Friday, May 9, 2008

number 7

I think a lot of people ask the question, out of those hundres and thousands of jews why was Anne dedicated after the holocaust? Inspite of the jews who wrote diaries like Anne did during the holocaust I think they weren't dedicated because Anne had a unique personality which was a very outgoing and naughty personality but there was something in Annes mind that stopped her from being afraid. An example is when the Germans know that they were in the secret annex Anne doesn't ask Peter "What are we going to do? Are we going to die?" No she says to Peter look at the skies aren't they beautiful? And she makes jokes up to make him feel better even though they are about to get sent to the concentration camps and eventually die. This scene I would consider very ironic, but if it was Anne's point of view it wouldn't be strange to her because it is her own personality that she knows better than anyone else does and that makes her so special.

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Question 5 F

The 8 jews in this scene celebrate hannukah and getting presents that aren't very valuable in price but were valuable in heart and a lot of thought was put into those presents from Anne. By looking at Mr. Dussel's reaction and questions, he didn't seem to be a jew at all, he didn't even know what Hannikah was. Anyways when all this happy celebration is resuming there is this distraction where the green police actually come in the building, and there is this sudden silence where everyone becomes so still that they don't move a bit. Because of this persistency of silence the green police are about to leave until Peter's cat tips of a can and makes a noise, this is when the police assume that there are people in the building, but fortunately the cat cries and the green police leave. Peter's cat had made the possibilities higher for them to go to the concentration camp.

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

conflicts

These are the conflicts by the end of scene three
Anne and Peter: They don't like eachother because Anne hid peter's shoes and it becomes more of a big deal. They make a lot of noise making it dangerous for the other 6 to get caught by the green police
Anne and Mr. Van daan: Mr. Van Daan tells her off by saying she is noisy and annoying. This is also dangerous because of the loudness, and if they weren't to get along with eachother they wouldn't trust eachother to be safe making it dangerous for each and one of them.
Mr. Van Daan and Mrs. Van Daan: Mrs. Van Daan argues that Mr. Van Daan is using too much money on smoking cigarrettes. This could be dangerous to the people in the secret annex because Mr. Van Daan might have a possibility of getting some cigarrettes out of the building.

Sunday, May 4, 2008

5 question c

In page 383 it shows Peter having teenage attitudes towards his own mother. (Mrs. Van Daan) "Now is that anyway to talk to your little girlfriend?" (PEter) "Mother.. for heaven's sake ... will you please stop saying that?" (Mrs. Van Daan) "Look at him blush! Look at him!" (Peter) "Please! I'm not... anyway... let me alone will you? THis indicates that he has a typical attitude to her mother because teenagers at this age are usually shy and have cooties with girls. I think that Anne doesn't have a typical attitude like Peter does, she isn't embarrassed of being mature and being close to boys she actually encourages Peter to dance with her.

Saturday, May 3, 2008

5 question B

I think that the hardest part of life in the secret annex is being discovered by the NAzi's which includes being quiet, not going to the bathroom, etc. But more specifically it would be really hard for me to not go to the bathroom from morning to night. I wouldn't be able to cope with it. But being quiet and sharing a room with a stranger is no problem with me unless I don't live. Because if we get caught thats it, we don't have a choice but to die. And also faith of the people keeping us safe is another major fear. Because they could easily tell the dutch that we are here by being threatened to go to the concentration camps by the Nazi's.

A. questions 5

I think that the quote "But always remember this Anneke. There are no walls, there are no bolts, no locks that anyone can put on your mind." I think before this quote Mr. Frank is trying to say is that they are now caged and have to live in a new environment but in this quote he is trying to say that no one can control her future and what she desires, which means there is still hope for her and that she can make her dream come true once the holocaust is over. And after he says that Mr. Frank talks about studying and educating her so her chances of her dream could be high. I think that this statement is not always true there could be times when your parents control your future and want what you don't want. But in Anne's situation I think she has the power to do what she wants because she has such a stubborn personality.

Foreshadowing

I think that MR. Frank breaks down crying when he sees the glove because it reminds him of his wife, because it said that it was a woman's glove. It gives him bad memories of his family being killed in the concentration camps and he was the only survivor out of those 8 people so he feels very bad and kind of guilty. He feels as if he didn't have anything to live for anymore because of the loss of his family