6. Why are there so many books, movies, documentaries, etc. about the Holocaust? Why do we keep retelling this story?
>> I have two reasons, and the first one is that it is because the Holocaust was one of the major events that had ever happened in the world's history. Holocaust was a very horrible event that had happened. And those who read the books, or watched movies and documentaries about the Holocaust would also feel how horrible it was. So the second reason there are so many books, movies, documentaries, and others exist is because people, especially children, should know and remember how horrible the Holocaust was. If they didn't know how horrible it was, then a person like Adolf Hitler might rise again and starts killing a mass of people again. Nobody ever wants that to happen! Nobody wants a person like Hitler again! So by the books, movies, documentaries, etc. about the Holocaust, people would know the cruelty of that event, and then they would understand and know that anything like the Holocaust should never happen again.
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Question Number Five
5. Answer five of the following questions:
a. Act 1: "But always remember this, Anneke. There are no walls, there are no bolts, no locks that anyone can pt on your mind." Explain what you think this statement means. Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not?
>>This statement means that though they are locked inside the Secret Annex, unable to do anything outside, their mind is free to do anything. The Nazis were able to make the Frank go into hiding, locking themselves inside the Secret Annex, but they cannot lock their minds, such as their hope, imagination, and other things. I don't agree with this statement because in whatever horrible situation, a person can do whatevery he or she wants to do in his or her mind. The Franks, the Van Daans, and Mr. Dussel are literally locked inside the Secret Annex, but they can all hope that the war would be over and that they would survive, or imagine doing things they want to do when the war is over.
b. Act 1, Scenes 1~3: 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 shraing of cramped quarters with strangers, or some other aspect? Explain.
>> I think that the hardest part of life in the Secret Annex would be the fear of discovery. The reason is that keeping silent for hours, sharing of cramped quarter with strangers can get used to. A person can get used to keeping silent, and can get friendlier and close to the strangers in the Secret Annex. But the fear, the fear of discover, I believe that it cannot every be get used to. The people in the Secret Annex can imagine what would happen when they get discovered; they would either get send to the concentration camp to die, or die at the very spot they get discovered. The fear of getting discovered must have been as same as the fear of death. That is why I think that the fear of discovery would be the hardest part of the life in the Secret Annex.
e. Act 1, Scenes 4~5: How do the events following Anne's nightmare reveal tensions between Anne and two other members of the household?
>> After her nightmare, Anne refuses to be with her mother, but her father. This shows that Anne does not want to reveal or show her feelings and thoughts to her mother, and though she knows that she is being childish and mean, she acts badly to her mother, making her even to cry. But Anne is not reluctant in showing her feelings and thoughts to her Father, and I think that Mother also has a little bit of jealousy to Father because of Anne's amount of love to him. And Anne does not want to reveal herself to Mother because she thinks that her mother cannot understands her at all. These feelings among the three members of the Franks caused tensions among each other.
f. Act 1, Scenes 4,5: Describe how the Hanukkah celebration in Scene 5 is interrupted. What does Peter do to make matters worse?
>> At first, the people in the Secret Annex heard something falling downstairs. They were all in horror and silence because they were thinking that perhaps the Nazis and the Green Police had found out that they were hiding in the Secret Annex. Then Peter got on a chair to turn of the lamp in the room, but because of his clumsiness, he loses his balance, falls onto the floor along with the lampshade. Now the people in the Secret Annex were sure that they were going to be found, but later Mr. Frank goes dowstairs and finds out that it was only a thief. Though they were reliefed that it wasn't the Nazis, they were still worried that because of Peter's silly mistake, the thief now knows that there are people in the building and that the thief might tell the Green Police about their hiding place.
g. Act 1 Scene 4~5: Anne is a dynamic character; that is, she changes in the course of the play. What does Anne's gift giving reveal about her? How do her gifts to her mother and Peter show that she has changed?
>> Anne's gifts reveal that she feels more comfortable with the people in the Secret Annex, enough to give them presents. Also, it also reveals that Anne actually is a thoughtful and a kind girl, unlike the childish and sometimes even mean things she did in the scenes before. Her gift to Mother and Peter shows that she is more willing, now, to be friendlier with them. I think it also shows that she now cares about them more than the scenes before.
a. Act 1: "But always remember this, Anneke. There are no walls, there are no bolts, no locks that anyone can pt on your mind." Explain what you think this statement means. Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not?
>>This statement means that though they are locked inside the Secret Annex, unable to do anything outside, their mind is free to do anything. The Nazis were able to make the Frank go into hiding, locking themselves inside the Secret Annex, but they cannot lock their minds, such as their hope, imagination, and other things. I don't agree with this statement because in whatever horrible situation, a person can do whatevery he or she wants to do in his or her mind. The Franks, the Van Daans, and Mr. Dussel are literally locked inside the Secret Annex, but they can all hope that the war would be over and that they would survive, or imagine doing things they want to do when the war is over.
b. Act 1, Scenes 1~3: 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 shraing of cramped quarters with strangers, or some other aspect? Explain.
>> I think that the hardest part of life in the Secret Annex would be the fear of discovery. The reason is that keeping silent for hours, sharing of cramped quarter with strangers can get used to. A person can get used to keeping silent, and can get friendlier and close to the strangers in the Secret Annex. But the fear, the fear of discover, I believe that it cannot every be get used to. The people in the Secret Annex can imagine what would happen when they get discovered; they would either get send to the concentration camp to die, or die at the very spot they get discovered. The fear of getting discovered must have been as same as the fear of death. That is why I think that the fear of discovery would be the hardest part of the life in the Secret Annex.
e. Act 1, Scenes 4~5: How do the events following Anne's nightmare reveal tensions between Anne and two other members of the household?
>> After her nightmare, Anne refuses to be with her mother, but her father. This shows that Anne does not want to reveal or show her feelings and thoughts to her mother, and though she knows that she is being childish and mean, she acts badly to her mother, making her even to cry. But Anne is not reluctant in showing her feelings and thoughts to her Father, and I think that Mother also has a little bit of jealousy to Father because of Anne's amount of love to him. And Anne does not want to reveal herself to Mother because she thinks that her mother cannot understands her at all. These feelings among the three members of the Franks caused tensions among each other.
f. Act 1, Scenes 4,5: Describe how the Hanukkah celebration in Scene 5 is interrupted. What does Peter do to make matters worse?
>> At first, the people in the Secret Annex heard something falling downstairs. They were all in horror and silence because they were thinking that perhaps the Nazis and the Green Police had found out that they were hiding in the Secret Annex. Then Peter got on a chair to turn of the lamp in the room, but because of his clumsiness, he loses his balance, falls onto the floor along with the lampshade. Now the people in the Secret Annex were sure that they were going to be found, but later Mr. Frank goes dowstairs and finds out that it was only a thief. Though they were reliefed that it wasn't the Nazis, they were still worried that because of Peter's silly mistake, the thief now knows that there are people in the building and that the thief might tell the Green Police about their hiding place.
g. Act 1 Scene 4~5: Anne is a dynamic character; that is, she changes in the course of the play. What does Anne's gift giving reveal about her? How do her gifts to her mother and Peter show that she has changed?
>> Anne's gifts reveal that she feels more comfortable with the people in the Secret Annex, enough to give them presents. Also, it also reveals that Anne actually is a thoughtful and a kind girl, unlike the childish and sometimes even mean things she did in the scenes before. Her gift to Mother and Peter shows that she is more willing, now, to be friendlier with them. I think it also shows that she now cares about them more than the scenes before.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
