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.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Question Number Four
4) Answer one of the following questions (I'll just answer all three ^^;;):
a - 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?
>> My guess is that the glove is probably was the glove of his wife, or one of his two daughters. I know that Mrs. Frank, Anne Frank, and Margot Frank died before the war was over. By reading that Mr. Frank broke down and cried, we know that Mr. Frank found out about the deaths of his family and even the deaths of the other three who also hid in the secret annex. He must have been washed with all those happy memories with his family before the war and the fact that he isn't able to see his family ever again.
b - Ironly is a contrast between expectation and reality. What is ronic about these references to the outside world? pg. 384 - Mr. Frank. I think there's nothing the matter with our Anne that a ride on her bike or a visit with her friend Jopie de Waal wouldn't cure. Isn't that so, Anne? [Mr. Van Daan comes down into the room. From outside we hear faint sounds of bombers going over and a burst of ack-ack].
>> What is ironic in this part of the drama is that what Mr. Frank is saying, about Anne riding her bike with her friend, is something that can happen only when the war ends. It is when the Franks and other Jews don't have to go into hidings or suffer because of the Nazis. But then outside the secret annex, there are bombings, which makes the audiences realize that the war still is going on and that the Jews, including the Franks, do have to stay in hiding from the Nazis.
c - In dramatic irony the audience or reader knows something a character does not know. What do we know as we read Anne's diary that Anne does not know? How does the dramatic irony makes you feel?
>> I am not exactly sure what we know that the diary doesn't know. But I think it is the fact that everyone who hid in the Secret Annex died, except for Mr. Frank. Dramatic irony usually makes me feel impatient and sometimes even angry. I once even thought that the main character was stupid. I felt impatient and angry because I just wished that the character would find out about the fact and save him or herself. I thought that the character was stupid because he or she couldn't find out about that 'something' we all know.
a - 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?
>> My guess is that the glove is probably was the glove of his wife, or one of his two daughters. I know that Mrs. Frank, Anne Frank, and Margot Frank died before the war was over. By reading that Mr. Frank broke down and cried, we know that Mr. Frank found out about the deaths of his family and even the deaths of the other three who also hid in the secret annex. He must have been washed with all those happy memories with his family before the war and the fact that he isn't able to see his family ever again.
b - Ironly is a contrast between expectation and reality. What is ronic about these references to the outside world? pg. 384 - Mr. Frank. I think there's nothing the matter with our Anne that a ride on her bike or a visit with her friend Jopie de Waal wouldn't cure. Isn't that so, Anne? [Mr. Van Daan comes down into the room. From outside we hear faint sounds of bombers going over and a burst of ack-ack].
>> What is ironic in this part of the drama is that what Mr. Frank is saying, about Anne riding her bike with her friend, is something that can happen only when the war ends. It is when the Franks and other Jews don't have to go into hidings or suffer because of the Nazis. But then outside the secret annex, there are bombings, which makes the audiences realize that the war still is going on and that the Jews, including the Franks, do have to stay in hiding from the Nazis.
c - In dramatic irony the audience or reader knows something a character does not know. What do we know as we read Anne's diary that Anne does not know? How does the dramatic irony makes you feel?
>> I am not exactly sure what we know that the diary doesn't know. But I think it is the fact that everyone who hid in the Secret Annex died, except for Mr. Frank. Dramatic irony usually makes me feel impatient and sometimes even angry. I once even thought that the main character was stupid. I felt impatient and angry because I just wished that the character would find out about the fact and save him or herself. I thought that the character was stupid because he or she couldn't find out about that 'something' we all know.
Question Number Three
3. The theme of a work is not its subject or ropic, but rather what that subject means - what idea or insight it reveals about human existence - what is the author's message to the planet? Themes are revealed gradually as we learn about the characters and their predicament. Keep a LIVING post (once which you keep adding to every time you log on to your blog) about what you think the plays theme(s) is / are).
>> I think that the theme of the play is how prejudice isn't a good thing and how it can affect people. In this drama, the Franks, the Van Daans, and Mr. Dussel all went into hiding because of Hitler's prejudice to the Jews. They all had to hide in the Secret Annex for two years until they got caught. They also died after being sent to the concentration camp. And I think that there is one more theme: having hope. Throughout the whole drama, inside the Secret Annex, there was Anne, dancing, singing, and playing. There was Mr. Frank, who always gave hope and courage to the people. There was Mrs. Frank who gave love to everyone in the Annex. I think that was how the people were able to survive for two years. They had hope and happiness even when they were in hiding and in fear. They were able to survive in the Annex.
>> I think that the theme of the play is how prejudice isn't a good thing and how it can affect people. In this drama, the Franks, the Van Daans, and Mr. Dussel all went into hiding because of Hitler's prejudice to the Jews. They all had to hide in the Secret Annex for two years until they got caught. They also died after being sent to the concentration camp. And I think that there is one more theme: having hope. Throughout the whole drama, inside the Secret Annex, there was Anne, dancing, singing, and playing. There was Mr. Frank, who always gave hope and courage to the people. There was Mrs. Frank who gave love to everyone in the Annex. I think that was how the people were able to survive for two years. They had hope and happiness even when they were in hiding and in fear. They were able to survive in the Annex.
Question Number Two
2) What is prejudice? Where in the world have you seen prejudice? What are the effects of prejudice?
>>Prejudice is hating someone or somebody sometimes without an understandable or reasonable reason. I have seen a lot of prejudice in moveis, TVs, and even in fiction books, but I don't think that I have really seen much prejudice in real life... In books, I saw prejudice between the Germans and the Jews during the Holocaust, in movies, I saw prejudice between some white and black boys. I think that the effects of prejudice is hatred. Let's say that side A1 hates side B1. At first, prejudice is only caused by side A1. A1 is the only side that produces hatred, and B1 just stays quiet. But A1's hatred towards the other side would grow and things would get much more violent or dirty. It is similar to the Holocaust because the Nazis started to capture all the Jews and kill them. And that's when the other side also starts to hate. Things would get even worse as both sides hate each other. But that may not be the end of it. Their hatred between each other might also get other innocent sides to start to hate each other. If we look at the real prejudice that occured, the Holocaust, many people were killed, and many lost everything. Other than hatred, the effect of prejudice can also be the lost of loved ones and everything else. The conclusion is that the effects of prejudice is hatred and lost of everything.
>>Prejudice is hating someone or somebody sometimes without an understandable or reasonable reason. I have seen a lot of prejudice in moveis, TVs, and even in fiction books, but I don't think that I have really seen much prejudice in real life... In books, I saw prejudice between the Germans and the Jews during the Holocaust, in movies, I saw prejudice between some white and black boys. I think that the effects of prejudice is hatred. Let's say that side A1 hates side B1. At first, prejudice is only caused by side A1. A1 is the only side that produces hatred, and B1 just stays quiet. But A1's hatred towards the other side would grow and things would get much more violent or dirty. It is similar to the Holocaust because the Nazis started to capture all the Jews and kill them. And that's when the other side also starts to hate. Things would get even worse as both sides hate each other. But that may not be the end of it. Their hatred between each other might also get other innocent sides to start to hate each other. If we look at the real prejudice that occured, the Holocaust, many people were killed, and many lost everything. Other than hatred, the effect of prejudice can also be the lost of loved ones and everything else. The conclusion is that the effects of prejudice is hatred and lost of everything.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Question Number One
1) What do you know already about the Holocaust?
>> I know that Holocaust is a mass killing of a certain race of people or certain species of animals. But most of the times, Holocaust means the mass killing of the Jews during the World War II, which many Jews were killed.
>> I know that Holocaust is a mass killing of a certain race of people or certain species of animals. But most of the times, Holocaust means the mass killing of the Jews during the World War II, which many Jews were killed.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Plot for When My Name Was Keoko
Exposition:
> setting: Korea (in the southern part)
> situation / climate: the time of the Japanese occupation (in 1940s)
> characters: Sun-hee, Tae-yul, Uncle, Abuji, Omoni
Conflict:
protagonist v.s. antagonist = Sun-hee, Tae-yul v.s. the Japanese and the lost of their independence.
Rising Action:
> Sun-hee, along with the readers, finds out that Uncle is part of the resistance movement and that he scretly made newpapers that enraged the Japanese, but gave the Koreans messages telling Koreans about getting their independence back.
> The war between the U.s. and Japan begins and sun-hee's family have to live in poverty.
> Not wanting to betray his Uncle, Tae-yul decideds to voluteer to join the army. He leaves for Seoul and starts to get hard trainings.
Climax:
> Tae-yul decides to be a kamikaze and goes to Japan to get trainings.
> He finally gets to fly a plane for the first time in his life.
Falling Action:
>Sun-hee and her family were all depressed that Tae-yul had become a kamikaze and that he had flown his mission as a suicide bomber.
> The war ends with the Japanese Emperor surrendering to the U.S.
> Korea finally becomes free, but Sun-hee and her family are disappointed and sad that Tae-yul could have survived if he only waited two more months.
Resolution:
> Tae-yul comes back home alive, explaining how his mission was cancled by the weather and that the Japanese put him and the other bombers in jail with the "crime" of "not finishing his mission for the Emperor".
> The family members are all happy but learns that Uncle is stuck in the North of Korea because of the Communists.
> Sun-hee and Tae-yul begins to learn the Korean alpahbet their father had promised to teach them when Korea became free.
> setting: Korea (in the southern part)
> situation / climate: the time of the Japanese occupation (in 1940s)
> characters: Sun-hee, Tae-yul, Uncle, Abuji, Omoni
Conflict:
protagonist v.s. antagonist = Sun-hee, Tae-yul v.s. the Japanese and the lost of their independence.
Rising Action:
> Sun-hee, along with the readers, finds out that Uncle is part of the resistance movement and that he scretly made newpapers that enraged the Japanese, but gave the Koreans messages telling Koreans about getting their independence back.
> The war between the U.s. and Japan begins and sun-hee's family have to live in poverty.
> Not wanting to betray his Uncle, Tae-yul decideds to voluteer to join the army. He leaves for Seoul and starts to get hard trainings.
Climax:
> Tae-yul decides to be a kamikaze and goes to Japan to get trainings.
> He finally gets to fly a plane for the first time in his life.
Falling Action:
>Sun-hee and her family were all depressed that Tae-yul had become a kamikaze and that he had flown his mission as a suicide bomber.
> The war ends with the Japanese Emperor surrendering to the U.S.
> Korea finally becomes free, but Sun-hee and her family are disappointed and sad that Tae-yul could have survived if he only waited two more months.
Resolution:
> Tae-yul comes back home alive, explaining how his mission was cancled by the weather and that the Japanese put him and the other bombers in jail with the "crime" of "not finishing his mission for the Emperor".
> The family members are all happy but learns that Uncle is stuck in the North of Korea because of the Communists.
> Sun-hee and Tae-yul begins to learn the Korean alpahbet their father had promised to teach them when Korea became free.
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