Becoming Women in Strenuous Circumstances and Using Writing as a Form of Comfort

How a young girl’s world can change in a short time, and all of a sudden everything changes. This diary puts you into the shoes of Anne Frank that take you through her everyday life, German occupied Holland amidst the beginning of one of mankind’s biggest wars, World War II. The events that she experienced throughout the story lets you see Anne go through many emotions and changes, that at the end give the reader a greater understanding of the world around her. Characters The main protagonist of this autobiography is the author, Anne Frank, a jewish teenage girl living in hiding in Amsterdam with her family to avoid persecution from the Nazis. At the beginning of her diary, she is a young teenage girl just like any other during that period of time.

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In particul... ... middle of paper ... ...m, falling asleep wrapped in the smell of her childhood…She climbed to the top of the bunker again, and studied the horizon, seeing herself decanted into the future, going even further than WeWak…'; Jamaica Kincaid, Maxine Hong Kingston, Kiana Davenport utilize the methods of fiction and non-fiction to represent influential relationships such as the mother and daughter. In each of these texts, the writers present their perspective and knowledge, varying by culture and context. From each writer, the expression that individuality and lessons learned from mothers are essential for the development for a woman's identity. But most importantly, these writers evoke that it is beneficial to discover femininity and strength by going beyond tradition and the norm. Works Cited Davenport, Kiana.

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This novel deals with the real life struggle of a woman at this age and challenges she has to over come. This story shows how strong willed of a person Jane is. The first part of the story I believe that shows Jane's coming of age is when she left Lowood on the hopes to find something better for herself. Before coming to Lowood she lived with her aunt reed where is abused constantly by the others. At Lowood she gained herself back and realized the good in people as well as herself.

On July 6, 1942 the family goes into hid... ... middle of paper ... ...pendent woman, she would start to compare herself to her mother and to other women around her of her mother’s generation, picturing and trying to understand what she would have be like in the future. She would often think about what it meant to be a woman and a mother, using her mother as an example of the type of woman she would not want to become. Anne seeks to conquer all the obstacles of prejudice, just as she would hope to escape the persecution faced by Jewish people during this time period. Anne Frank went through many obstacles for such a young girl, although it was hard for her, she kept a smile up to hide the hurt. Although it was hard, she got through everything with a strong heart and good head on her shoulders.

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When Madeleine L’Engle first published A Wrinkle in Time in 1962, women’s place in society differed greatly than what L’Engle portrays in her novel. L’Engle broke barriers of the time with her portrayal of women in A Wrinkle in Time. The novel is infused with the themes of womanhood and coming of age. To be more specific, it is a novel which is thoroughly blended with the strengths of womanhood and with the concept that how women in a society can bring forth specific positive changes. The protagonist, Meg Murry, is a gifted adolescent who constantly harps on being different from other children.

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