The Hiding Place Quotes

2) What is the main conflict in the book? Is it external or internal? How is this conflict resolved throughout the course of the book?

In this book, there are two many conflicts. The first is, of course WWII and hiding the Jews from the Nazis which is an external conflict. There was no way that Bestie or Corrie could do anything about the war but they did everything they could for the Jews and their security. They even put a security system in their house and build a false wall that the Jews could hide behind. They were trusting one another with their lives. Second was an internal conflict, Corrie had to learn how to forgive the people that had done wrong to her. She had many people turn her in to the police, betray her, be externally rude,

and even be the cause of deaths in her family. Somehow her was able to over come her anger and hurt feelings so she could learn to love these men and women again.

3) What was your favourite part of the book? Explain why you liked it so much?
When Bestie and Corrie first arrive at Barracks 8, they found that in their bunk there were fleas everywhere. At first they were horrified and discussed by this. Although in the midst of all this, Bestie decided to go to God for help. She immediately started recalling a scripture they had read that morning for the answer. Their answer was to give thanks in all circumstances. Right away they started telling each other things to be grateful for. Before they knew it, Bestie was praying to God thanking him for everything, even the fleas. Corrie was astonished that her faithful sister could even be thankful for something was horrible was that. Later on they found out that the fleas where the reason guards rarely go in to Barracks 8. Thus the reason they can have their Bible study and prayer groups so easily. This was my favourite part of the book. I love Besties faith in God and thankfulness for everything she has, even in the worse situations. Because of her faith, many things worked in her favour and made things a little easier for herself and others around them.

4) How does the main character change from the beginning of the book to the end?
At the beginning of the book Corrie, the main character, just flows with the world. She just accepts everything and is happy wherever she is. She was happiest doing her job as a watch maker along side her father but was also happy when she helped around the house for. She believed in God and the teachings in the Bible but never was truly tested on them. As the book progresses, she learns how to take charge and make a difference and how to forgive completely. She learned there is more evil in the world then good but that good with always win over evil. She began to understand the world to a greater depth than she ever had before.

5) What is one of your favourite quotes from the book? Explain why the quote is significant to the book as a whole.
On page 224 of the hiding place there’s a quote that says, “There are no ‘ifs’ in Gods kingdom.

I could hear her soft voice saying it. His timing is perfect. His will is our hiding place. Lord Jesus, keep me in Your will! Don’t let me go mad by poking about outside it.” I like this quote so much because it makes the title of the book have a different meaning. Throughout the whole book I thought the “Hiding place was the Beje, their home, because they were hiding Jews there. Or maybe it was the organization the Corrie Ten Boom was leader of. When I read that, it brought the whole book together. Without that simple paragraph, the book would lose a whole level of

intelligence.

7) What happened at the end of the book? How does the setting affect the characters? Be specific.
At the end of the book, Betsie passes away, Corrie get released from the camp, she goes home and begins creating organizations to help the people that were hurt emotionally, physically, or mentally from the war. Towards the end of the book, Betsie describes places she’s seeing that they will make as these safe homes. When Corrie goes home and starts getting back into things, these places Bestie was describing just show up by people asking if Corrie was interesting in them. Through this Corrie built up Besties dream. Even though her sister couldn’t be there to see it all come together, her dream come true, Corrie knew that Bestie would be forever grateful that it happened and that her sister is helping so many people.

8) What is the setting of the book? How does the setting affect the characters? Be specific.
This book is set during World War II in Haarlem, Holland, in 1937 at the Beje house. Most of the book was in the Beje house but it moves to prison and then to Ravensbruck with finishing back at the Beje. At the very beginning of the book, all the characters are more realized at the beginning of the book when they’re at home and have everything organized. Once they were taken away from everything they knew and took away their knowledge of what is happening outside their cell walls, they were lost and helpless. Although through all their experiences, their faith and trust in God and their willingness to survive increased dramatically. If not for the setting of the story, they wouldn’t have had those experiences.

11) Was there an incident in the book that you can personally relate to? Explain.
The most I can relate to this book is through emotional exercises. When Corrie was in Ravensbruck, her sister Bestie got horribly sick. She suffering very slowly and painfully until she pasted away. Corrie had to watch and endure having someone she loved so dearly suffer die a slow and miserable death. The way she felt watching that I can relate too. My mom broke her arm a couple months ago. She was standing on a stool and stepped on the side of the stool and fell, hitting her elbow on the corner of the stool. She could barely move and no one was home. I got home about ten minutes later and found her on the floor crying, clenching her elbow. She called me upstairs and started telling me what to do right away. I called her friend and asked her to come over for help. Her friend drove her to the hospital or medial help. She is doing much better now but I will never forget the look on her face when she was in so much pain and there was nothing I could do about it. I felt helpless.

13) If there is a movie based on your novel, what are the similarities and differences between the book and the movie? Which did you enjoy more?
There were many differences between the book and the movie.

In the movie, they missed things or changed parts, but they also quoted the book quiet a lot and make the story more a like. Most of the most important parts were in the movie. They missed one of the camps that Corrie was sent to and the didn’t show much of the 100th year party of the watch shop besides a picture. I liked the book way more than the movie because the book had more detail and made you understand what that part of WWII was like more than the movie does. In the book Corrie is learning how to have more faith and trust in God more but in the movie, she had a lot of faith the whole time and she didn’t struggle with that as much. I enjoyed reading about that because it made me feel like I’m not the only one that struggles.

14)What do you know about the author? What was his or her purpose on writing the book.

The author of “The Hiding Place” was also the main character, Corrie Ten Boom. She was writing her own experiences through the war and documenting that section of her life. She wrote this book to show what it was honestly like for Jews and people helping Jews during the war. Some of history around what happened to the Jews was covered up, but slowly everyone has collectively uncovered it and made it known. This book was a part of uncovering the truth. It also taught many people what happened without being too gruesome. With the

15) Should this book be required reading for all ninth graders? Explain.

I believe that this book should be required for all ninth graders to read. Even though it is hard to read at times, it is important for us to learn about our history so we can understand each other more fully and not repeat our ancestors’ mistakes. This book tells us about our history but doesn’t give all of the horrible details about the second world war. It describes it how it is but still keeps it at a level that is appropriate for a young teenager to be reading. In the life of a 14 there is a lot of drama and problems do to friends and hormones. I think teachers should base the books they tell their students to read off of a couple factors. One, reading level of that grade. Two, other things they are learning that year. And three, The actual needs of the students. For me, the timing of reading this book was very good since it humbled me so much and made me take a step back and think through the problem with a clear mind of what’s important and what’s not. If not for reading this book, I would be in a lot of trouble with my friends.