a meeting. She gets stopped at a red light and happens to look over and see her mother digging through a dumpster.