What do you think this play reveals about our need for freedom? About the power of love? About courage and hope? About good and evil? In your answers, consider how the play’s themes relate to the themes of another work, such as The Taming of the Shrew.
I think this play tells us that freedom is a thing that you create by yourself. Trying your best and trying hard creates freedom to do something. Freedom is also important because Holocaust was the fight of Jews who wants freedom from Nazis. I think if you have no hope, there won't be any freedom because you have to hope and try something to let it work, not just stay calm and wait for it. Being with your famil is the most important and i believe that freedom is not always doing what you want and doing what we have to do, like being with family and knowing the love of family. I think "A Boat to Nowhere" was also a book that had a theme of family and "The Diary of Anne Frank" has almost all same thing because they are having a journey that could look impossible but they have hope. Still there are conflicts like pirates and polices comming in to the building and looking for a Secret Annex. I think reading "A Boat to Nowhere" helped me understand this play.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Monday, May 5, 2008
Fame of Holocaust: Question 6
Why are there so many books, movies, documentaries, etc. about the Holocaust? Why do we keep retelling this story? Holocaust has been such a big thing and it is a big issue right now. In Germany, teachers are teaching about Holocaust and telling them it should never happen again and they teach them to prevent the deadly event that could happen later. Holocaust killed millions and millions of people in the concentration camp and it was only few type of race like Jews and Gypsies. I think that could have ended the race. That was kind of racist and I think that is against Human rights. I think it was one of the most killing time period because it was during the World War II and everyone was scared. Basically people got evidence like Anne Frank's diary and there were survivors, from those deadly camps so it is really famous and repeating. When American took Japanese and put them into Concentration camps, they didn't kill alot of people and there was reasons for that, but Hitler and Nazis killing Jews didn't have reason. One of the reason that Hitler didn't like Jews was that, Jews were smart so they became chief advisor of Germany, and they made strategies and other tactical things in WWI so Hitler is saying that they lost cause of Jews and they should revenge and let them be punished this time. Germany had to pay alot of money cause of what they did and they basically lost the war so they have to give money to the winners and they had to repair their country again. There are still mysteries and i think Holocaust wasn't totally bad because Germany learned and experimented things for Medical purposes in Jews. Now Germany has better medical system. If Holocaust wasn't in the history, there won't be Hitler, Mussolini and all those guys and problems with Jews.
Discovered: Question 5f
Act I, Scenes 4, 5: Describe how the Hanukkah celebration in Scene 5 is interrupted. What does Peter do to make matters worse? According to Dussel, how will this incident lead to their discovery by the police?
In Hanukkah celebration a robber came in and went out cause of the noise the cat made. Mr. Frank tried to go out and close the door, but the police came so they had to comeback and hid. They had to be fast. Mouschi, the trouble maker, made a noise and the police where really thinking about it and asking theirselves where the sound comes from. Later Mouschi makes those cat noise and finally the police notices that it was a cat sound and goes away. Everyone was really nervous and fearful because the police almost foundout the Secret Annex. They had problems with the cat and the cat-allergic person, Mr. Dussel tried to take away the cat and send it away, but Anne and Peter stopped it. Mr. Dussel always say the negative things and he think he is caught and the next day, Mr. Kraler came and told someone kind of knew there is hidden room behind the bookshelf and he wants better payment. Mr. Dussel told Mr. Kraler to pay him more because he could be telling everyone and if he does they are in big danger. Mr. Dussel was wise but he is selfish that he wants to be alive. I think it could work, but people's mouth is not that heavy, so he could just say it in once and Franks, Van Danns, and Dussel could go to the concentration camps.
In Hanukkah celebration a robber came in and went out cause of the noise the cat made. Mr. Frank tried to go out and close the door, but the police came so they had to comeback and hid. They had to be fast. Mouschi, the trouble maker, made a noise and the police where really thinking about it and asking theirselves where the sound comes from. Later Mouschi makes those cat noise and finally the police notices that it was a cat sound and goes away. Everyone was really nervous and fearful because the police almost foundout the Secret Annex. They had problems with the cat and the cat-allergic person, Mr. Dussel tried to take away the cat and send it away, but Anne and Peter stopped it. Mr. Dussel always say the negative things and he think he is caught and the next day, Mr. Kraler came and told someone kind of knew there is hidden room behind the bookshelf and he wants better payment. Mr. Dussel told Mr. Kraler to pay him more because he could be telling everyone and if he does they are in big danger. Mr. Dussel was wise but he is selfish that he wants to be alive. I think it could work, but people's mouth is not that heavy, so he could just say it in once and Franks, Van Danns, and Dussel could go to the concentration camps.
Conflicts: Question 5d
Act I, Scenes 1-3: List the conflicts that have developed among the characters by the end of Scene 3. Why are these conflicts dangerous for the people in the Secret Annex? What other conflicts do you think might arise?
I think when Mr. Dussel came in there are alot of conflicts with the cat and everything, especially Anne has a lot of problems using the same room. I think if Mr. Dussel and the famliy, especially Anne and Peter fight with him, one day when he gets out he will tell everyone where they are and try to attack them. Mr.Dussel is really picky and he is really selfish which makes harder for others. He tries to take a bigger piece of cake and he is not gentle and generous enough to let other have more when he have less. I think they could get caught cause Anne, Peter, Mouschi, and Mr. Dussel could fight each other because of their friendship and cause of the cat-allergy. I think Mr. Dussel is like one of those little kid that is really selfish and doesn't know others, but himself. I think if Mr. Dussel finds another place he will tell the neighbors and the Franka and the Van Daan family will get dangerous.
I think when Mr. Dussel came in there are alot of conflicts with the cat and everything, especially Anne has a lot of problems using the same room. I think if Mr. Dussel and the famliy, especially Anne and Peter fight with him, one day when he gets out he will tell everyone where they are and try to attack them. Mr.Dussel is really picky and he is really selfish which makes harder for others. He tries to take a bigger piece of cake and he is not gentle and generous enough to let other have more when he have less. I think they could get caught cause Anne, Peter, Mouschi, and Mr. Dussel could fight each other because of their friendship and cause of the cat-allergy. I think Mr. Dussel is like one of those little kid that is really selfish and doesn't know others, but himself. I think if Mr. Dussel finds another place he will tell the neighbors and the Franka and the Van Daan family will get dangerous.
Mind-Controls: Question 5a
5a. "But always remember this, Anneke. There are no walls, there are no bolts, no locks that anyone can put on your mind." Explain what you think this statment means. Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not?
This statement is kind of complecated, but it is also a meanginful one. I think this statement is saying that even though someone hurts and threaten you, you will always be strong enough to hold what you have in your head. For example, if you get caught and go to the concentration camp and they ask you who helped, usually kids or teenagers say the real man, which is Mr. Kraler and Miep. This statement tells how Anne used to be loud and tell everyone what she knew and not quiet like Margot. In this period, there is Holocaust, and Hitler and the Nazis are trying to insert or brain-wash people to think that Jews are wrong and what Nazi does is right. It is same as how Kim Il Song did to his people. He told everyone and brain-washed his citizens that he is the god and they have to believe in him. In North Koreans situation it means that you have to go against Kim and not believe that and don't let Kim controll their mind. I believe that being a prisoner is a really bad thing so we try to get out by telling something secret and i think this statement will help Anne to not do that and be strong. It was kind of meaningful because when someone says something about you , you just can't let them say that you are bad or something mean. You should lock your brain and think what you think you are which is type of having a positive self-esteem.
This statement is kind of complecated, but it is also a meanginful one. I think this statement is saying that even though someone hurts and threaten you, you will always be strong enough to hold what you have in your head. For example, if you get caught and go to the concentration camp and they ask you who helped, usually kids or teenagers say the real man, which is Mr. Kraler and Miep. This statement tells how Anne used to be loud and tell everyone what she knew and not quiet like Margot. In this period, there is Holocaust, and Hitler and the Nazis are trying to insert or brain-wash people to think that Jews are wrong and what Nazi does is right. It is same as how Kim Il Song did to his people. He told everyone and brain-washed his citizens that he is the god and they have to believe in him. In North Koreans situation it means that you have to go against Kim and not believe that and don't let Kim controll their mind. I believe that being a prisoner is a really bad thing so we try to get out by telling something secret and i think this statement will help Anne to not do that and be strong. It was kind of meaningful because when someone says something about you , you just can't let them say that you are bad or something mean. You should lock your brain and think what you think you are which is type of having a positive self-esteem.
Teenage: Question 5c
5c. Do Anne and Peter seem to have typical teenage attitudes toward their families?
I think they do have those typical teenage attitudes toward their families. One thing is that when Mrs. Van Daan talked about her legs in the past and how many boyfriends he had embarassed Peter, but that interested Anne. Girls are really curious and outgoing in that stage, but Peter is just shy. I think Peter is one of those shy teenage guy that doesn't want to talk until you get really friendly. He won't talk to someone first because he is scared. I am not sure about this, but i think Peter is scared cause of his apperance and he is scared of what other people will comment on how he look and how he act. Peter gets embarrased alot in this story cause of his mother and usually teenage doesn't like their parents and try to be alone. Peter is in that stage where he wants to be alone with his pet, Mouschi. Anne doesn't really like their parents because their paretns like Margot. I think this is almost close to the stories because in fictions, there is the perfect sister and you have to follow her and if you make mistakes you get punished and you hate that. Anne doesn't like Mr. Frank and Mrs. Frank, but I think she likes to be with Mrs. Van Daan more because she doesn't really have a personal thing or a thing that she covers it up. I think Mrs. Van Daan is open for any questions so Anne is more freer to her and get closer to her. Mrs. Van Daan talks about Anne being Peter's girlfriend. Peter hates that because he is shy and doesn't want his inside to show the outsdie. In other hand, Anne doesn't really care because it could be true and at first when they came to the Secret Annex Anne was bugging Peter which means it is sign of liking him. I think they might have different type of characteristics from our teenage because it is the past and we are in the modern times.
I think they do have those typical teenage attitudes toward their families. One thing is that when Mrs. Van Daan talked about her legs in the past and how many boyfriends he had embarassed Peter, but that interested Anne. Girls are really curious and outgoing in that stage, but Peter is just shy. I think Peter is one of those shy teenage guy that doesn't want to talk until you get really friendly. He won't talk to someone first because he is scared. I am not sure about this, but i think Peter is scared cause of his apperance and he is scared of what other people will comment on how he look and how he act. Peter gets embarrased alot in this story cause of his mother and usually teenage doesn't like their parents and try to be alone. Peter is in that stage where he wants to be alone with his pet, Mouschi. Anne doesn't really like their parents because their paretns like Margot. I think this is almost close to the stories because in fictions, there is the perfect sister and you have to follow her and if you make mistakes you get punished and you hate that. Anne doesn't like Mr. Frank and Mrs. Frank, but I think she likes to be with Mrs. Van Daan more because she doesn't really have a personal thing or a thing that she covers it up. I think Mrs. Van Daan is open for any questions so Anne is more freer to her and get closer to her. Mrs. Van Daan talks about Anne being Peter's girlfriend. Peter hates that because he is shy and doesn't want his inside to show the outsdie. In other hand, Anne doesn't really care because it could be true and at first when they came to the Secret Annex Anne was bugging Peter which means it is sign of liking him. I think they might have different type of characteristics from our teenage because it is the past and we are in the modern times.
Hardship: Question 5b
5b. What do you think would be the hardest part of life in the Secret Annex: the fear of discovery, the need to keep silent for hours at a time, the sharing of cramped quarters with strangers, or some other aspect? Explain.
I think the hardes part of living in the Secret Annex is the fear of discovery. You have your family to be safe from the strangers and living with the strangers and strangers are not going to do something to you because they are in the same situation and they will need more people as they need. If they want help and advantage toward the NAZIs they will have to stick together, so being with strangers are not the most hardest part. In other hand getting discovered is really fearful and scary thing to happen. They went into the Secret Annex to not get caught, but if you get caught or discovered you failed your mission and their will be no hope because it is deadly inside the concentration camps. In my view, having fear everytime for everything you do is the worst thing. You can't do anything because if you make any small squeaky noise you get caught and you go to the concentration camp. People die in concentration camps, and if they get caught that lead to hell or the concentration camps. Somoe suriviors describe the concentration camps as hell because they use those Jews and other people to test some medical things and experiment and just kill. Getting discovered could happen really easily because if you just make noise while everyone or normal Germans work in that building. With a little squeak you get caught and you die. It is tragic that you die after getting discovered and that is really sad because if you have other problems in the building inside with strangers you will have your family members, but in concentration camp you are alone maybe you will be with you family members, but that is by luck because in Anne's case his father lived but Anne died.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Foreshadowing: Question 4
Answer one of the following questions: Foreshadowing: foreshadowing is the use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in the plot. Why does Mr. Frank break down when he sees the glove?
This shows that Mr. Frank is a gentle man that could cry for others and care about others. There are people like Mr. Van Daan that later sells his wife's fur coat. Mr. Frank's action kind of foreshadows something bad is going to happen. He really thinks about it and cares about it. It could also happen a happy thing that it could happen to him cause of what he did. I think it is going to be negative because the glove could symbolize the Jews int he holocaust and tell that they are in the gloves situation where they are missing and they don't know where to go. They might end up in the hand of Nazi's which would definitly kill them, but if they safely land on the Allied side they would be safe. The glove symbolizes but also it foreshadoes what is going to happen.
This shows that Mr. Frank is a gentle man that could cry for others and care about others. There are people like Mr. Van Daan that later sells his wife's fur coat. Mr. Frank's action kind of foreshadows something bad is going to happen. He really thinks about it and cares about it. It could also happen a happy thing that it could happen to him cause of what he did. I think it is going to be negative because the glove could symbolize the Jews int he holocaust and tell that they are in the gloves situation where they are missing and they don't know where to go. They might end up in the hand of Nazi's which would definitly kill them, but if they safely land on the Allied side they would be safe. The glove symbolizes but also it foreshadoes what is going to happen.
Theme of Anne Frank:Question 3
I think the theme of the play Anne Frank is still loving your neighbors and everyone even though bad conditions and conflicts come up. I really think that always happen in our life, but sometimes we can't stay with it. In the play, i think also love and family is important because they have to stick together as a family and as people that they love. Bascially it is a story of family and loving your family. I think this book or story shows that we have to act int he rightway in the right time. We have to have hope and believe in each other to live along and don't judge people by out look and how they do in the beginning. I think why prejudice is the word we have to know now. I think love and every thing about family environment is the most important thing in the story as well as theme. One other thing is that even though they have hardships they have to go on and keep working for what they believe in because there are people that is worse than you everytime. We should be thankful everytime and look forward to have relationships with others.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Prejudice: Question 2
"an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason." it's just a thing that people think about something without knowing fully. I think i heard prejudice, in a book title, Pride and Prejudice and it is a really complecated book. I think the effects are mostly negative because people doesn't want other to think wrong opinions about ourselves. We might have a good manner, but people could say he has a bad manner by just looking at his face. I think saying prejudice and making those kind of opinions which is prejudice is bad for being a friendly person. We make a lot of those decisions to judge someone and basically prejudice means pre-judge or looking at someone even though you have never talked or never knew about. It is same as not participating in a trip or an acitivities because you think it wouldn't be fun. That is an exmple of prejudice because before participating or going you made an assumption or a guess about that thing and decide not to go. I think that is an okay thing to do but if you just start to do everything like that and make assumptions everytime you will lose something and someone will look at you the way tou look. I think a little bit of prejudice for something that you really have to think is good, but it wouldn't be good to pre-judge people by their apperance.
What I know about Holocaust: Quetion 1
Holocuast was a disaster where Hitler, a German leader, put Jews in camps and killed them all. I think this came from the belief that Jews, a smart people and the advisor in World War 1, led the president go to the wrong side and made wrong decisions. Hitler was basically saying this to make something up. Hitler wasn't a politician, he was an artist but he got the president or the dictartorship because people were pushing him to be the president. A lot of Jews were killed and they didn't have hopes. It was a massacre, but it was like Americans putting Japanese in training camp, except Germans killed Jews painfully like those poison gases. In Germany they are trying to teach that Hitler was wrong, and Holocaust should never happen again to the students.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Plot: A Boat to Nowhere
The story starts out with a monster man, Kien, coming to the village in Vietnam. The rising action starts when Kien becomes problems. Later he saves a lot of people like Uncle Tam. The government people comes and asks Thay Van Chi to say sorry to the villagers that he taught bad things. Thay Van Chi, Kien, Loc, and Mai gets out of the village. There are a lot of little climaxes in this book, but there are two major climax. They reached Thailand, but they get rejected. They found an outcast island, but they found out that the people were trying to take the Sea Breeze. They escaped from the island. The falling action is when they come out and meets storms and Thay Van Chi dies. The resolution is that Kien got on to a ship, but he comes back to Sea Breeze and the Sea Breeze gets sunk and they die.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Character
There are alot of characters in the story. Kien, Hong, Mai, Loc, Thay Van Chi, and Uncle Tam. The major characters are Kien, Mai, Loc, and Thay Van Chi. Kien is the one that was a stranger but he came the hero for Uncle Tam, and Loc. Mai is a girl that has a lot of fear, but she overcame fear. Loc is Mai's little brother, and he doesn't know the world well. Thai Van Chi is the grand father and he is the head of the village. He is brave, but he is too old so he can't do what he wants to do for others, like Loc and Mai.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Theme (A Boat to Nowhere 2)
The theme of this book is a life of a family that is goes out into the sea and finding a place to live because of the new government that is presuring their family. It talks about the terrible things and hard things they had to deal in the sea.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
A Boat to Nowhere 1
The setting of the novel is in a town or village in Vietnam. There are characters like Kien, Hong, Loc and many others that lives in village. There is only one kid that is not from the village, Kien. Later people comes froms the government and kien and those guys are the only people that is not from the town until chapter 6 in the novel.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Secrets
I have a secret about my eye. When i was young i usually liked to sit on the middle of the back seat. I just thought that was the best spot in the car. One day i sat down at the middle spot and the car just stopped and i lost control of myself so i hit my head in the storage betweent the left and right seat of the front of the car. I was bleeding above my eye, so i couldn't open my eye, but still i didn't want to tell my mom because i was scared of my mom. I think Secret also come out of fear and the fear of me toward my mom made me not tell her, but she knew it after i told her. Now days i am always scared of rain falling so i can't see it properly because it feels like blood coming down and i have fear of something that is coming close ot my eye. I don't know if people noticed, but when it rains or snows i hate it, and i usually don't talk or look at people.
Courage
Courage is a hard thing to have in these days because people likes to follow the popular thing stuff, but things that are right. Courage is when you have braveness to do something that is right insted of doing bad things like the popular things. I think courage is hard because we want to be popular and be socilized with friends, not become a loner. Being loner is a really lonely thing so people try to do what the world wants. We might have courage to do things, but we might not do it because we are scared of the world.
In my life, there was things that i needed courage to do. One day in elementary, my friends were fighting and they were trying to sneak out of the school because they would get in trouble if they get caught during fighting. I was wondering if i should tell my teacher or not. If i told my teacher i thought i would get far away from my friends, but i also thought that telling my teacher was the right thing. I thought i t would be good for my friends if i tell the teacher because they would go to the hospital and get less trouble because i told the teacher and the students came back to school and went home. Our friendship got kind of not that good, but still we were friends after the event that happened. I could have not tell the teacher, but i told the teacher, that is courage because i did the right thing, not a wrong thing. I almost didn't tell my teacher which is a thing that world and popular things would be, but i chose to be courageous and told the teacher.
A lot of time it is hard to do the right things, but if we practice we will get used to it and tell the true things, not things that world wants.
In my life, there was things that i needed courage to do. One day in elementary, my friends were fighting and they were trying to sneak out of the school because they would get in trouble if they get caught during fighting. I was wondering if i should tell my teacher or not. If i told my teacher i thought i would get far away from my friends, but i also thought that telling my teacher was the right thing. I thought i t would be good for my friends if i tell the teacher because they would go to the hospital and get less trouble because i told the teacher and the students came back to school and went home. Our friendship got kind of not that good, but still we were friends after the event that happened. I could have not tell the teacher, but i told the teacher, that is courage because i did the right thing, not a wrong thing. I almost didn't tell my teacher which is a thing that world and popular things would be, but i chose to be courageous and told the teacher.
A lot of time it is hard to do the right things, but if we practice we will get used to it and tell the true things, not things that world wants.
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