Anne Frank # 9 What this play reveals

I think this play, Anne Frank, reveals so much about our need of freedom by showing how innocent people had to face death. Jews lost rights to be equal with other Germans and being forced to go to the concentration camp is the same as loosing freedom. This play also reveals how love is so powerful. Anne's family supported each other with love while hiding and gave each other hope.
Courage and hope can be found through out this play when the characters were very brave and courageous. Even though they were affected negatively by prejudice, they tried their best to not loose hope and courage. The theme of this is similar to another book, "When My Name Was Keoko" because they are both about not loosing the true identity.

Anne Frank # 8 books,movies about Holocaust

Why are there so many books, movies, documentaries, etc. about the Holocaust? Why do we keep retelling the story?
->There are so many books, megazines, news, movies, and documentaries about this one horrible event: Holocaust. And I think it is because holocaust was such a terrible event of killing so many innocent people. People need to keep on retelling this event to remember what it was about and how it affected people at that time. Also, Holocaust was a big part of history and is one of the events with lots and lots of death. Death of thousands and thousands of people can't just be ignored. Many people getting killed is not a common event and it needs to be shared through out generations, so that people can learn from this event. I, too think that this event needs to be retelled because it is important to know what happened in the past and take time thinking about the innocent death.

Anne Frank # 7 (m) Interview Survivors

If you could interview survivors of ther Holocaust, what would you ask them?
-> If I had a chance to do an interview to the survivors, I would first of all ask them how was their life in concentration camps. I know that it is a very terrible and dangerous death camp but don't know what's in there because I've never been there. I want to know how they felt while living in the camp.
I would also like to ask how they could survive in that horrible camp.

Anne Frank # 6 (e) Nightmare

How do the events following Anne's nightmare reveal tensions between Anne and two other members of the household?

-> Events following Anne's nightmare brought suspense and tension among the characters because they almost got caught by the police. Anne's nightmare showed a foreshadowing that something dangerous might happen because it was about the Jews getting caught by the Nazis. That dream brought big suspense to the family and had lots of tension when they thought that the thief was the green police who came to catch them.

Anne Frank # 5 (a) no walls, bolts, locks

"But always remember this, Anneke. There are no walls, there are no bolts, no locks that anyone can put on your mind."
-> When I first read this quote that Mr. Frank said, I suddenly thought of "When My Name Was Keoko" because they have similar ideas. I think these two books are telling how even the circumstances around you change, the fact about who you are and your thoughts in your mind can never be changed by anyone else. In this drama, Anne's family couldn't go out beyond the door because they might be caught by the Nazis. Like this, they've been controled and are in a situation that they need to obey Nazis. But the thoughts in their minds can never be changed by anyone else, and "no locks that anyone can put on your mind" means that. I definitely agree with this statement because the control over Jews doesn't mean that their minds are also getting controlled.

Anne Frank # 4- 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?
-> By reading "His eye was caught by something lying on the floor." gave me an idea that "something lying on the floor" is going to be, or was an important thing to Mr. Frank because he "caught" the glove, not just "saw". Also, "He holds it in his hand and suddenly all of his self- control is gone." showed how he couldn't even control himself because of the glove. The glove was that important to him. When he cried, I could guess that the glove belonged to someone important and precious to Mr. Frank:Mrs. Frank, Margaret, or Anne. The author gave a foreshadowing that there is going to be a big tradegy in this drama of loosing someone important.

Anne Frank # 3- Theme

I think the theme of "Anne Frank" is the effects of prejudice. Many Jews, including Anne's family, were affected greatly by prejudice, because they had to hide. This whole drama was about how the effects of prejudice and shows where prejudice can be seen. I think the author's message is that there shouldn't be any unfair prejudice because everyone should be equal. prejudice was found in many parts of this drama. In "Anne Frank", Jews had to wear a yellow star on their clothes and they were treated differently from other people. Preudice and its effect shows clearly in this drama, so I think the theme is about the prejudice.

Anne Frank # 2 - prejudice

Prejudice is an unresonable dislike by not knowing who that person or group really is. By just looking at them physically or beliefs, they are mistreated.
This can always happen, and I've seen it in historical books, movies, and also in our daily lives. Holocaust is an example of prejudice, because Jews were treated badly even though they were innocent. "The Hiding Place" is a book about Jewish people hiding from Nazi. They couldn't get equal rights as others just because of prejudice. Prejudice don't just happen in fiction books. It can also happen in our everyday life. Some people mistreat others just because of how they look, what they say, or what their belief is. People who have prejudice assume who others are just by looking at them and treat them in a bad manner.
The effects of prejudice is huge. It can kill huge amount of people, just like what happened in Concentration camp during Nazi occupation. The affect of prejudice is very dangerous, so that people should all be careful of just assuming who others are.

Anne Frank #1 -Holocaust

What do you know already about the Holocaust?

-> I know that Holocaust was killing large amounts of Jews, which was led by Hitler during World War 2. It was a very violent event of horrible death. The Nazi killed Jews to show their powerfulness.

When My Name was Keoko- Settings

The story took place in South Korea, but it was part of Japan at that time because of Japan's victory. The conflicts mostly happen in Sun-hee and Tae-Yul's house and also in their schools. Later, Uncle gets locked in North Korea after Japan surrenders. Then, Korea gets back their freedom.

When my name was Keoko- Characaters

Sun-hee is the female main character in "When my name was Keoko". She is a 10 years old Korean girl and is curious about everything. She wants to know everything that's going on in Japan and her home. She is not brave and is afraid of what her uncle is doing. Sun- Hee misunderstands most of the situation and cause some problems. But she tries her best to support her family.
Tae-Yul is a very brave male character who is 13years old. He is the bravest character in this historical fiction because of his efforts toward his family and Korea. He decides to join the Japanese army even though he know that it't very dangerous. Also when he heard Japanes officers saying that Koreans are cowards, he makes up his mind to do the secret mission. He decides to become Kamikaze which is a suicidal pilot. Tae-Yul is very intelligent and always thinks before he act. He cooperates with his sister, Sun-Hee well and is very generous.

Theme

The theme for "When my name was Keoko" is that even though you change your name, can not speak your own language, and can't have anything related to your culture, the fact about who you are doesn't change. The characters Sun-hee and Tae-yul are Koreans but they were forced to change their name to Japanese: Keoko and Nobuo. Also, they were not allowed to speak or wirte any Korean. Although it was like Korea doesn't exist anymore, the spirit in the characters' mind never disappears. They know that they are Koreans and just because Japanese try to change their culture doesn't mean that their identity changes as well. You might be changed physically but the fact about who you are never changes.

Secret

I can't tell my REAL secret, because it is a secret, but I can tell one of my biggest secrets. Last week, I made an amazing discovery. I was reading a book on the sofa of living room and suddenly, the wind blew and it dropped my bookmark under the sofa. When I looked under to find my bookmark, I could see something shiny and it was a packet of potato chip. I could also see lollipops and Sunchips. I soon realized that my little sister hides all her snacks here. :) No wonder why I thought that she eats her snacks so quickly. Anyway, know one knows that I know where my sister hides her snacks, even my sister herself. She always brings her snacks and leave it there, and don't realize that some of her snacks are missing when I take some. But now, everyone know where the snacks are because I'm exposing it right now. So, I should remove the snacks to a different place.

Courage

It was when our school went to the Everland at the end of the year. Soomin, Seoyoung, and I were having a lot of fun and tried to ride almost all the roller costers in the Everland. We rode every single ones that we saw (if the line wasn't too long) and finally faced the really humungus one, which looked very scary. The name of that roller coaster was "Eagle", I guess, and it surely did move as fast as an eagle. We were staring at it for few minutes, can't decide to ride it or not. Then I saw a group of people comming out of that roller coaster and their face looked very very pale. Just looking at them and hearing the screams threated me. I decided to not ride it. Soomin and I were turning back and were trying to look for a different ride when Seoyoung grabbed our hands. She pulled them and pointed toward that horrible roller coaster with a big smile on her face. "It looks fun :) We should try that~," said Seoyoung, and I still remember her horrible smile. So, we all decided to ride it but it took me a lot of thoughts and courage. 'What if I desperately want to stop while riding it?' I thought. But anyway, I decided to try because I wanted to challenge myself. Also, when someone ask what you rode in Everland, I can't say that I rode Merry- go -round. If I ride that roller coaster, then I can proudly say that I rode the really scary one. Finally we were in line and it was almost our turn to ride. We wore seatbelts and the ride started. Then, I was so surprised to find out how exciting it was! It wasn't scary at all!!! When we got off, I was thinking that it was great to have courage and take the chance. I learned that I should always have courage because, then I can face any difficulties :)