If you are reading Anne Frank's diary, please submit your text-to-text, text-to-self and/or text-to-world connections here! Please respond to your peers' comments as well. Peace!
In many ways Anne Frank is Different from me, especially the she is a girl and the fact that she thinks a 'B' is a good grade. Despite these major differences, I can still relate to her in many ways. One of these ways is how she wanted a best friend to whom she could tell her many secrets to. I have always wanted a best friend that I could spend a lot of time with and would be just like a brother or sister to me. Now do not get me wrong, just like Anne, I have close friends who are actually really close, but I would like to become closer to them. The next similarity might sound funny. The orange composition journal that my friends and I switch off carrying is a journal between us. It is just like Anne's. Whoever has the journal gets to relate the day's events and secrets into the journal. Another way I can relate to "The Diary of a Young Girl" is how Anne has an older sister, Margot, to look up to. Most of the time, Anne thinks her sister is annoying due to Margot being a such a goody-goody. I share these experiences too. Even from places far away, it is surprising to see how similar most people are.
In the diary of Anne Frank, there are many instances where Anne reports the criticism that she recieves every day by many of her fellow "Secret Annexe" people, especially Mrs. Van Daan. Mrs. Van Daan Is constantly saying how Anne isn't ladylike, not taking sufficient servings of food, talking too much, and so on.In one instance, Anne wrote that Mrs Van Daan scolded her for not taking enough food when she took a small helping for herself. With me, I don't hear this kind of criticism constantly, but it definitely exists in our house. My parents are constantly saying "Ben, you should eat more" or "Ben, get a larger serving," even though I'm not all that hungry. Another form of Criticism Anne has to deal with is that she talks too much. This causes her to become a little more reclusive later in the book, not talking to anyone specific for a prolonged period of time. This occurs in my life when i have to ask my dad a question, for instance, and he says cokme back later, I'm busy. He does this alot and I feel like he doesn't want to talk to me some times. Anyway, Anne recieves alot of destructive criticism throughout the book about her diferent habits that her peers think aren't "up to par,"
One of the times I felt close to Anne was in the entry that she talks about her grandmother. Anne talks about the secret her grandmother kept from them, which was she was terminally ill. My grandmother also became terminally ill several years ago. Although we knew she was very sick, she acted as if nothing had happened. She still got on the floor and played Monopoly with my cousins and me. Anne also says her that her grandma would never let anyone down. My grandmother didn't let anyone down either. When she reached the point where she couldn't play with us, you could see the sadness in her eyes. She was a former teacher, so she loved to play with us and was a very involved grandma. My grandmother always tried her best to make all of us happy. SZ. P-3
For my text-to-self connection between Anne Frank and myself is her ever changing roller coaster of tolerance for her sister and mother. There are certain times when I feel like my mom is being absolutely unfair, or that my sister is the more favored child; there are also times when I feel so close to my sister, and when my mom is like a best friend to me. Anne has a very complex relationship with the women in her life and that is only heightened by the fact that she is living with them 24 hours a day with no other outside communication. I can only imagine how agitated I would get.
I always say to my mom when she begins to lecture me about her childhood and compares it to my own, I respond with "It was different then!" But now as I'm reading Anne's diary, I realize that in many ways, her ideas are the same as my own. She faces the challenges of being brought up in a household that doesn't dp anything but judge her. Ecspecially with the van Daans. I'm not judged a whole lot by my mom, but enough to be able to relate to Anne. I love how close Anne is with her father, it reminds me of my own relationship with my dad. No matter what she does, Anne's dad always sides with her. On the subject of dehumanization, there are so many points that it is so hard to name them all. The largest example would be the fact that they have to go into HIDING!!! It's just so unfair... and down right wrong! I wish that I could just o back in time and slap Hitler!! They have become scared of their home all because of bullies wanting to rule the world. The absolute best example of text-text would be to Kill a MOckingbird. You all know that story. Tom Robinson was not only wrongly convicted but killed in the end. All because of dehumanization. (CLG2)
I can relate the Holocaust that occurred in "The Diary of a Young Girl" to the Civil Rights period that happened in the USA. During both of these time periods a group of people from a certain culture was dehumanized. It was the Jews during the Holocaust and the African-Americans during the Civil Rights period. Both of these groups had to use separate bathrooms, drink from different water fountains, shop at different stores, and even go to different schools. Also in both of these time periods many people from each of these cultures were murdered by being hung or beaten. During these times these people felt way less than human.
My text-to-text connection is between The Diary of a Young Girl and Journey of a Thousand Days. In Journey of a Thousand Days Dashiti is imprisoned in a tower as a servant to her lady. Both Dashiti and Anne keep a diary while they are imprisoned. Their diaries help them get their emotions out without hurting the people around them with their words. Another similarity between Anne and Dashiti is that they both dislike the people around them at at certain times. It would be hard to like the people all the time because you are in an enclosed area for an extended period of time. Anne was luckier than Dashiti because Anne had more people to interact with than Dashiti. Although Dashiti and Anne have many differences, their situations give them similarities. SZ. P-3
There were surprisingly many similarities and differences between me and Anne Frank than I had expected. She had many friends but not a true one; not that one special friend that she could share all her secrets with or enjoy and spend with….As a teenager, like Anne, that is the same case with me. Even though I have Ayoung, whom I am very close to ever since I came here, we don’t get to time to see each other except at school. I can also tell that Anne used to think beyond her age and into depth about life, just like I do. In addition, we are both religious, believe in God, and depend on Him. Despite our similarites, her relationship with her mom and my relationship with mine is extremely different. I love my mom and I can depend on her so we are very close. Anne is not close to hers at all that she does not respect her and calls her “Mother” or “Momsy”; never “Mom.” I am loving this book dearly and it’s exciting to find so much similarities with her! JK P3
A.W, You sent me down memory lane...when I was in middle school I had a spiral notebook that my best friend and I passed back and forth throughout the day with our musings, observations and critiques of our environs. Since it didn't look like a proper "note" we were never busted. (Unlike my experience in third grade when a sub intercepted a note and then read it outloud. Since I signed it, not only did I have to suffer the embarrassment of public scrutiny but I also got a detention!)
SZ, I think that my dad's optimism and unwillingness to be labeled 'sick' by his leukemia helped him defy the odds and live longer than expected. He didn't tell us right away either. (Neither did my mom with her cancer.) I think that some people need time to wrap their brains around things before sharing. I'm in the other camp and need to TALK things out to help process big things.
Cayman, great connection. It would also be very easy to connect your two world examples with our nation's dehumanization of native americans. (That's continues still today.)
Anne Frank and I come from vastly different backgrounds, different countries, and have very little in common, except for one thing: the diary. I, too, have a diary, and like Anne, I write everything in it. It listens to everything I have to say without judging me or telling me I’m wrong. I can pour all of my thoughts and feelings into it, and all it does is listen. I am moving out of state nearly immediately after school ends, and like Anne, I can talk to no one except my diary. All of my hard feelings about moving, and Anne’s feelings about being in hiding are poured into one small book that does nothing but absorb, and give you a feeling of comfort beyond words.
text to self connection: Anne and her father share a very close connection, a very strong bond. They obviously love each other very much. I have a good relationship with my father and I value it a lot.
Text to text: Anne being hidden away in a small room and being considered a freak reminds me of the Durseley's treatment of Harry in the Harry Potter series.
The first 50 pages really opened my eyes to the prejeduce outlook of the the nazi's against the jews. Jews were not allowed to own a bike or go to the theatre. Their freedoms were severely restricted. As things got worse they realized that going into hiding early was a life-saving desicion. I aslo took into account that there hide-out or annex was much more luxurious than the places other jews went incognito. I have a feeling that there lifestyle quality is going to decrease dramatically as i continue..... HB 2
I have continued to page 112. Annne contines in her journal writing and book reading. And it has come to my intention how incredibly boring the annex is. All Anne does all day is read and listen to the radio. If i were her i wouldve stabbed myself in the leg for fun. Anne explains her extreme hatred towards her mother. Her mother asks permission o listen to Anne's prayers tonight and Anne answers "no momsy". Annes moter realizes her bahavior towards Anne has inpacted their relationship. There is now major tension in the Annnex. Mrs. Van Dan has her first "appointment" with Mr. Dussel. She screams wildly as her removes the rotten tooth. This book has really opened my eyes to everything i take for grantit. Such as novicane and daily good meals. They always talk about what a treat it is to have butter and sugar. And how privledged they are to take a bath, when the truth is i can take one 4 times a day. These last pages really helped me experience what its like to be incognito as a Holocast jew. HB 2
I personally think that something like this COULD happen again. When I've talked about it with people in the past they always said how no, of course it couldn't. No one is that horrible. Would kill that many people just for being different. The world, or America at least, is highly tolerant and we could stop anyone who meant to do something like this. That the world is mostly good people.
Fine. There's a lot of good people in the world. But why are OUR good people fighting for freedom in the middle east? Why are they dying daily for the good of their people? Because there are still a lot of bad people. And there are still victims being hurt by them.
And, furthermore, there is still a LOT of discrimination in the world. I'm assaulted by it daily and a lot of times I don't even know it because it's subtle and has been incorporated into my life since I was very young.
The ideas of the past still linger and just covering that aspect, yes. I feel it could happen. But then people say we have the technology to find these bad people and kill/capture them before they can hurt (many) people... but what is to stop the other side from also having these weapons and defenses?
Yes, it could happen. No, it's not likely. But it COULD. Perhaps it would be less bad now. There are so many ways to communicate. People could flee to safety because they'd know what was happening faster. But I feel it could happen. Yes.
TEXT TO TEXT: Harry Potter and The Diary of Anne Frank
The harsh treatment of the Jews during the Holocaust reminds me, honestly, of Harry Potter and the cruel treatment he received by his magic hating relatives. He thinks he's an oddity for something he can't control: how he was born. The Jews, the Romanies, and the Homosexuals couldn't control how they were born but we still hated and abused. They were told they were worthless and treated in that way, as was Harry. He was locked in a tiny room (the cupboard under the stairs) by his abusers and Anne and her family had to stay in the Secret Annex.
Both those affected by the Holocaust and Harry were deprived of a real childhood, where they could be happy and know that home was safe, that home is where you are loved and cared for. That no one is going to take your safety away.
Voldemort and Hitler both hate people for being different. For being born in a way they don't approve of. He killed muggles and muggle borns as Hitler killed Romanies, Gays, and Jews. Both evil men left many orphans, took many lives, and left scars on their respective worlds. And both impacted the two heroes (or the hero and the heroine) I use as my examples.
And both Harry and Anne died in the end, though the fictional hero came back and Anne-one girl of millions who died in the Holocaust- did not.
While these two books have many more differences than similarities, I still feel a tentative connection between the two in my mind.
Could something like this happen again? An event like the Holocaust could definitely happen again. An example of this was shown in the book The Wave. In Germany, people were very down and upset after they had lost World War I. Hitler was able to show Germany hope. The Germans wanted someone who could show them a better life. When a person shows people or a country hope, they will want to believe in them. Once the people were sucked in it was hard to get out. The Germans wanted help and Hitler could give it to them. SZ. P-3
The Diary of a Young Girl shares some surprising similarities with Life as We Knew It (Susan Pfeffer). Most obviously, they are both diaries of young girls growing up in trying environments. In The Diary Of a Young Girl, the trials are caused by other humans, as opposed to trials caused by nature in Life as We Knew It. However, many of the problems created are the same, such as need for adequate clothing and shelter and especially lack of food. In both of these books, the surrounding events lead to the death of many, causing the humanity of the afflicted parties to degenerate as people become apathetic to others and only think of getting themselves and their immediate family to survive. Everybody is dehumanized, whether because others dehumanize them by treating them as subhuman or because they dehumanize themselves by treating others as subhuman. Empathy is a basic human emotion, and when people become apathetic, they destroy their own humanity.
My text to text connection is with the Dairy of Anne Frank and To Kill a Mockingbird. In both books, there is a young girl trying to get people to take her more serouisly and overall trying to figure out her own character. So overall, they both include the common theme of maturing. Anne always gets into quarrels with her mother and such about how she treats her. With her mother's crude jokes about her she is always very hurt. Everyone always tells her to be more like her perfect sisters who is soft spoken. Yet, Anne wants to be a strong character not some meek doormat. I think of Scout in this way too because she is also a very strong character, but because of their different parental controls Scout is allowed to show it and never punished for it as Anne is. ~Mk P-3
Anne Frank is a normal teenage girl, and as I have been reading The Diary of A Young Girl, I have noticed some similarities and many differences between us. Both Anne Frank and I are normal teenage kids who want to grow up and be more mature. I think education and knowledge is much more important to her life than it is to mine though. When Anne is hiding in the Secret Annex, education gives her a purpose. She reads, does math problems, and learns to keep herself occupied and entertained. Anne also faces some bullying as she hides in the Secret Annex. Mrs. Van Daan, a member of the family they are hiding with, constantly insults Anne by saying that she is spoiled, selfish, and immature. The person that comes to Annes aid the most is her father; this strengthens her relationship with her father, and at one time in the book she says that her dad is the only person she loves. In this situation, Mrs. Van Daan is the bully, Anne is the victim, and Anne's father is the bystander. Anne was a normal teen, and these stressful conditions were probably very hard on her. JL P-3
As I was reading The Diary of a Young Girl, i noticed many similarities between it and the Movie District 9. In both the book and the movie, there is a group of people or beings being treated like they are less than human. In District 9 however, the things being treated less than human are not humans, but aliens. In both cases though, the beings being discriminated against are not hated because of their intelectual ability, but because they are physically different. In both the movie and the book, the supposedly "dominant" race bullys and in some cases kills the supposedly "inferior" race. It is interesting to see the contrast in the works though; in District 9, humans from around the world are grouped together as the dominant race, and in the Diary of a Young Girl, only one race is dominant and that is the Germans. There were also some differences between the movie and the book. In the Diary of a Young girl the Jewish people were treated more severly than the aliens in District 9. I think this is because the human race has learned from its terrible mistakes during the holocaust, and has progressed. This is why i think it would be impossible for something like the holocaust to ever happen again. JL P-3
Persection, sadly, is not an uncommon event throughout history. In Anne Frank's diary, she writes of the persection that the Jews face in that time, such as not being allowed to go to movie theaters, or ride on public transportation, or not even being allowed to go to school with non-Jewish childern. But, many kids like Anne were in these situations. We most often think of the unfair treatment of African Americans until the 1960's. But it doesn't end there. Other small ethic groups were unfairly treated during World War Two, such as Jehovah's Witness, and gypsys. But, it doesn't even end there. Christians, homosexuals, and Mormans and a small number of groups that have been persected throughout history. And there is no doubt that groups are still persected today. (Text to World)
Anne Frank, is a normal teenager. She fights wither her mother and her sister, she desires to grow up, and longs for independence. Sounds like someone you know? We've all felt like this, and probably still do. In many ways, we can all relate to Anne Frank. Anne tells us of her clashes with those living in the "Secret Annex" and all the times shes unfairly judged and labeld as "Childish" and "Selfish". We've all be labeled like this, perhapes even from our elders. Anne, basically, feels the same emotions we do, and the same drive to be understood by tose around her. As the back of Anne's diary states, "Her story is that of every teenager, lived in conditions few teenagers have ever known."
(text to text) For some reason, Anne Frank reminds me of Scout from "To Kill a Mocking Bird". She's free spirited and sometimes a little blunt, but has a personality all her own, just like Scout, which can get her in trouble. Her desire to be free and independent is very similar to Scout as well. Scout, like Anne, is misunderstood at times, and is learning about the world like Anne. The conditions they live in are somewhat alike as well. They both live in times were there is prescution of other groups other than white people. With Scout, African Americans were killed often times, due to te fact that their skin is black. For Anne, Jewish people were meet with similar treatment. The difference is, Anne is a victum in this, unlike Scout.
I noticed a huge example of Text-to-Text while reading "Diary of a Young Girl". In "The Wave", a school teacher progressively takes over the school, by luring them with things they would like, such as pets, and then telling them they must kill their pets, as a way to show that their loyalty for him is larger than their love for their pets. In many ways, these two books are alike. The students following the teacher did not realize they were joining something harmful because the teacher put it in a nice way. The members of the Wave would exclude others from their conversations and other things. This is very similar to the Holocaust, in that Hitler would make it seem like joining him was a positive thing. He also told his "followers" to discriminate against certain types/groups of people. SA 3
How does education, religion, faith, philosophy, or belief make a difference?
I will just start off by saying, these intangible things make a lot more difference than many other things. Anne gets through the days in the Secret Annex by studying (excluding Peter). She can last those long and boring days because she is being educated. Education can also help in another way. If the Holocaust happened again, and I read this book, I would know more on how to survive and already be prepared for what is going to happen. I could be prepared for a burglary or pack and buy larger clothes which I could use for when I am in hiding. Religion plays a larger role than education. If you are Christian, you have something to look forward to, eternal life. Also you would not be as worried as much because you know that God will protect you. Christianity teaches you to love your neighbor, so when you are living with many other querulous people, you are able to love and show love to them easily.
in the last 50 pages i read about the air bombings going on around Annes annex. She says she always has a bag packed even thopugh they would have no where else to go. she always shelters herself in the hallway/
There are billions of people in the world. All differing vastly from another, yet somehow linked by a single similarity: we are all human. No human can live without emotion, no human can live without having someone to feel their emotions with them. We all need someone to talk to, someone to pour out our feelings to. For Anne Franks, that someone was her diary. Enclosed day and night in the Secret Annexe, like a caged animal in a zoo, Anne would explode if she didn't share her feelings with someone. I believe that everyone in this world is like Anne in that way. We all feel pain, we all feel sadness, and joy, and happiness. We all need someone we can share those feelings with. Whether a diary, a friend, or a family member, we all just need someone to listen. TR 7
I see many examples of bullying in this book. Bullying can take place anywhere and with anyone. In the secret annex, I think the victim is mostly Anne. It seems that her mother, Ms. Van Daan, and Mr. Dussel are constantly criticizing Anne about the things she says, the way she acts, and anything she does. The way that Anne describes it, she is always walking on egg shells about the words she says, and she feels like nothing she can say or do will be "correct" or acceptable in the annex. She does feel, however, that her father is there to rescue her if she needs it. He is the only one who understands her ways; he has the same ones! The bulies are her mother, Mrs. Van Daan, and Mr. Dussel. The bystanders are Mr. Van Daan and Peter. And the victim is Anne. SA 3
Could something like this happen again? An event like the Holocaust could certainly happen again. An example of this was shown in the book The Wave. In Germany, people were feeling very down and upset after losing World War I. Hitler was able to show Germany hope. The Germans wanted someone who could show them a better life. When a person shows people or a country hope that are down or upset they will want to believe that the person can help them. Once the people let Hitler come into power, it was difficult to get him out. The German people had wanted help, and Hitler showed signs that he could help the German people. SZ 3
How does the protagonist overcome obstacles? Anne is not able to overcome the major obstacle in this book because she ends up dying at the end. However, Anne is able to overcome some of the obstacles that she faces while she is in hiding. One thing that bothers Anne is some of the people that she's living with. Living enclosed with the same group of people will eventually end in conflict. At the beginning of her diary, we see that Anne gets in trouble a lot with the adults because she talks too much and shares her opinion too often. Later on in her diary, we see that Anne is able to stay calm in these situations becuase she has a diary to pour out her innermost thoughts in. Her diary allows her to get her feelings out without hurting or bothering the people she is living with. This is one of the major obstacles that I saw Anne overcome during the course of the book. SZ 3
As i was reading The Diary of a Young Girl, i noticed a text to world connection between the holocaust and the discrimination of black people in South Africa during the time of apartheid. In both terrible periods in history, the rights and freedom of a group or groups of people were taken away. In The Diary of a Young Girl, many basic rights are taken from Jewish people. Jews had to wear yellow stars on their clothes to identify them as Jewish, their means of transportation were taken away, they could not go to school, and finally they were hunted down and killed. In South Africa, a white minority governed the black majority. They used a system of racial segregation called apartheid to stay in power; that consisted of segregation of schools and public facilities, they forced people out of their homes and made them move to a place where people of their own race lived, and black people were not even considered citizens of their own country. Both the Holocaust and Apartheid were fueled by predudice and hate. The Jewish people in Europe and the black people in South Africa experienced dehumanization. Although Apartheid was bad, millions of Jews Gypsies, and Homosexuals were killed in Europe during the Holocaust. It was terrible. JL P-3
While reading this novel, I noticed some ways in which courage is exemplified. The most obvious ways were displayed by Anne's father, Otto Frank. In the annex, Anne was bullied on a normal basis by her mother, Mrs. Van Daan, and Mr. Dussel. She felt she could do nothing correctly to be appreciated or acknowledged positively. Since her dad was her only secutiry blanket, she many times came to him to talk about her feelings. When her dad heard of these things, he would confront the people in the annex bothering Anne, and would talk to them and try to make Anne happy. Aside from these signs of courage, the entire annex (and the targets of Hitler, in general) have very much courage to risk their lives each day. SA 3
How does education, religion, faith, philosophy, or belief make a difference?
I guess I want to start this by saying that faith makes a HUGE difference. But it shouldn't.
Throughout history, people of different faiths have been persecuted. A well known example of this would be the Christian "convert or die" method employed often on natives that had lived on the land they claimed for their own. Do the Crusades ring a bell for anyone? Most wars are based off of religion, in some way or another.
However, people who believe in what they fight for fight better. In that way, it makes a positive difference.
Regardless, most of it's touch on mankind has been tainted. Religion is not good or bad in itself. It's merely a tool. It is how people wield it that decides if it's good or evil. Adolf Hitler made it evil. The struggling Jews who learned what makes something worth keeping alive despite the risks, who are proud of their Jewish heritage, made it good. It's a deadly dance. And it takes two to tango.
Besides the obvious connection of the Wave showing how something like the Holocaust could happen again, there's also a lot of subtle (and not-so-subtle) undercurrents that are shared between the books. The motto of Mr. Ross in the book "Strength through discipline" and he continues to say it's not just about keeping control to stay smart or anything like that, it's about power and success, the former of which Adolf Hitler craved and abused and the latter which he sought. And he begins to show the subtle shifts of your self image, among other things, that gave you power. He had you sit up straight, firm, strong. Had you breathe easier, deeper, better. And with that, you felt pride. And you did what you were told as best you could. When others are doing something and you're all alone, it's easier to slip into the mob mentality than swim against the current. But you HAVE to do what you think is right. Even if you feel out of place doing what you believe, you should do it anyways. But it was hard for most of these kids- and their parents- to find that courage. Anne Frank had a lot of courage. It would have taken courage to keep going to her Jewish school. But it took just as much to leave all of her friends (such as Hello and Lies) behind and go into hiding. She was a brave little girl as Laurie, who stood up against the Wave, was.
I can relate to Anne Frank in a few ways. I think the most similar thing we had in common was we both have an older sister who we think is just too goody-goody. Both of our sisters got fantastic grades, and in both scenario's are parents don't understand why we can't just be the same as our older sibling. Another way I can relate to Anne is that we both have had to grow up in an environment where pretty much everyone is in each others' business all the time. Sometimes I could use more than just a night's rest in my room to just let my thoughts sink in for a little longer, and I think Anne Frank probably felt sort of similar when writing her story. In many ways we share similar wants and environments, but that just makes the book even more powerful.
Dehumanization occurs all over the world. In all areas of the world, people are not accepted because of their race and physical appearance. People need to walk into the victim's shoes to see what the person's life is really like, and so people can stop bullying the victim. In China and Korea, they treat the Japanese horribly because they hold a grudge against them since how the Japanese mistreated them from World War II. They go to extents where they do not even by any Japanese cars or technology products. Jewish people sometimes do not like Germans because of Hitler and the way the Nazis treated them. If both stood in an innocent civilians shoes of both Japan and Germany, China and the Jewish people could understand them better. There is another type of dehumanization that is based on wealth. If you were to seat a man who owns 20 mansions or a beggar at the head of your table while not know either very well, who would you seat? You would probably put the rich man at the head of the table while disrespecting the poor man. This is similar to dehumanization by physical appearance too. The shabby poor man would not be placed at the head of the table. Do not judge by appearances, judge a man by his character.
Who is the bully, bystander, and victim in the Diary of Anne Frank?
I think the bully and the victim are somewhat obvious in this case. During the Holocaust, millions of Jews, Gypsies, and Homosexuals were killed by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party of Germany. However, since we I have to answer this question based on the book, I would say that Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party are the bullies, and just the Jewish community in and around Germany are the victims. As for the bystander, this is a tough one to call. However, I would have to say that the bystander is the country of Holland, including its citizens and government, for just watching thousands and thousands of Jews taken from hiding places and homes to the ovens of concentration camps, without even trying to tell Germany that what they are doing is wrong. In the Diary of Anne Frank, yes her family does receive support and help from some friends by receiving food and occasional sweets, but the country of Holland as a whole never tried to help them. Instead Anne's family is left hopelessly tied to their radio hoping for some kind of international help. That is why I say Adolf Hitler and the Nazis are bullies, the European Jewish Community are victims, and in Anne's case, Holland is the bystander.
I see courage exemplified by when she has to jump into her new life style. Even thought she was forced to hiding, she still had to have the courage to adjust to her new home. People love it when things change around them, but are scared to change themselves. The changes she made in her character were amazing. She went from seeing only her parents arguments to regarding both sides of the arguments between them and the van Daans and Mr. Dussel. Anne Frank did not complain out loud about how bad the food was. She did not burst in trepidation when the burglars or police came near the Secret Annex. She also held her fear when machine gun fire was heard and the air raids were occurring. Her courage was increased during her 2 years in the Secret Annex.
After working on Mrs. Jackson's Georgia Studies Project for the past 5 hours straight, my text- to- world connection just had to be comparing the Holocaust to the treatment of captured Union troops during the Civil War in Anderson-ville Prison. Now six-million people did not die at Anderson-ville Prison, and race was not what determined whether you were killed or not, but the main similarity they did share was that of dehumanization. In both the Holocaust and Anderson-Ville Prison, Jews and in this case, captured soldiers, had limits on where to walk, when to walk, what they were allowed to hold on to, or what they had to give away, or suffer the consequences. In both the Holocaust and Anderson-Ville Prison, the victims of abuse(Jews and Union Soldiers) had to make "homes" out of what they could find or just simply hide. The most common thing both shared was that during the Holocaust, as more and more Jews were killed in concentration camps, more and more would come in. This was the same with Anderson-Ville, the more soldiers that died because of abuse or mistreatment, more captured soldiers would come in. So, both sites would dehumanize people for a very long time, and in the end, both sites killed too many lives to want to count because of dehumanization.
Unfortunately, in the long-run, Anne Frank is killed trying to survive the Holocaust, which was the ultimate obstacle. However, the smaller, more detailed obstacles which she faced during her experience hiding were some things she could overcome. Many of the obstacles came from people like the Van Daans' when they would get annoyed by how Anne would sound sometimes. Anne would overcome these annoyances by simply keeping comments to herself from then on if she thought they would anger others at a meal. Another example would be when Dussell did not want Anne to use the extra space in the Secret Annexe for so long because he wanted it, Anne would have her dad talk to Dussell and a compromise would be made. Anne's dad served as a comfort blanket for her much throughout the writing of her diary. Stress, my final example of an obstacle, was dealt with either by writing in her diary or by spending time with Peter, so Anne Frank really did manage to solve a lot of pesky problems throughout her tangle with the Holocaust.
How is courage exemplified in the Diary of Anne Frank?
I think one of the most frequently courageous people in the story is Otto Frank. He constantly showed courage by help settling disputes between family and friends quickly and efficiently throughout his time hiding. Especially, when it came to Anne's problems with mother, Dussell, or the Van Daans, Otto would always be out to fix the problem, practically wrapping his daughter Anne in a blanket of protection and safety. There were other times as well, such as when burglars would try to rob the "Secret Annexe", Otto Frank would be the one that kept everyone else calm. Even on his birthday's, Otto Frank was someone who didn't expect something in return for all the good he did. Overall, if it wasn't for Mr. Frank, the "Secret Annexe" would not lasted nearly as long as it did with him.
This is a TEXT TO TEXT Analysis. In the book I currently reading, Son of HAMAS, the boy Mosab Hassan Yousef is driven away from his land by Israelis who were going to the newly founded country. This analysis may seem weird because it accuses Jews of doing what we accuse other races of doing to Jews. In this book, Although Mosab was not forced into hiding, once he was taken into custody and beaten by Israelis who seemed like they were kind of like the Gestapo, because they took him in a car and brought him to an Israeli town in the middle of the might and made him walk across a desert back to his village. Also he is afraid that Israeli Zionists will kill or torture him, just like Anne Frank fears that the Gestapo will find and send to her to a concentration camp.
How does education, religion, faith, philosophy, or belief make a difference?
Religion and belief obviously made a difference in Anne’s life. The only reason she and her family had to hide was because they were Jews and they believed in God. My religious status also made a difference in my life. When I was in Korea, I wasn’t truly Christian, so my point of view towards life in general was different. But after I came here and started being more like a Christian, it seemed like life made more sense…and more different. My friends’ jokes bothered me when it was about religions or Christianity or God. I tried to explain my concept to them, but they wouldn’t listen. If it was two years before, those jokes wouldn’t have concerned me at all. Education is one of the major factors that make a huge difference in people’s lives. Since I’m from Korea, education makes a heavy, serious impression on me. I believe that jobs with high wages are all related to education; office workers, diplomats, professors, etc. Anne always did her school work in the Secret Annex by reading all sorts of books. She said those things always kept her busy. I don’t think anyone would want to do studying when they could do chores, listen to the radio…except me because I hate chores. So, in my opinion, education, religion, and belief make a big difference and an influence in others’ lives.
Anne acts not much differently than teenagers today. To me, one of the most obvious is Anne's hobby of learning about celebrities, including the royal families, of her time. Not much has changed; people still obsess themselves with the lives of actors, musicians, and other famous people. Like the royal wedding a few weeks ago proves, the royal families still generate a lot of media attention. I find it amazing that, even in hiding, Anne could still be enamored by celebrities. Perhaps it helped her retain a semblance of normalcy.
How does education, faith, philosophy, or belief make a difference?
Well, all of these things make a difference in history as well as this book, like Sarah D. many wars and conflicts are caused by religion, like the war in the Middle East right now. But also, in the lives of the Franks religion was important to them and they celebrated their holidays, but they seem to be very open- minded about religion because Otto lets Anne read a bible to memorize the New Testament(the life of Jesus and his followers) and they celebrate Christmas. Even though I am not Jewish, I am a religious person so i find it good that the Franks do not give up their religion in times of trouble as many people do. I think it is important that the Franks did not give up their religion because religion is part of your identity and the Nazis had already taken away their German identity so it is important that they hold onto themselves.
How could something like this happen again? Well, this could happen again if another leader like Hitler rose to power, and God knows that there are more of them in this World, and it is likely that this will happen again, not necessarily to the Jews, but genocides will happen again, because people see people like Hitler as strong leaders and side with them against any enemy that the leader chooses, in Hitler's case the Jews, but other leaders like Hitler, can arise and use their power for evil.
TEXT TO WORLD The story of the Holocaust reminds of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda where the minorities the Tutsi were overthrown by the Hutu majority. Then the Hutus killed most of the Tutsi. This reminds me of the Holocaust because a group rose to power then killed those who opposed it. The Rwanda Genocide killed 800,000-1,000,000 people over 20% of the country's population. Though this does not nearly meet the 11 to 17 million killed by Hitler, it was still an exponential amount of the Rwandans and a tragedy that cannot be undone.
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Anne Frank overcomes obstacles like, being mistreated, not being respected, or even being ignored, by writing in her diary. Her diary is her self prescribed medicine, she can methodically write down her everyday thoughts without having the fear of being yelled at or teased. She can express her opinions without discrimination and she can let her anger out through the diary instead of yelling at someone. Anne Frank also mentioned that she becomes very noisy when she is depressed in order to block out the voices in her head bringing her down. This action also has a downfall though, making the other residents in the Annex become annoyed with Anne's cacophony. Another ailment Anne uses to ease her burdens is talking to Peter. He provides a shelter and trust worthy character Anne needs to get through the day. She looks forward to talking to peter so this gets her through her day. Anne is very resourceful when it comes to overcoming her obstacles.
Anne Frank reminds me of Katniss Everdeen in the book "The Hunger Games". They are both very brave and are longing for someone in which they can share there life with. They are also both dehumanized and treated less than human. In "The Hunger Games", Katniss is dehumanized by the capital and Anne is dehumanized by the Germans. I also saw that both Anne and Katniss longed to be out in nature and enjoy it. Neither was allowed to go and expirience nature outside of where they were trapped but Katniss was determined to feed her family so she took a chance and went out to hunt. I see Katniss' and Anne's situations very similarly.
In "The Diary of a Young Girl" I see the theme of courage and cowardice. Anne is very couragous and is always trying to make her life better while she is in hidding. On the other hand the Van Daans are cowards. They think that the Holocaust will never end and that they will be in hiding for ever. Mrs. Van Daan Especially is always grumpy and in a bad mood. If they would get there mind of their bad time in the Secrete Annexe like Anne does then they might feel a little better.
In the book diary of anne Frank there is a text to world connection that i have found, and that connection is slavery. Many slaves were treated unfairly and some of them were even on the run like Anne and her family. Also the same way slaves got away was the same way Jews got away, hiding. In both cases people's houses were searched and they were discriminated aginst because they were different. Another thing is that when caught slaves were taken back to their farms like the jews were taking back to concentration camps.In both of these examples both people were treated less then human.
I also certianly think that an event like this could happen again. All that it would need to happen again is a powerful leader that the people trust and a race or group to discriminate agaist. That race or group being discriminated against could be anyone of those that are out there. There is still racism in our world today and i never think it will stop so I think that something like this could easily happen again.
A similarity between Anne and me is our shared interest in mythology. I also can list the muses and main loves of Zeus, but some of the more obscure affairs of Hercules require a Sisyphean effort to commit to memory. And, like Margot and Pim, I am also learning Latin. One of the appeals of the classics is that they do not change much. While modern education, like our Quack vocabulary videos, provides quick memorization and are more appealing to the average person, a more classical approach like what we had last year lends more comprehension.
In Anne Frank, the families all exemplify courage when they first went into hiding. It took a whole lot of bravery to leave everything you know, and never look back. But i think Mr. Klienman, Mr. Kugler, Miep, and Bep all show a whole lot of courage when they help the Frank, Van Daans, and Mr. Dussel in the Annex. They know the high risk it is to help and assist these families but they don't stop checking on the families and they dont betray the families trust. I also think the men of the Annex showed a lot of courage when there was a robbery in the factory and then men were the first to go down to chase off the burglars. All the men show courage when they wait at the door of the Annex when the police are rattling at the bookcase. Peter shows bravery when he patrols the Annex at night to make sure everything is locked up. This book is filled with bravery and courage, there are many good examples to use.
How do you see the roles of bully, victim, and bystander?
Most of the time in the Secret Annex, it is obvious that Anne is the victim of bullying and Mrs. Frank, Mrs. van Daan, and Mr. Dussel are usually the bullies. Anne gets scolded at because she is the youngest and the “troublemaker.” Her momsy, as Anne calls her, likes Margot better than Anne and they rarely agree with each other, so they have an awkward relationship. Mrs. van Daan always thinks that she’s right (but most of the time she’s not) and she is very head-strong. Because of this personality, whenever Anne tries to correct her, she thinks Anne is an insolent little girl who talks back to adults. Mr. Dussel and Anne definitely do not go together, especially since they share the same room. When Anne does the tiniest thing that Mr. Dussel does not approve, he scolds or argues with Anne. For example, when Anne took his pillow to use it when she was studying, he got very mad and warned her not to take his possessions. Anne’s father was the bystander; he didn’t do anything to defend his daughter because he didn’t want to offend the other people.
In the movie Boy in the Striped Pijamas and the book diary of Anne Frank there are some connections that really pop out. first off there's how the Jews are being treated. They are treated as if they are not human. Sometimes they were even killed for no reason. However in the movie, the main character is the son of a german soldier. This little boy sees that Jews are being treated unfairly the and befriends one. This child is kind of like the people who take in the Frank's. Also in the book Anne and her family are treated terribly and Have to leave there home so as to try and avoid to not got to concentration camps. However like the concentration camps in the movie Anne and her family get sent to one. It's sad to see what our world was once reduced to, but this just shows the unfairness man is capable of.
In the book Diary of Anne Frank there is a text to text connection between the diary and the book Maus. In the book Maus a man named Vladek must take himself and his family into hiding to avoid terroism from the Germans, this same event happened in Diary of Anne Frank. In the book Anne and her family have to hide with her family another Jewish family and the family that actually lives there. In Vladek's book he has to hide his family to avoid harassment as well but unlike Anne he doesnt stay in one place for long. These are both examples of dehunamizing people.
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In Anne Frank, there is a lot of family chemistry, good and bad, but one can easily see the bad. The victim is easily, Anne. Sadly, there are many bullies Anne has in the Annex, Mrs. Van Daan, Mr. Dussel, and her mom. I can observe that her mom is bully, because Anne has mentioned in her diary times when her mom has made sarcastic remarks that have actually hurt Anne's feelings, her mom making fun of her when she cries,and the list goes on. The bystander in this case would be Anne's father, he always turns a blind eye and a deaf ear whenever Anne is being mistreated by her mother, or when Anne tries to talk to her dad about how unfair her mother is. The balance could be tipped if Anne's father took a stand and talked to his wife about the way Anne should be parented or just a friendly reminder that Anne is her daughter and not a worker. The other bullies in Anne's life would be Mr. Dussel and Mrs. Van Daan. They both criticize Anne on how she was raised, or if she is being to loud, and they are both quick to point out her faults. In both cases, the bystanders are everyone else in the Annex. The balance could be tipped if an adult talked to either Mr. Dussel or Mrs. Van Daan that they are being unfair to be so cruel to a 14 year old. Poor Anne has to deal with all these bullies in her life, and the unfair thing is that they are all older than her and should know better. Anne has a strong character that helps her deal with these obstacles of her life. Anne is a great inspiration when it comes to dealing with bullies.
I believe there is a chance something similar to the Holocaust could happen again. Racism and anti-Semitism have decreased a lot from the past, but there are still many people around the world who has negative feelings and opinions toward a race or a religion. No one wants something even close to the Holocaust happening again but who knows? Another crazy person with his weird thoughts can try to be the second Hitler, or something close to him. I hope it doesn't happen during my lifetime or in the future because people need to respect others no matter what because they are human too.
The book diary of Anne Frank can be linked to many world events. One of them is the racism aginst blacks. Like Anne Frank blacks were openly abused and it was almost as if the Ku Klux Klan were like the Germans. Their hoses were burned down and people were killed just for fun. This happened in real life and in the book. Many people were prejudce aginst blacks in the US and jews in Germany. Also these events happened very close to each other and have some things in common.
I don’t know how Anne didn’t get as freaked out about moving as I would have thought she would have been. When I was in Kindergarten my parents told me that we were moving and they said I went running into my room crying before they could even tell me where. When they calmed me down and told me that we were just moving across the street, I was so happy because we were moving to a bigger house. I think that Anne Frank was a very mentally strong and brave person to be able to leave everything and go into hiding. MES
There is a text to movie connection between the book Diary of Anne Frank and the movie Inglorious Bastards. In the movie there's a group of Jews who travel around Germany trying not to get caught. They face the same terroization as Anne and her family. However the difference is that they group tried to kill as many Germans as possible. While Anne and her family just tried to stay alive. Another comminality between the two was that they both had to hide to avoid being caught. Anne Frank can be connected to many things, this is just one.
In many ways Anne Frank is Different from me, especially the she is a girl and the fact that she thinks a 'B' is a good grade. Despite these major differences, I can still relate to her in many ways. One of these ways is how she wanted a best friend to whom she could tell her many secrets to. I have always wanted a best friend that I could spend a lot of time with and would be just like a brother or sister to me. Now do not get me wrong, just like Anne, I have close friends who are actually really close, but I would like to become closer to them. The next similarity might sound funny. The orange composition journal that my friends and I switch off carrying is a journal between us. It is just like Anne's. Whoever has the journal gets to relate the day's events and secrets into the journal. Another way I can relate to "The Diary of a Young Girl" is how Anne has an older sister, Margot, to look up to. Most of the time, Anne thinks her sister is annoying due to Margot being a such a goody-goody. I share these experiences too. Even from places far away, it is surprising to see how similar most people are.
ReplyDeleteIn the diary of Anne Frank, there are many instances where Anne reports the criticism that she recieves every day by many of her fellow "Secret Annexe" people, especially Mrs. Van Daan. Mrs. Van Daan Is constantly saying how Anne isn't ladylike, not taking sufficient servings of food, talking too much, and so on.In one instance, Anne wrote that Mrs Van Daan scolded her for not taking enough food when she took a small helping for herself. With me, I don't hear this kind of criticism constantly, but it definitely exists in our house. My parents are constantly saying "Ben, you should eat more" or "Ben, get a larger serving," even though I'm not all that hungry. Another form of Criticism Anne has to deal with is that she talks too much. This causes her to become a little more reclusive later in the book, not talking to anyone specific for a prolonged period of time. This occurs in my life when i have to ask my dad a question, for instance, and he says cokme back later, I'm busy. He does this alot and I feel like he doesn't want to talk to me some times. Anyway, Anne recieves alot of destructive criticism throughout the book about her diferent habits that her peers think aren't "up to par,"
ReplyDeleteOne of the times I felt close to Anne was in the entry that she talks about her grandmother. Anne talks about the secret her grandmother kept from them, which was she was terminally ill. My grandmother also became terminally ill several years ago. Although we knew she was very sick, she acted as if nothing had happened. She still got on the floor and played Monopoly with my cousins and me. Anne also says her that her grandma would never let anyone down. My grandmother didn't let anyone down either. When she reached the point where she couldn't play with us, you could see the sadness in her eyes. She was a former teacher, so she loved to play with us and was a very involved grandma. My grandmother always tried her best to make all of us happy.
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For my text-to-self connection between Anne Frank and myself is her ever changing roller coaster of tolerance for her sister and mother. There are certain times when I feel like my mom is being absolutely unfair, or that my sister is the more favored child; there are also times when I feel so close to my sister, and when my mom is like a best friend to me. Anne has a very complex relationship with the women in her life and that is only heightened by the fact that she is living with them 24 hours a day with no other outside communication. I can only imagine how agitated I would get.
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I always say to my mom when she begins to lecture me about her childhood and compares it to my own, I respond with "It was different then!" But now as I'm reading Anne's diary, I realize that in many ways, her ideas are the same as my own. She faces the challenges of being brought up in a household that doesn't dp anything but judge her. Ecspecially with the van Daans. I'm not judged a whole lot by my mom, but enough to be able to relate to Anne. I love how close Anne is with her father, it reminds me of my own relationship with my dad. No matter what she does, Anne's dad always sides with her. On the subject of dehumanization, there are so many points that it is so hard to name them all. The largest example would be the fact that they have to go into HIDING!!! It's just so unfair... and down right wrong! I wish that I could just o back in time and slap Hitler!! They have become scared of their home all because of bullies wanting to rule the world. The absolute best example of text-text would be to Kill a MOckingbird. You all know that story. Tom Robinson was not only wrongly convicted but killed in the end. All because of dehumanization.
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I can relate the Holocaust that occurred in "The Diary of a Young Girl" to the Civil Rights period that happened in the USA. During both of these time periods a group of people from a certain culture was dehumanized. It was the Jews during the Holocaust and the African-Americans during the Civil Rights period. Both of these groups had to use separate bathrooms, drink from different water fountains, shop at different stores, and even go to different schools. Also in both of these time periods many people from each of these cultures were murdered by being hung or beaten. During these times these people felt way less than human.
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My text-to-text connection is between The Diary of a Young Girl and Journey of a Thousand Days. In Journey of a Thousand Days Dashiti is imprisoned in a tower as a servant to her lady. Both Dashiti and Anne keep a diary while they are imprisoned. Their diaries help them get their emotions out without hurting the people around them with their words. Another similarity between Anne and Dashiti is that they both dislike the people around them at at certain times. It would be hard to like the people all the time because you are in an enclosed area for an extended period of time. Anne was luckier than Dashiti because Anne had more people to interact with than Dashiti. Although Dashiti and Anne have many differences, their situations give them similarities.
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There were surprisingly many similarities and differences between me and Anne Frank than I had expected. She had many friends but not a true one; not that one special friend that she could share all her secrets with or enjoy and spend with….As a teenager, like Anne, that is the same case with me. Even though I have Ayoung, whom I am very close to ever since I came here, we don’t get to time to see each other except at school. I can also tell that Anne used to think beyond her age and into depth about life, just like I do. In addition, we are both religious, believe in God, and depend on Him.
ReplyDeleteDespite our similarites, her relationship with her mom and my relationship with mine is extremely different. I love my mom and I can depend on her so we are very close. Anne is not close to hers at all that she does not respect her and calls her “Mother” or “Momsy”; never “Mom.” I am loving this book dearly and it’s exciting to find so much similarities with her!
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A.W, You sent me down memory lane...when I was in middle school I had a spiral notebook that my best friend and I passed back and forth throughout the day with our musings, observations and critiques of our environs. Since it didn't look like a proper "note" we were never busted. (Unlike my experience in third grade when a sub intercepted a note and then read it outloud. Since I signed it, not only did I have to suffer the embarrassment of public scrutiny but I also got a detention!)
ReplyDeleteBen, my husband STILL receives a lot of criticism from his stepmom. I think that's why he's so strategic about lavishing praise on my two children.
ReplyDeleteAnne receives a lot of criticism from others but she also gives a fare amount, too!
SZ, I think that my dad's optimism and unwillingness to be labeled 'sick' by his leukemia helped him defy the odds and live longer than expected. He didn't tell us right away either. (Neither did my mom with her cancer.) I think that some people need time to wrap their brains around things before sharing. I'm in the other camp and need to TALK things out to help process big things.
ReplyDeleteCayman, great connection. It would also be very easy to connect your two world examples with our nation's dehumanization of native americans. (That's continues still today.)
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ReplyDeleteAnne Frank and I come from vastly different backgrounds, different countries, and have very little in common, except for one thing: the diary. I, too, have a diary, and like Anne, I write everything in it. It listens to everything I have to say without judging me or telling me I’m wrong. I can pour all of my thoughts and feelings into it, and all it does is listen. I am moving out of state nearly immediately after school ends, and like Anne, I can talk to no one except my diary. All of my hard feelings about moving, and Anne’s feelings about being in hiding are poured into one small book that does nothing but absorb, and give you a feeling of comfort beyond words.
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ReplyDeleteAnne and her father share a very close connection, a very strong bond. They obviously love each other very much. I have a good relationship with my father and I value it a lot.
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Anne being hidden away in a small room and being considered a freak reminds me of the Durseley's treatment of Harry in the Harry Potter series.
The first 50 pages really opened my eyes to the prejeduce outlook of the the nazi's against the jews. Jews were not allowed to own a bike or go to the theatre. Their freedoms were severely restricted. As things got worse they realized that going into hiding early was a life-saving desicion. I aslo took into account that there hide-out or annex was much more luxurious than the places other jews went incognito. I have a feeling that there lifestyle quality is going to decrease dramatically as i continue.....
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I have continued to page 112. Annne contines in her journal writing and book reading. And it has come to my intention how incredibly boring the annex is. All Anne does all day is read and listen to the radio. If i were her i wouldve stabbed myself in the leg for fun. Anne explains her extreme hatred towards her mother. Her mother asks permission o listen to Anne's prayers tonight and Anne answers "no momsy". Annes moter realizes her bahavior towards Anne has inpacted their relationship. There is now major tension in the Annnex. Mrs. Van Dan has her first "appointment" with Mr. Dussel. She screams wildly as her removes the rotten tooth. This book has really opened my eyes to everything i take for grantit. Such as novicane and daily good meals. They always talk about what a treat it is to have butter and sugar. And how privledged they are to take a bath, when the truth is i can take one 4 times a day. These last pages really helped me experience what its like to be incognito as a Holocast jew.
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Could something like this happen again?
ReplyDeleteI personally think that something like this COULD happen again. When I've talked about it with people in the past they always said how no, of course it couldn't. No one is that horrible. Would kill that many people just for being different. The world, or America at least, is highly tolerant and we could stop anyone who meant to do something like this. That the world is mostly good people.
Fine. There's a lot of good people in the world. But why are OUR good people fighting for freedom in the middle east? Why are they dying daily for the good of their people? Because there are still a lot of bad people. And there are still victims being hurt by them.
And, furthermore, there is still a LOT of discrimination in the world. I'm assaulted by it daily and a lot of times I don't even know it because it's subtle and has been incorporated into my life since I was very young.
The ideas of the past still linger and just covering that aspect, yes. I feel it could happen. But then people say we have the technology to find these bad people and kill/capture them before they can hurt (many) people... but what is to stop the other side from also having these weapons and defenses?
Yes, it could happen. No, it's not likely. But it COULD. Perhaps it would be less bad now. There are so many ways to communicate. People could flee to safety because they'd know what was happening faster. But I feel it could happen. Yes.
TEXT TO TEXT: Harry Potter and The Diary of Anne Frank
ReplyDeleteThe harsh treatment of the Jews during the Holocaust reminds me, honestly, of Harry Potter and the cruel treatment he received by his magic hating relatives. He thinks he's an oddity for something he can't control: how he was born. The Jews, the Romanies, and the Homosexuals couldn't control how they were born but we still hated and abused. They were told they were worthless and treated in that way, as was Harry. He was locked in a tiny room (the cupboard under the stairs) by his abusers and Anne and her family had to stay in the Secret Annex.
Both those affected by the Holocaust and Harry were deprived of a real childhood, where they could be happy and know that home was safe, that home is where you are loved and cared for. That no one is going to take your safety away.
Voldemort and Hitler both hate people for being different. For being born in a way they don't approve of. He killed muggles and muggle borns as Hitler killed Romanies, Gays, and Jews. Both evil men left many orphans, took many lives, and left scars on their respective worlds. And both impacted the two heroes (or the hero and the heroine) I use as my examples.
And both Harry and Anne died in the end, though the fictional hero came back and Anne-one girl of millions who died in the Holocaust- did not.
While these two books have many more differences than similarities, I still feel a tentative connection between the two in my mind.
Could something like this happen again?
ReplyDeleteAn event like the Holocaust could definitely happen again. An example of this was shown in the book The Wave. In Germany, people were very down and upset after they had lost World War I. Hitler was able to show Germany hope. The Germans wanted someone who could show them a better life. When a person shows people or a country hope, they will want to believe in them. Once the people were sucked in it was hard to get out. The Germans wanted help and Hitler could give it to them.
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The Diary of a Young Girl shares some surprising similarities with Life as We Knew It (Susan Pfeffer). Most obviously, they are both diaries of young girls growing up in trying environments. In The Diary Of a Young Girl, the trials are caused by other humans, as opposed to trials caused by nature in Life as We Knew It. However, many of the problems created are the same, such as need for adequate clothing and shelter and especially lack of food. In both of these books, the surrounding events lead to the death of many, causing the humanity of the afflicted parties to degenerate as people become apathetic to others and only think of getting themselves and their immediate family to survive. Everybody is dehumanized, whether because others dehumanize them by treating them as subhuman or because they dehumanize themselves by treating others as subhuman. Empathy is a basic human emotion, and when people become apathetic, they destroy their own humanity.
ReplyDeleteMy text to text connection is with the Dairy of Anne Frank and To Kill a Mockingbird. In both books, there is a young girl trying to get people to take her more serouisly and overall trying to figure out her own character. So overall, they both include the common theme of maturing. Anne always gets into quarrels with her mother and such about how she treats her. With her mother's crude jokes about her she is always very hurt. Everyone always tells her to be more like her perfect sisters who is soft spoken. Yet, Anne wants to be a strong character not some meek doormat. I think of Scout in this way too because she is also a very strong character, but because of their different parental controls Scout is allowed to show it and never punished for it as Anne is. ~Mk P-3
ReplyDeleteAnne Frank is a normal teenage girl, and as I have been reading The Diary of A Young Girl, I have noticed some similarities and many differences between us. Both Anne Frank and I are normal teenage kids who want to grow up and be more mature. I think education and knowledge is much more important to her life than it is to mine though. When Anne is hiding in the Secret Annex, education gives her a purpose. She reads, does math problems, and learns to keep herself occupied and entertained. Anne also faces some bullying as she hides in the Secret Annex. Mrs. Van Daan, a member of the family they are hiding with, constantly insults Anne by saying that she is spoiled, selfish, and immature. The person that comes to Annes aid the most is her father; this strengthens her relationship with her father, and at one time in the book she says that her dad is the only person she loves. In this situation, Mrs. Van Daan is the bully, Anne is the victim, and Anne's father is the bystander. Anne was a normal teen, and these stressful conditions were probably very hard on her.
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As I was reading The Diary of a Young Girl, i noticed many similarities between it and the Movie District 9. In both the book and the movie, there is a group of people or beings being treated like they are less than human. In District 9 however, the things being treated less than human are not humans, but aliens. In both cases though, the beings being discriminated against are not hated because of their intelectual ability, but because they are physically different. In both the movie and the book, the supposedly "dominant" race bullys and in some cases kills the supposedly "inferior" race. It is interesting to see the contrast in the works though; in District 9, humans from around the world are grouped together as the dominant race, and in the Diary of a Young Girl, only one race is dominant and that is the Germans. There were also some differences between the movie and the book. In the Diary of a Young girl the Jewish people were treated more severly than the aliens in District 9. I think this is because the human race has learned from its terrible mistakes during the holocaust, and has progressed. This is why i think it would be impossible for something like the holocaust to ever happen again.
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Persection, sadly, is not an uncommon event throughout history. In Anne Frank's diary, she writes of the persection that the Jews face in that time, such as not being allowed to go to movie theaters, or ride on public transportation, or not even being allowed to go to school with non-Jewish childern. But, many kids like Anne were in these situations. We most often think of the unfair treatment of African Americans until the 1960's. But it doesn't end there. Other small ethic groups were unfairly treated during World War Two, such as Jehovah's Witness, and gypsys. But, it doesn't even end there. Christians, homosexuals, and Mormans and a small number of groups that have been persected throughout history. And there is no doubt that groups are still persected today. (Text to World)
ReplyDeleteAnne Frank, is a normal teenager. She fights wither her mother and her sister, she desires to grow up, and longs for independence. Sounds like someone you know? We've all felt like this, and probably still do. In many ways, we can all relate to Anne Frank. Anne tells us of her clashes with those living in the "Secret Annex" and all the times shes unfairly judged and labeld as "Childish" and "Selfish". We've all be labeled like this, perhapes even from our elders. Anne, basically, feels the same emotions we do, and the same drive to be understood by tose around her. As the back of Anne's diary states, "Her story is that of every teenager, lived in conditions few teenagers have ever known."
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ReplyDeleteFor some reason, Anne Frank reminds me of Scout from "To Kill a Mocking Bird". She's free spirited and sometimes a little blunt, but has a personality all her own, just like Scout, which can get her in trouble. Her desire to be free and independent is very similar to Scout as well. Scout, like Anne, is misunderstood at times, and is learning about the world like Anne. The conditions they live in are somewhat alike as well. They both live in times were there is prescution of other groups other than white people. With Scout, African Americans were killed often times, due to te fact that their skin is black. For Anne, Jewish people were meet with similar treatment. The difference is, Anne is a victum in this, unlike Scout.
I noticed a huge example of Text-to-Text while reading "Diary of a Young Girl". In "The Wave", a school teacher progressively takes over the school, by luring them with things they would like, such as pets, and then telling them they must kill their pets, as a way to show that their loyalty for him is larger than their love for their pets. In many ways, these two books are alike. The students following the teacher did not realize they were joining something harmful because the teacher put it in a nice way. The members of the Wave would exclude others from their conversations and other things. This is very similar to the Holocaust, in that Hitler would make it seem like joining him was a positive thing. He also told his "followers" to discriminate against certain types/groups of people.
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How does education, religion, faith, philosophy, or belief make a difference?
ReplyDeleteI will just start off by saying, these intangible things make a lot more difference than many other things. Anne gets through the days in the Secret Annex by studying (excluding Peter). She can last those long and boring days because she is being educated. Education can also help in another way. If the Holocaust happened again, and I read this book, I would know more on how to survive and already be prepared for what is going to happen. I could be prepared for a burglary or pack and buy larger clothes which I could use for when I am in hiding.
Religion plays a larger role than education. If you are Christian, you have something to look forward to, eternal life. Also you would not be as worried as much because you know that God will protect you. Christianity teaches you to love your neighbor, so when you are living with many other querulous people, you are able to love and show love to them easily.
in the last 50 pages i read about the air bombings going on around Annes annex. She says she always has a bag packed even thopugh they would have no where else to go. she always shelters herself in the hallway/
ReplyDeleteThere are billions of people in the world. All differing vastly from another, yet somehow linked by a single similarity: we are all human. No human can live without emotion, no human can live without having someone to feel their emotions with them. We all need someone to talk to, someone to pour out our feelings to. For Anne Franks, that someone was her diary. Enclosed day and night in the Secret Annexe, like a caged animal in a zoo, Anne would explode if she didn't share her feelings with someone. I believe that everyone in this world is like Anne in that way. We all feel pain, we all feel sadness, and joy, and happiness. We all need someone we can share those feelings with. Whether a diary, a friend, or a family member, we all just need someone to listen.
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I see many examples of bullying in this book. Bullying can take place anywhere and with anyone. In the secret annex, I think the victim is mostly Anne. It seems that her mother, Ms. Van Daan, and Mr. Dussel are constantly criticizing Anne about the things she says, the way she acts, and anything she does. The way that Anne describes it, she is always walking on egg shells about the words she says, and she feels like nothing she can say or do will be "correct" or acceptable in the annex. She does feel, however, that her father is there to rescue her if she needs it. He is the only one who understands her ways; he has the same ones! The bulies are her mother, Mrs. Van Daan, and Mr. Dussel. The bystanders are Mr. Van Daan and Peter. And the victim is Anne.
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Could something like this happen again?
ReplyDeleteAn event like the Holocaust could certainly happen again. An example of this was shown in the book The Wave. In Germany, people were feeling very down and upset after losing World War I. Hitler was able to show Germany hope. The Germans wanted someone who could show them a better life. When a person shows people or a country hope that are down or upset they will want to believe that the person can help them. Once the people let Hitler come into power, it was difficult to get him out. The German people had wanted help, and Hitler showed signs that he could help the German people.
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How does the protagonist overcome obstacles?
ReplyDeleteAnne is not able to overcome the major obstacle in this book because she ends up dying at the end. However, Anne is able to overcome some of the obstacles that she faces while she is in hiding. One thing that bothers Anne is some of the people that she's living with. Living enclosed with the same group of people will eventually end in conflict. At the beginning of her diary, we see that Anne gets in trouble a lot with the adults because she talks too much and shares her opinion too often. Later on in her diary, we see that Anne is able to stay calm in these situations becuase she has a diary to pour out her innermost thoughts in. Her diary allows her to get her feelings out without hurting or bothering the people she is living with. This is one of the major obstacles that I saw Anne overcome during the course of the book.
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As i was reading The Diary of a Young Girl, i noticed a text to world connection between the holocaust and the discrimination of black people in South Africa during the time of apartheid. In both terrible periods in history, the rights and freedom of a group or groups of people were taken away. In The Diary of a Young Girl, many basic rights are taken from Jewish people. Jews had to wear yellow stars on their clothes to identify them as Jewish, their means of transportation were taken away, they could not go to school, and finally they were hunted down and killed. In South Africa, a white minority governed the black majority. They used a system of racial segregation called apartheid to stay in power; that consisted of segregation of schools and public facilities, they forced people out of their homes and made them move to a place where people of their own race lived, and black people were not even considered citizens of their own country. Both the Holocaust and Apartheid were fueled by predudice and hate. The Jewish people in Europe and the black people in South Africa experienced dehumanization. Although Apartheid was bad, millions of Jews Gypsies, and Homosexuals were killed in Europe during the Holocaust. It was terrible.
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While reading this novel, I noticed some ways in which courage is exemplified. The most obvious ways were displayed by Anne's father, Otto Frank. In the annex, Anne was bullied on a normal basis by her mother, Mrs. Van Daan, and Mr. Dussel. She felt she could do nothing correctly to be appreciated or acknowledged positively. Since her dad was her only secutiry blanket, she many times came to him to talk about her feelings. When her dad heard of these things, he would confront the people in the annex bothering Anne, and would talk to them and try to make Anne happy. Aside from these signs of courage, the entire annex (and the targets of Hitler, in general) have very much courage to risk their lives each day.
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How does education, religion, faith, philosophy, or belief make a difference?
ReplyDeleteI guess I want to start this by saying that faith makes a HUGE difference. But it shouldn't.
Throughout history, people of different faiths have been persecuted. A well known example of this would be the Christian "convert or die" method employed often on natives that had lived on the land they claimed for their own. Do the Crusades ring a bell for anyone? Most wars are based off of religion, in some way or another.
However, people who believe in what they fight for fight better. In that way, it makes a positive difference.
Regardless, most of it's touch on mankind has been tainted. Religion is not good or bad in itself. It's merely a tool. It is how people wield it that decides if it's good or evil. Adolf Hitler made it evil. The struggling Jews who learned what makes something worth keeping alive despite the risks, who are proud of their Jewish heritage, made it good. It's a deadly dance. And it takes two to tango.
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Besides the obvious connection of the Wave showing how something like the Holocaust could happen again, there's also a lot of subtle (and not-so-subtle) undercurrents that are shared between the books. The motto of Mr. Ross in the book "Strength through discipline" and he continues to say it's not just about keeping control to stay smart or anything like that, it's about power and success, the former of which Adolf Hitler craved and abused and the latter which he sought. And he begins to show the subtle shifts of your self image, among other things, that gave you power. He had you sit up straight, firm, strong. Had you breathe easier, deeper, better. And with that, you felt pride. And you did what you were told as best you could. When others are doing something and you're all alone, it's easier to slip into the mob mentality than swim against the current. But you HAVE to do what you think is right. Even if you feel out of place doing what you believe, you should do it anyways. But it was hard for most of these kids- and their parents- to find that courage. Anne Frank had a lot of courage. It would have taken courage to keep going to her Jewish school. But it took just as much to leave all of her friends (such as Hello and Lies) behind and go into hiding. She was a brave little girl as Laurie, who stood up against the Wave, was.
I can relate to Anne Frank in a few ways. I think the most similar thing we had in common was we both have an older sister who we think is just too goody-goody. Both of our sisters got fantastic grades, and in both scenario's are parents don't understand why we can't just be the same as our older sibling. Another way I can relate to Anne is that we both have had to grow up in an environment where pretty much everyone is in each others' business all the time. Sometimes I could use more than just a night's rest in my room to just let my thoughts sink in for a little longer, and I think Anne Frank probably felt sort of similar when writing her story. In many ways we share similar wants and environments, but that just makes the book even more powerful.
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ReplyDeleteDehumanization occurs all over the world. In all areas of the world, people are not accepted because of their race and physical appearance. People need to walk into the victim's shoes to see what the person's life is really like, and so people can stop bullying the victim. In China and Korea, they treat the Japanese horribly because they hold a grudge against them since how the Japanese mistreated them from World War II. They go to extents where they do not even by any Japanese cars or technology products. Jewish people sometimes do not like Germans because of Hitler and the way the Nazis treated them. If both stood in an innocent civilians shoes of both Japan and Germany, China and the Jewish people could understand them better.
There is another type of dehumanization that is based on wealth. If you were to seat a man who owns 20 mansions or a beggar at the head of your table while not know either very well, who would you seat? You would probably put the rich man at the head of the table while disrespecting the poor man. This is similar to dehumanization by physical appearance too. The shabby poor man would not be placed at the head of the table. Do not judge by appearances, judge a man by his character.
Who is the bully, bystander, and victim in the Diary of Anne Frank?
ReplyDeleteI think the bully and the victim are somewhat obvious in this case. During the Holocaust, millions of Jews, Gypsies, and Homosexuals were killed by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party of Germany. However, since we I have to answer this question based on the book, I would say that Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party are the bullies, and just the Jewish community in and around Germany are the victims. As for the bystander, this is a tough one to call. However, I would have to say that the bystander is the country of Holland, including its citizens and government, for just watching thousands and thousands of Jews taken from hiding places and homes to the ovens of concentration camps, without even trying to tell Germany that what they are doing is wrong. In the Diary of Anne Frank, yes her family does receive support and help from some friends by receiving food and occasional sweets, but the country of Holland as a whole never tried to help them. Instead Anne's family is left hopelessly tied to their radio hoping for some kind of international help. That is why I say Adolf Hitler and the Nazis are bullies, the European Jewish Community are victims, and in Anne's case, Holland is the bystander.
I see courage exemplified by when she has to jump into her new life style. Even thought she was forced to hiding, she still had to have the courage to adjust to her new home. People love it when things change around them, but are scared to change themselves. The changes she made in her character were amazing. She went from seeing only her parents arguments to regarding both sides of the arguments between them and the van Daans and Mr. Dussel. Anne Frank did not complain out loud about how bad the food was. She did not burst in trepidation when the burglars or police came near the Secret Annex. She also held her fear when machine gun fire was heard and the air raids were occurring. Her courage was increased during her 2 years in the Secret Annex.
ReplyDeleteAfter working on Mrs. Jackson's Georgia Studies Project for the past 5 hours straight, my text- to- world connection just had to be comparing the Holocaust to the treatment of captured Union troops during the Civil War in Anderson-ville Prison. Now six-million people did not die at Anderson-ville Prison, and race was not what determined whether you were killed or not, but the main similarity they did share was that of dehumanization. In both the Holocaust and Anderson-Ville Prison, Jews and in this case, captured soldiers, had limits on where to walk, when to walk, what they were allowed to hold on to, or what they had to give away, or suffer the consequences. In both the Holocaust and Anderson-Ville Prison, the victims of abuse(Jews and Union Soldiers) had to make "homes" out of what they could find or just simply hide. The most common thing both shared was that during the Holocaust, as more and more Jews were killed in concentration camps, more and more would come in. This was the same with Anderson-Ville, the more soldiers that died because of abuse or mistreatment, more captured soldiers would come in. So, both sites would dehumanize people for a very long time, and in the end, both sites killed too many lives to want to count because of dehumanization.
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ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, in the long-run, Anne Frank is killed trying to survive the Holocaust, which was the ultimate obstacle. However, the smaller, more detailed obstacles which she faced during her experience hiding were some things she could overcome. Many of the obstacles came from people like the Van Daans' when they would get annoyed by how Anne would sound sometimes. Anne would overcome these annoyances by simply keeping comments to herself from then on if she thought they would anger others at a meal. Another example would be when Dussell did not want Anne to use the extra space in the Secret Annexe for so long because he wanted it, Anne would have her dad talk to Dussell and a compromise would be made. Anne's dad served as a comfort blanket for her much throughout the writing of her diary. Stress, my final example of an obstacle, was dealt with either by writing in her diary or by spending time with Peter, so Anne Frank really did manage to solve a lot of pesky problems throughout her tangle with the Holocaust.
How is courage exemplified in the Diary of Anne Frank?
ReplyDeleteI think one of the most frequently courageous people in the story is Otto Frank. He constantly showed courage by help settling disputes between family and friends quickly and efficiently throughout his time hiding. Especially, when it came to Anne's problems with mother, Dussell, or the Van Daans, Otto would always be out to fix the problem, practically wrapping his daughter Anne in a blanket of protection and safety. There were other times as well, such as when burglars would try to rob the "Secret Annexe", Otto Frank would be the one that kept everyone else calm. Even on his birthday's, Otto Frank was someone who didn't expect something in return for all the good he did. Overall, if it wasn't for Mr. Frank, the "Secret Annexe" would not lasted nearly as long as it did with him.
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ReplyDeleteIn the book I currently reading, Son of HAMAS, the boy Mosab Hassan Yousef is driven away from his land by Israelis who were going to the newly founded country. This analysis may seem weird because it accuses Jews of doing what we accuse other races of doing to Jews. In this book,
Although Mosab was not forced into hiding, once he was taken into custody and beaten by Israelis who seemed like they were kind of like the Gestapo, because they took him in a car and brought him to an Israeli town in the middle of the might and made him walk across a desert back to his village. Also he is afraid that Israeli Zionists will kill or torture him, just like Anne Frank fears that the Gestapo will find and send to her to a concentration camp.
How does education, religion, faith, philosophy, or belief make a difference?
ReplyDeleteReligion and belief obviously made a difference in Anne’s life. The only reason she and her family had to hide was because they were Jews and they believed in God. My religious status also made a difference in my life. When I was in Korea, I wasn’t truly Christian, so my point of view towards life in general was different. But after I came here and started being more like a Christian, it seemed like life made more sense…and more different. My friends’ jokes bothered me when it was about religions or Christianity or God. I tried to explain my concept to them, but they wouldn’t listen. If it was two years before, those jokes wouldn’t have concerned me at all.
Education is one of the major factors that make a huge difference in people’s lives. Since I’m from Korea, education makes a heavy, serious impression on me. I believe that jobs with high wages are all related to education; office workers, diplomats, professors, etc. Anne always did her school work in the Secret Annex by reading all sorts of books. She said those things always kept her busy. I don’t think anyone would want to do studying when they could do chores, listen to the radio…except me because I hate chores. So, in my opinion, education, religion, and belief make a big difference and an influence in others’ lives.
Anne acts not much differently than teenagers today. To me, one of the most obvious is Anne's hobby of learning about celebrities, including the royal families, of her time. Not much has changed; people still obsess themselves with the lives of actors, musicians, and other famous people. Like the royal wedding a few weeks ago proves, the royal families still generate a lot of media attention. I find it amazing that, even in hiding, Anne could still be enamored by celebrities. Perhaps it helped her retain a semblance of normalcy.
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ReplyDeleteWell, all of these things make a difference in history as well as this book, like Sarah D. many wars and conflicts are caused by religion, like the war in the Middle East right now. But also, in the lives of the Franks religion was important to them and they celebrated their holidays, but they seem to be very open- minded about religion because Otto lets Anne read a bible to memorize the New Testament(the life of Jesus and his followers) and they celebrate Christmas. Even though I am not Jewish, I am a religious person so i find it good that the Franks do not give up their religion in times of trouble as many people do. I think it is important that the Franks did not give up their religion because religion is part of your identity and the Nazis had already taken away their German identity so it is important that they hold onto themselves.
How could something like this happen again?
ReplyDeleteWell, this could happen again if another leader like Hitler rose to power, and God knows that there are more of them in this World, and it is likely that this will happen again, not necessarily to the Jews, but genocides will happen again, because people see people like Hitler as strong leaders and side with them against any enemy that the leader chooses, in Hitler's case the Jews, but other leaders like Hitler, can arise and use their power for evil.
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ReplyDeleteThe story of the Holocaust reminds of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda where the minorities the Tutsi were overthrown by the Hutu majority. Then the Hutus killed most of the Tutsi. This reminds me of the Holocaust because a group rose to power then killed those who opposed it. The Rwanda Genocide killed 800,000-1,000,000 people over 20% of the country's population. Though this does not nearly meet the 11 to 17 million killed by Hitler, it was still an exponential amount of the Rwandans and a tragedy that cannot be undone.
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ReplyDeleteAnne Frank overcomes obstacles like, being mistreated, not being respected, or even being ignored, by writing in her diary. Her diary is her self prescribed medicine, she can methodically write down her everyday thoughts without having the fear of being yelled at or teased. She can express her opinions without discrimination and she can let her anger out through the diary instead of yelling at someone. Anne Frank also mentioned that she becomes very noisy when she is depressed in order to block out the voices in her head bringing her down. This action also has a downfall though, making the other residents in the Annex become annoyed with Anne's cacophony. Another ailment Anne uses to ease her burdens is talking to Peter. He provides a shelter and trust worthy character Anne needs to get through the day. She looks forward to talking to peter so this gets her through her day. Anne is very resourceful when it comes to overcoming her obstacles.
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ReplyDeleteAnne Frank reminds me of Katniss Everdeen in the book "The Hunger Games". They are both very brave and are longing for someone in which they can share there life with. They are also both dehumanized and treated less than human. In "The Hunger Games", Katniss is dehumanized by the capital and Anne is dehumanized by the Germans. I also saw that both Anne and Katniss longed to be out in nature and enjoy it. Neither was allowed to go and expirience nature outside of where they were trapped but Katniss was determined to feed her family so she took a chance and went out to hunt. I see Katniss' and Anne's situations very similarly.
In "The Diary of a Young Girl" I see the theme of courage and cowardice. Anne is very couragous and is always trying to make her life better while she is in hidding. On the other hand the Van Daans are cowards. They think that the Holocaust will never end and that they will be in hiding for ever. Mrs. Van Daan Especially is always grumpy and in a bad mood. If they would get there mind of their bad time in the Secrete Annexe like Anne does then they might feel a little better.
ReplyDeleteIn the book diary of anne Frank there is a text to world connection that i have found, and that connection is slavery. Many slaves were treated unfairly and some of them were even on the run like Anne and her family. Also the same way slaves got away was the same way Jews got away, hiding. In both cases people's houses were searched and they were discriminated aginst because they were different. Another thing is that when caught slaves were taken back to their farms like the jews were taking back to concentration camps.In both of these examples both people were treated less then human.
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I also certianly think that an event like this could happen again. All that it would need to happen again is a powerful leader that the people trust and a race or group to discriminate agaist. That race or group being discriminated against could be anyone of those that are out there. There is still racism in our world today and i never think it will stop so I think that something like this could easily happen again.
ReplyDeleteA similarity between Anne and me is our shared interest in mythology. I also can list the muses and main loves of Zeus, but some of the more obscure affairs of Hercules require a Sisyphean effort to commit to memory. And, like Margot and Pim, I am also learning Latin. One of the appeals of the classics is that they do not change much. While modern education, like our Quack vocabulary videos, provides quick memorization and are more appealing to the average person, a more classical approach like what we had last year lends more comprehension.
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ReplyDeleteIn Anne Frank, the families all exemplify courage when they first went into hiding. It took a whole lot of bravery to leave everything you know, and never look back. But i think Mr. Klienman, Mr. Kugler, Miep, and Bep all show a whole lot of courage when they help the Frank, Van Daans, and Mr. Dussel in the Annex. They know the high risk it is to help and assist these families but they don't stop checking on the families and they dont betray the families trust. I also think the men of the Annex showed a lot of courage when there was a robbery in the factory and then men were the first to go down to chase off the burglars. All the men show courage when they wait at the door of the Annex when the police are rattling at the bookcase. Peter shows bravery when he patrols the Annex at night to make sure everything is locked up. This book is filled with bravery and courage, there are many good examples to use.
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How do you see the roles of bully, victim, and bystander?
ReplyDeleteMost of the time in the Secret Annex, it is obvious that Anne is the victim of bullying and Mrs. Frank, Mrs. van Daan, and Mr. Dussel are usually the bullies. Anne gets scolded at because she is the youngest and the “troublemaker.” Her momsy, as Anne calls her, likes Margot better than Anne and they rarely agree with each other, so they have an awkward relationship. Mrs. van Daan always thinks that she’s right (but most of the time she’s not) and she is very head-strong. Because of this personality, whenever Anne tries to correct her, she thinks Anne is an insolent little girl who talks back to adults. Mr. Dussel and Anne definitely do not go together, especially since they share the same room. When Anne does the tiniest thing that Mr. Dussel does not approve, he scolds or argues with Anne. For example, when Anne took his pillow to use it when she was studying, he got very mad and warned her not to take his possessions. Anne’s father was the bystander; he didn’t do anything to defend his daughter because he didn’t want to offend the other people.
In the movie Boy in the Striped Pijamas and the book diary of Anne Frank there are some connections that really pop out. first off there's how the Jews are being treated. They are treated as if they are not human. Sometimes they were even killed for no reason. However in the movie, the main character is the son of a german soldier. This little boy sees that Jews are being treated unfairly the and befriends one. This child is kind of like the people who take in the Frank's. Also in the book Anne and her family are treated terribly and Have to leave there home so as to try and avoid to not got to concentration camps. However like the concentration camps in the movie Anne and her family get sent to one. It's sad to see what our world was once reduced to, but this just shows the unfairness man is capable of.
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In the book Diary of Anne Frank there is a text to text connection between the diary and the book Maus. In the book Maus a man named Vladek must take himself and his family into hiding to avoid terroism from the Germans, this same event happened in Diary of Anne Frank. In the book Anne and her family have to hide with her family another Jewish family and the family that actually lives there. In Vladek's book he has to hide his family to avoid harassment as well but unlike Anne he doesnt stay in one place for long. These are both examples of dehunamizing people.
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ReplyDeleteIn Anne Frank, there is a lot of family chemistry, good and bad, but one can easily see the bad. The victim is easily, Anne. Sadly, there are many bullies Anne has in the Annex, Mrs. Van Daan, Mr. Dussel, and her mom. I can observe that her mom is bully, because Anne has mentioned in her diary times when her mom has made sarcastic remarks that have actually hurt Anne's feelings, her mom making fun of her when she cries,and the list goes on. The bystander in this case would be Anne's father, he always turns a blind eye and a deaf ear whenever Anne is being mistreated by her mother, or when Anne tries to talk to her dad about how unfair her mother is. The balance could be tipped if Anne's father took a stand and talked to his wife about the way Anne should be parented or just a friendly reminder that Anne is her daughter and not a worker. The other bullies in Anne's life would be Mr. Dussel and Mrs. Van Daan. They both criticize Anne on how she was raised, or if she is being to loud, and they are both quick to point out her faults. In both cases, the bystanders are everyone else in the Annex. The balance could be tipped if an adult talked to either Mr. Dussel or Mrs. Van Daan that they are being unfair to be so cruel to a 14 year old. Poor Anne has to deal with all these bullies in her life, and the unfair thing is that they are all older than her and should know better. Anne has a strong character that helps her deal with these obstacles of her life. Anne is a great inspiration when it comes to dealing with bullies.
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Could something like this happen again?
ReplyDeleteI believe there is a chance something similar to the Holocaust could happen again. Racism and anti-Semitism have decreased a lot from the past, but there are still many people around the world who has negative feelings and opinions toward a race or a religion. No one wants something even close to the Holocaust happening again but who knows? Another crazy person with his weird thoughts can try to be the second Hitler, or something close to him. I hope it doesn't happen during my lifetime or in the future because people need to respect others no matter what because they are human too.
The book diary of Anne Frank can be linked to many world events. One of them is the racism aginst blacks. Like Anne Frank blacks were openly abused and it was almost as if the Ku Klux Klan were like the Germans. Their hoses were burned down and people were killed just for fun. This happened in real life and in the book. Many people were prejudce aginst blacks in the US and jews in Germany. Also these events happened very close to each other and have some things in common.
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I don’t know how Anne didn’t get as freaked out about moving as I would have thought she would have been. When I was in Kindergarten my parents told me that we were moving and they said I went running into my room crying before they could even tell me where. When they calmed me down and told me that we were just moving across the street, I was so happy because we were moving to a bigger house. I think that Anne Frank was a very mentally strong and brave person to be able to leave everything and go into hiding.
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There is a text to movie connection between the book Diary of Anne Frank and the movie Inglorious Bastards. In the movie there's a group of Jews who travel around Germany trying not to get caught. They face the same terroization as Anne and her family. However the difference is that they group tried to kill as many Germans as possible. While Anne and her family just tried to stay alive. Another comminality between the two was that they both had to hide to avoid being caught. Anne Frank can be connected to many things, this is just one.
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