The Holocaust. The word seems so familiar. You probably think you know a sufficient amount about it. But as you examine the word more closely you discover something that is bigger than you thought it could be. Anxiousness, frustration, hope. All things families had experience during the Nazi era. A first hand perspective throughout this time period is a book called Number the Stars by Lois Lowry, a historical drama. This story portrays a life of a ten year-old girl named Annemarie who lives in Copenhagen, and is faced with the knowledge that the Nazis want to come after all Jews. Because her best friend, Ellen, is a Jew, Annemarie and her family take many risks to keep Ellen alive. In this story Lois Lowry uses Annemarie’s loyalty to show …show more content…
that courage may be necessary when friendship is tested in times of fear. Annemarie’s loyalty allows her to keep her family and friend safe.
One example of this can be found on page 22 where Peter comes to visit and tells the Johansens frightening news. “Then, suddenly, she sat upright, her eyes wide. "Mama!" she said. "Papa! The Rosens are Jewish, too!" Her parents nodded, their faces serious and drawn. "I talked to Sophy Rosen this afternoon, after you told me about the button shop,"Mama said. "She knows what is happening. But she doesn't think that it will affect them." Annemarie thought, and understood. She relaxed.” This shows that instead of having the fear of being arrested, she remained loyal, and in effect, kept Ellen safe. Another example can be found on page 32 when Annemarie’s parents told her her friend’s safety was in jeopardy. It reads, "But, Papa,"Annemarie said, looking around the small apartment, with its few pieces of furniture: the fat stuffed sofa, the table and chairs, the small bookcase against the wall. "You said that we would hide her. How can we do that? Where can she hide?" Rather than questioning why Ellen is taking refuge there, she wants to know how she can keep Ellen safe because she is loyal.This not only shows loyalty but it also shows selflessness. From these examples, it is clear that in times of fear, friendship and loyalty may be
tested. Fear is perfectly depicted by using Annemarie throughout the beginning . This is apparent when Annemarie, Ellen, and Kirsti encounter the soldiers. On page 6 it says, ““I was racing with my friend,” she answered politely. “We have races at school every Friday,and I want to do well, so I—”Her voice trailed away, the sentence unfinished. Don't talk so much, she told herself. Just answer them, that's all.” This shows us that in the beginning of the book, Annemarie was more afraid than brave because she it hit her right there that Nazis were not just rumor, they were real. So this is the moment the Nazis became a reality to her. This example ties into what I was thinking,which was one’s loyalty may be tested in times of fear and this case fear would equate the Nazis. Another example is when Annemarie was afraid that Ellen’s identity would be compromised. On page 39 it says, “ Terrified, both girls looked up at the three Nazi officers who entered the room.” This means that even Annemarie’s second experience with the Nazis she was afraid. So we can relate to what it must of been like for girls during the Nazi era, it took a couple of times to overcome that fear and be courageous. This also ties into what I was thinking because what Annemarie was so afraid of was that Ellen would be caught and that scene tested Annemarie’s loyalty to a certain extent, and as I said in times of fear or danger one’s allegiance may be challenged. As you can see, Annemarie was afraid in the beginning, not that anyone wouldn’t be, but this shows that courage may be necessary in times of fear. Courage enables Annemarie to overpower difficult situations. I think Annemarie is courageous because she has many difficult problems and she uses courage to overcome them. In one instance on page 39, Ellen can’t get the Star of David off her neck. The text reads, ““Hold still” Annemarie commanded. “This is going to hurt” She grabbed the little gold chain, yanked with all her strength, and broke it. As the door opened and light flooded into the bedroom, she crumpled it up into her hand and closed her fingers tightly.” It is apparent that Annemarie is courageous because she was afraid that Ellen would be caught. As a result, she used courage to find a solution, and therefore overcame her problem. In another event on pages 96 and 97 Annemarie encounters the soldiers. The text says, “Annemarie willed herself, with all her being, to behave as Kirsti would...Keep chattering she told herself, as Kirsti would.” So Annemarie used courage to listen to her mother’s advice: “If anyone stops you, you must pretend you are nothing more than a silly little girl.” This was hard for her because she had to act like someone she wasn’t just stay alive. Therefore, she once again overcame her conflict. So it is clear that it times of danger, Annemarie had to use courage to come up with a solution. In conclusion, Lois Lowry teaches us that in times of hardship and fear, courage may be necessary when friendship and loyalty are tested. By using Annemarie, the author provides us with an experience that many girls her age had. At first, children were afraid. Then they realized that each other’s friendship was being tested. So they either could not be friends and play it safe, or they could remain loyal and be courageous. In Annemarie’s case, she remained loyal. But what Lois Lowry is trying to get at is that not all children were like this. Some were bystanders and let their best friends die. So the message from this book is to always protect and stand by your friends no matter what happens. The book Number the Stars by Lois Lowry gives you a first hand experience what it was like for children during the Holocaust. The Holocaust. The word is now buried in your mind. Now you know how depressing and cruel the Nazis were. This book is also reminding us not to make the same three mistakes again. Discrimination, racism, and murder.
My book The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen is about a girl named Hannah Stern who is a young Jewish girl living in New Rochelle, NY. She and her family, including her parents and younger brother Aaron, are in a Seder at her grandparents' home. Hannah does not want to be in the seder. She is tired of hearing about the past and is uncomfortable listening to her Grandpa Will talk about his experiences in the concentration camp. " We are all monsters, because we are letting it happen. "
“Look out for the people who look out for you. Loyalty is everything.” In the book, Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher, Ms. Lemry is loyal. Ms.Lemry is a teacher and a swim coach for a school. She is a teacher who stays loyal to her students. She is loyal because she cares for her students who are in her class. Ms. Lemry stands by Sarah at all times and is there for her. Sarah is a girl who got abused by her dad when she was younger. Sarah’s father when she was younger out her face on the stove. Sarah was always scared of her father and she still is because she is afraid of her dad coming back and killing her. Sarah was about to go on the train and Lemry was there to inform her to not get on the train. Her class is called CAT known
The main character in this story is a Jewish girl named Alicia. When the book starts she is ten years old, she lives in the Polish town of Buczacz with her four brothers, Moshe, Zachary, Bunio, and Herzl, and her mother and father. The Holocaust experience began subtly at first when the Russians began to occupy Buczacz. When her brother Moshe was killed at a “ Boys School” in Russia and her father was gathered up by German authorities, the reality of the whole situation quickly became very real. Her father was taken away shortly after the Russians had moved out and the Germans began to occupy Buczacz.
During the Holocaust six million Jews lost their lives, while others lost their friends, family and dignity. Helen Waterford discusses her survival in the novel Parallel Journeys . Through Helen Waterford’s journey to hide, survive, and rejoin society, she realizes that she cannot dwell on what has happened to her but learn and become wise from what she has endured.
In Great Expectations, Pip is set up for heartbreak and failure by a woman he trusts, identical to Hamlet and Gertrude, but Pip is rescued by joe who pushes Pip to win the love of his life. Similar to Gertrude in Hamlet Miss Havisham becomes a bystander in Pip’s life as she initiates the play that leads to heartbreak several times and she watches Pip’s life crumble due to her teachings. The next quote shows Miss Havisham explaining to Pip the way she manipulated his love Estella to break his heart every time. “‘but as she grew, and promised to be very beautiful, I gradually did worse, and with my praises, and with my jewels, and with my teachings… I stole her heart away and put ice in its place’” (Dickens, 457). This quote makes it clear the Miss Havisham set Hamlet up for failure by making him fall for a woman he could never have.
In the novel Under a Cruel Star, written by Heda Margolius Kovaly, a Jewish woman that lived in Prague, Czechoslovakia during Nazi and Soviet rule of her country, the author tells about her life of always living under terrible circumstances. Whether it was from being sent to the ghettos or Nazi concentration camps at a young age, or living under fear of terror during the Soviet Communist rule of Prague, she seems to always look for the glimmer of hope in all her experiences. “The little bird, the third force, kept me alive to tell the story” (5). In this quote, this “little bird” that she references is the slight flicker of freedom that she sees at the end of every bad thing she is faced with. This book reminds people that the history of human’s
The Holocaust is a topic that is still not forgotten and is used by many people, as a motivation, to try not to repeat history. Many lessons can be taught from learning about the Holocaust, but to Eve Bunting and Fred Gross there is one lesson that could have changed the result of this horrible event. The Terrible Things, by Eve Bunting, and The Child of the Holocaust, by Fred Gross, both portray the same moral meaning in their presentations but use different evidence and word choice to create an overall
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
The Holocaust was a terrible time, where the Nazis were eliminating Jews due to a misunderstanding that was passed down from Adolf Hitler to the Germans. Hilter filled the minds of Germans with hatred against Jews. Books such as Maus and Anne Frank has been able to suppress the horror of the holocaust. Maus, by Art Spiegelman, is about Art Spiegelman’s father Vladek Spriegelman and his experiences enduring the holocaust. Anne Frank, by Ann Kramer is about Frank and her friends and family struggling to survive the holocaust, yet in the end only her dad, Otto Frank is the only survivor. The author of the book Anne...
Character analysis Annemarie is a normal young girl, ten years old, she has normal difficulties and duties like any other girl. but these difficulties aren’t normal ones, she’s faced with the difficulties of war. This war has made Annemarie into a very smart girl, she spends most of her time thinking about how to be safe at all times “Annemarie admitted to herself,snuggling there in the quiet dark, that she was glad to be an ordinary person who would never be called upon for courage.” (4.60) even though shes going through a lot she still controls it very well.
The Holocaust was a very impressionable period of time. It not only got media attention during that time, but movies, books, websites, and other forms of media still remember the Holocaust. In Richard Brietman’s article, “Lasting Effects of the Holocaust,” he reviews two books and one movie that were created to reflect the Holocaust (BREITMAN 11). He notes that the two books are very realistic and give historical facts and references to display the evils that were happening in concentration camps during the Holocaust. This shows that the atrocities that were committed during the Holocaust have not been forgotten. Through historical writings and records, the harshness and evil that created the Holocaust will live through centuries, so that it may not be repeated again (BREITMAN 14).
To sum up, World War II is the most destructive human endeavor in history. Battles are fought on every continent and involved more than sixty countries, affecting about three-quarters of the world’s population. Six million Jews are murdered by the Nazis from all of the civilians in Europe for extermination. The memory of Holocaust has made the world more sensitive to genocide. The Holocaust has a particular impact on the Jewish people, who vowed never to allow such a thing happen again. The Night and Fugitive Pieces are two impressive books which show readers a fact of Holocaust and tell the world even the situation is worst, love from families and friends, faith and intension of alive may ensure them alive.
During World War II, the Nazi regime, under the leadership of Adolf Hitler, attempted to eliminate all the Jews and other “inferior peoples” of Europe. The Nazis and their collaborators killed millions of people, including six million Jewish people and other minority groups, such as 200,000 gypsies and 200,000 disabled people ("Introduction to the Holocaust”). This terrible period in history is now referred to as the Holocaust ("Background to the Holocaust”). A young girl named Anne Frank wrote one of the most notable Jewish texts from this period. Her optimism about the future should inspire the resolution of the modern religious and racial conflicts which stem from WWII era prejudices.
Atwood also references the oppression of Jew's during the holocaust in her novel. Under Hitler's rule 6 million Jews were killed, and many more sent to concentration camps where they were mistreated by their captors.
Imagine waking up on a normal day, in your normal house, in your normal room. Imagine if you knew that that day, you would be taken away from your normal life, and forced to a life of death, sickness, and violence. Imagine seeing your parents taken away from you. Imagine watching your family walk into their certain death. Imagine being a survivor. Just think of the nightmares that linger in your mind. You are stuck with emotional pain gnawing at your sanity. These scenerios are just some of the horrific things that went on between 1933-1945, the time of the Holocaust. This tragic and terrifying event has been written about many times. However, this is about one particularly fascinating story called The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne.