... the young were not spared. A poignant feature of the literary version of Anne Frank's Diary centred around the point that Anne's childish innocence was to be shattered by the events of the world around her. This feature was perhaps lost on audiences along with the realities of life in hiding as the use of cinematic devices, particularly the highly emotive soundtrack clearly resulted ... a commercially viable one but also an enduring one. Over the last couple of decades, the Academy Awards have frequently been awarded to films and documentaries about this subject matter. Spielberg's Schi...

• Word Count: 1992
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The things they carried. "The Things they carried-, the renowned author, Tim O'Brien, uses several literary devices to show the spiritual burden on the soldiers in the Vietnam War, by contrasting this burden with the actual physical load they have ... from second hand sources. In Tim O'Brien's the Things They Carried, it becomes very apparent that the Vietnam Conflict has proved to be one that many of the participants have not Been able move away from, while getting on with their lives. Obrien Shows that the conflict takes on a parasitic form that eats ... and is Sheltered on or in a differen...

• Word Count: 1574
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School