Anne Bancroft

The book. “A Man for All Seasons” by Robert Bolt describes the life of the lawyer Thomas More and how he defied the marriage between Anne Boleyn and Henry VII. Thomas is a virtuous man who defended his sense of self against his adversaries. But, because he would not bow to the marriage, Thomas lost his life. Thomas More's’ love for God takes away his life. Thomas’ primary role of his identity is his love for God and forms the majority of his conscience. A way in which Thomas’ love for God takes

Anne Frank was a young Jewish girl who had gone into hiding during World War 2, and the Holocaust. Anne and her family were able to hide for roughly two years in the Secret Annex. Throughout those years that they were hidden, Anne recorded most of what happened during that time. Then in 1944 they were found by the Green Police and taken to concentration camps. A year or two after they got to the concentration camps, everyone who lived in the Secret Annex had died, except for Otto Frank (Anne's father)

Overall, The Book Thief was an entertaining book. Although this book was not as much about the Holocaust like it was in the two books I read about years ago. This book reminds me if the author combined The Diary of Anne Frank and Number The Stars together. In The Diary of Anne Frank, Anne was a Jewish girl who went into hiding with her family in a house. Number the Stars is about a family, helping the Jews get to Sweden and escape religious persecution. It ties together with Max

The Hiding Place By: Corrie Ten Boom This book is about the Ten Boom family and their Christian journey through the Holocaust in which they would hide jews inside their house. The setting begins in Haarlem, Holland, in 1937 and takes place in the Ten Boom residence. There are many people in the family. First there is Mama Ten Boom she died from a stroke and had tuberculosis(pg7), then there is Casper Ten Boom which is Corrie's father. He was a watchmaker his whole life. Betsie Ten Boom which is corrie's

One person please share this notes doc with your group. Compile all group notes here. “But the point which drew all eyes, and, as it were, transfigured the wearer,—so that both men and women, who had been familiarly acquainted with Hester Prynne, were now impressed as if they beheld her for the first time,—was that Scarlet Letter, so fantastically embroidered and illuminated upon her bosom. It had the effect of a spell, taking her out of the ordinary relations with humanity, and enclosing her in

Diaries are opportunities for expression: places to write inspirations and insecurities. Moments of doubt, Hopes for the future, and Reflections of the past are all secure inside the pages of a diary. Muriel McCormick’s personal papers fell in to the hands of her loved ones, then to careful librarians, and then I found them— over seventy years after they had been written. Muriel was twenty-three years old when she took a job with the US State Department. Hitler would commit suicide a few weeks later

The Devil’s Arithmetic is a book that shows the fear and horror of life in a camp during the holocaust. The main character Hannah, or Chaya as she is commonly known through the book, is a young thirteen year old girl who doesn’t want to remember anything about the holocaust. She is mysteriously transported to the past and learns about the true pain and horrors the people in the camps went through. At the beginning of the book Hannah is upset about going to her grandparents dinner because she didn’t

Miep Gies was an important person during the holocaust. She hid Anne Frank and her family along with 4 others in a secret annex for more than 2 years. Under pressure of being caught, Miep did a great job at supplying the hidden Jews with all the things they needed to survive. You may just know Miep as the girl who hid Anne Frank's family, but she was more than that. Miep Gies was "born in Vienna, Austria in 1909 as Hermine Santrouschitz."(www.auschwitz.dz) Her family was poor in effect of the war

During the reign of Bloody Mary (Mary I of England) 284 people were executed, but under the reign of Henry VIII it is estimated that a staggering 72,000 people were executed.Although Henry VIII was great in many ways, during his 36 year reign he killed tens of thousands of people for religious reasons as well as for rebellions. Two of the people he killed happened to be his wives and he had many of his friends executed as well, one being Thomas More, a very good scholar and author of Utopia. Henry

Elizabeth I of England once said, “I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too,” showing a women could too rule a nation. Elizabeth Tudor, one of the most famous female figure of the Renaissance, grew up in a difficult circumstance, however showed to be an intelligent and clever woman. Elizabeth’s 44 year reign as the last of the Tudor monarchs brought stability and peace to England. During Elizabeth’s reign, a growth