In Number the Stars the main character is Annemarie Johansen. She has to exhibit bravery from her trip to womanhood from girlhood. She also has to bond with adults throughout this story, and finally she must understand how she is affected by falseness and actuality.
Annemarie Johansen has to rise to the occasion and be braver than ever in Number the Stars. She is the age of ten at this time, and she is very scared of the war until her name is called upon. Once her mother breaks her ankle, she now knows she must deliver the package. This package will help Uncle Henrik smuggle the Jews to Sweden safely. Just a couple of days before this happened Uncle Henrik asked Annemarie what it meant to be brave (pages 74-77). She can now show him how brave she can really be. This bravery helps her develop into a young woman which she will become very quickly.
Bonding with adults was also another big thing for Annemarie. Her bonding was mostly with her Uncle Henrik and her mother Mrs. Johansen. Annemarie didn’t always feel good when talking to them and felt they might be untruthful to her, but she knew she had to believe in what they said. She had to have faith in that they were leading her in the right direction. She did
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For example, when Uncle Henrik tells her that Great Aunt Birte died she doesn't quite understand. She later asks him what he meant because she knows there was no Great Aunt Birte in their family. He then asks her what it means to be brave. (pages 75-77). He is testing her to see if she is ready to hear the truth. He wants her to become the strongest, most courageous woman he knows she can be. He doesn't want her to be scared or afraid of this gruesome war. Uncle Henrik and Mrs. Johansen always does the right thing by telling Annemarie what she needs to hear. If she doesn't listen and believe them she wouldn’t be where she is. Annemarie now knows why her elders don't always tell the
On an early morning in July of 1942, the Van Daans and Franks meet up for the first time at the annex. All of them are covered in layers of clothing to carry as much to their new home as possible. They are all introduced to each other. Living in the secret annex is Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan, Peter Van Daan, Mr. and Mrs. Frank, Margot, and Anne Frank. Mr. Van Daan is a selfish, greedy man. Mrs. Van Daan likes the finer things, thinks pretty highly of herself and adores her husband. Peter is shy, quiet, and just truly doesn’t say much. Mr. Frank is a kind, caring, leading man. Mrs. Frank is motherly, caring, and sweet. Margo does as others say and tries to keep a low-key profile. Anne is wild and unique. She doesn’t let others push her around, and she is very independent. Everyone in the annex is very different.
Everyone in their life experiences a tragic event that brings them pain and hopelessness. After the event occurs we never realize what caused it. In A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini we see that one little decision Mariam makes causes a large turning point for the whole book.
I told you why Anne had felt this way during her ordeal, and what this reveals about her character and her views about life. Anne is a strong and heroic young girl who has a heart for others and she is very compassionate towards others. Which is a great quality to have in that time period she was going through? No one could have done it better than Anne. She helped people look at the good in the situations she was never the one mention the negative things. You think how you would react to this situation. Would you be buoyant? Or would you be colorless in this and always look at the crummy never say anything positive. All quotes can be found in the collections book pages
Anna is not afraid to speak her mind. For instance, when her mom is she is so called “sick.” Anna asks her mom if her hearing is okay, she says “Yes”. Therefore, Anna tells her that there is nothing wrong with her and leaves her Mom’s room. She is outspoken when she stood up to her Mom at the factory; Anna was tired of her mom telling her that she is overweight. Anna stood up to her mom and said “ You’re overweight as well, so why are you judging me if we both have the same weight.” Anna is outspoken when on her last day of school, she goes to her job and quits,
Number the Stars takes place in 1943. It is told from the point of view of Annemarie Johansen, a ten-year-old girl who lives is Copenhagen, Denmark. One day, while leaving school, Annemarie and her best friend Ellen, who is Jewish, are stopped by two Nazi soldiers on the corner of their street. Both of the girls’ mothers become concerned and ask them to take a new route to school each day to avoid any other conflict from the soldiers. Annemarie is frightened by this encounter and it makes her reflect on what her father has told her about Denmark and about the death of her sister (Lise) that occurred a few years before the book starts.
Number the Stars is a story about a ten-year-old girl by the name of Annemarie Johansen who is faced with the horrific choice of jeopardizing the safety of her family to save the life of her best friend, Ellen Rosen, who is Jewish. The story takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark during World War II. The Germans invaded Denmark and there are Nazis on every street corner. The presence of the Nazis has made life for the Danish people very difficult, particularly the Jews. They are terrified of being harassed, losing their jobs, businesses, and being sent to internment camps. Ellen family is targeted by the Nazis and they seek help from the Johansens. Mrs. Johansen takes Ellen, Annemarie, and Krisi to visit her brother Henrik who lives in Gilleleje,
As a young girl, Anne’s first “teacher” was her very own mother. Anne was a curious little girl. With her curious ways and always wanting to find out what is happening around her, her mother wouldn’t give her any information. Her mother mostly told her to keep quiet and act like she doesn’t know what is happening. Besides
As Anne transitions from an innocent girl to a devoted humanitarian her struggle to keep the only known surviving member of her family, Adam Stanton happy is a daunting task. During Anne’s childhood her older brother, Adam Stanton protected her and took her along on trips to the beach with his friend Jack Burden. Adam, in chapter three holds Anne back from going swimming when it appears that a storm is approaching. Annes persuasive attitude convinces Adam that it is okay to swim and he and Jack join after her. This shows Adam’s ability to trust Anne and his willingness to take risks. As Anne grows up she views her brother as a loner with no love interests who does not take proper care of himself. Anne, quite possibly seeing a little bit of Adam in herself decides to push Adam into taking a job Jack has offered him through means of Jack’s boss, Willie Stark.
Suddenly Evan heard pleasant voices from the other room. He recognized his parents voices. This only happens when they had quests. Evan quietly crept into the kitchen. Evan immediately recognized his aunt Sarah. Aunt Sarah was a lively woman. She always stood for Evan’s want to learn. Aunt Sarah was pretty much the only kind relative he had, so she was Evan’s favorite. Evan still in the dark, dingy hallway, listened to their conversation.
She also has meaning behind some lines in each section which could reveal what and where exactly this situation could happen. The main subject she wants to express is how much your courage is developed in each stage of life. The first stage of life is childhood and Anne Sexton does a really good job of including some childhood memories
By stating how other people behave or interact, the author offers a great chance for readers to interpret fairly for themselves what the reason for any conflict may be, or the nature of any essential contrast between the narrator and other adults in the story. In the story, there are many self-righteous opinions from people, which seem to be ironic to the readers; For example, her mother’s aggressive attitude of showing off her daughter, her piano teacher’s self-praise claiming him as “Beethoven.” All of the narrations including conversation clearly depict a different characteristic between the narrator and other people. For instance, a conversation occurs between the narrator and her mother when the mother criticizing a girl who seems similar to the author on TV which reveals dissimilar understanding for both of them to each other’s behavior. At first, the daughter speaks out for the girl by questioning her mother by saying “why picking on her […] She’s pretty good. Maybe she’s not the best, but she’s trying hard.” The daughter actually is defending for herself and reflecting that she feels uncomfortable with her mother’s disregard of her hard work. She wants to get her mother’s compliments instead of her criticisms. However, her mother response of, “just like you,” and, “not the best. Because you not trying.” Here, her mother doesn’t really answer her question, instead wants her put more effort on trying, neglecting how much she has tried before. However, in her mother’s perspective, she has never tried hard enough. By narratively stating the conversations she has encountered, readers perceive a strong implication of the reason for a future conflict between her and her mother.
The persuasive attempts in both literary works produce different results. The effectiveness of the mother’s guidance to her daughter is questioned since the girl cannot recognize the essence of her mother’s lesson. Despite that, the mother’s beneficial instruction serves as a standard for the daughter to reflect her future behaviors in order to live up to the community’s expectations. On the other hand, Anne’s value of candid expression and lasting relationship dissuades her from obliging to her family’s meaningless duty to place her love and interest above to experience fulfillment in life.
For instance, describing in annoyance how her Grandmother asserts that she must “act like a proper lady, stand up straight, cross her legs when she sits etc.…” when all the girl wants to do is to be let be. Another important relationship in the story was that of the girl and her brother Laird, who in the beginning listens and follows his sister without question. However, throughout the story you notice that his views have changed and it is then at the end where he informs his father of the girl’s choice to open the gate instead of closing it, allowing their horse to escape from death only momentarily, which is something Laird would seem to never do and in a way betrayed her. This change in his character was held firmly by his impassive comment at the end of the story on his sister’s emotions when she is crying to demonstrate how weak she
As a child, Jane was raised in a well respected English family with seven other brothers and sisters. Among them were six boys and one girl: James, George, Edward, Henry, Francis, and Cassandra. Jane herself became especially close to her only sister, Cassandra. They were not only sister’s, but best friends. Even when the two were apart, they wrote detailed letters to each other so often that it was almost as if they were
The main character, Edie, provides the narration of the story from a first person point of view. She tells her story based on an event from her past. Because she narrates the story the reader is unable to be sure if what she tells of the other characters is completely accurate. Because one does not hear other character's thoughts one could question whether Edie interpreted them correctly. Or has time caused her to recall her story different from the way it actually happened? For example, Edie says it is hard for her to recall how she felt when she had to do dishes without a dishwasher and heated water. It had been so long ago her perception had been altered. Sometimes time can play a role in why truth can be so hard to see.