Reid 5

In the book A Diary of a Young Girl (by Anne Frank), there are plenty of people stuffed into an incomodious space called the Secret Annexe. At once, Anne has to share a table with Dr. Dussel who refuses to grant her 2 hours in the evening for 2 days use of the table. Anne quickly consults her father, Otto Frank, who then tells her how to handle the problem. Anne asks again and is again declined by Dr. Dussel, but instead of taking this calmly Dr. Dussel decided to take a word in it and argue. Dr. Dussel claimed Anne was being selfish while he was only concerned on where he would work when she would obtain the desk from him. For this, Dr. Dussel was being a hypocrit and Anne was being polite, but because she was simply a "spoiled child" he would definately refuse her proposal. Thus, because he was an adult and doctor, he mattered much more than Anne. Anne only ended up winning this argument with her father talking to Dr. Dussel later with a fierce argument containing harangue. So, stuck-up adults think that they should put themselves infront of children just like Dr. Dussel did there.

Derrick 4

Connection In this book Anne keeps a diary(hence the tiltle.) This is very common for people durring wars. Many soldiers have written down notes, letters and other things to there loved ones. Similar to thier notes and Anne's notes they never know if they will ever get to the people they were written to or even read at all. Soldiers would also describe what they would see every day in diarys to get it out of there head. This is very similar to what Anne is doing.
I once read the aoutobiography of Chris Rock. Although your probably thinking they have nothing in common they actualy do. An autobiography is a story or book written about your own life. Autobiographys are very similar to diarys because it is a given person writting about there life. although they have some different aspects such as most people never wanting others to see there diary, they also share alot.

Shirley's 4 & 5

On Friday, Feburary 5th of Anne Frank, Anne Frank states that Peter has “the misfortune of adoring foreign words without knowing what they mean.” Peter ran to the bathroom, which he could not flush at the time, and tacked a sign to the door that read “RSVP-gas!” which was supposed to stand for “Danger-gas!” He didn’t have any idea it stood for “Reply-gas!”

This reminds me of my cousins in China. When I go back to China, sometimes I call my friends back in America and talk to them. My cousins would sometimes wander close to me and catch on to some words I say. After they catch on to a word that they liked, they would parade around the house and the streets later on pointing at everything and saying the word! I remember, one word that was used was “bunny”.


“(pg. 12) I finished my poem and it was beautiful! It was about a mother duck and a father swan with three baby ducklings who were bitten to death by the father because they quacked too much. Luckily, Keesing took the joke the right way. He read the poem to the class, adding his own comments, and to several other classes as well. Since then I’ve been allowed to talk and haven’t been assigned any extra homework.”
That passage was one of my favorite passages out of the book, because it gave the reader a taste of Anne’s personality and creativity. Anne was a talkative student, and one day the math teacher became incredibly irritated by Anne’s constant talking and made her write a composition about “a chatterbox.” Unconcerned, Anne proved to her teacher that her words could flow just as fluently on paper as they did when she spoke. Her first paper was one of my favorite passages as well. She wrote that talking is a feminine characteristic, and although she might work to keep it under control, she did not think she could be cured. She stated her mother talked as much as she did, and so being a chatterbox was undoubtedly an inherited characteristic. Then, the teacher punished her with another essay after she began talking in class again: “Incurable chatterbox”. And the passage I pulled out from the book was from her third punishment for talking: ‘“Quack, Quack, Quack,” Said Mistress Chatterback.’” Anne’s imaginative mind pulled her out of her possible humiliation! Her essay ideas were all enjoyable to read, thus I chose one of them as my favorite passage.

John 4

My final connection is between Anne and the every day child. Although Anneis such a famous and her name is world renowned, she is just like us. Shewants to be understood and has feelings and fears as well as arguements withher parents. Children today have the exact same worries and troubles as thefamous Anne Frank did. But a major difference between today's children andAnne Frank is that she never had to worry about school work much. Thenagain, we never had to worry about being sent to a concentration camp simplybecause of religion. There are major differences between today's childrenand Anne, but the similarities are very noticeable. She was just a girlwhile she was going through these horrors and we would probably be just likeher if we were going through the same thing.

John 5

My last connection is the relationship between the book Runner and AnneFrank's Diary of a Young Girl. In the book Runner, a boy who loves to run ispayed money to retreive strange packages from secret areas and return themto a criminal for money. No one is to know about this and he will be hurt ifhe tells anyone, so he suspects he is retrieving drugs. Anne and the boy inRunner share a similar thing: both have a secret that if exposed, could havethem killed. The only difference is that Anne dies in the end, while the boylives. I find this to be similar because they both describe their fear oftheir secret graphically. Both are deathly afraid that someone will findout.

Graham's Connections & Comments

Reid #4 commentI dont think that it was so tragic that he burnt her diaries. So much happened to, and was experienced by, Valdek that when he married Mala (right?) he needed a fresh start. Anja's memory will never be forgotten, along with all the things that took place during the war. But i do think that he should have been able to tell his son more about her, being his mom and everything, he has a right to know about her.

Luke #1i would probably bring my ipod, cellphone, laptop, and a lot of books.the thing is, who would you be talking to on the phone? If someone found out, they could trace the call and you could get captured..your life is over with one text message.

Niki's third connectionOn your third connection..its a lot like school in a way. Everyday you have the same schedule and you have to repeat this schedule almost 200 times a year, for many years.At times it can be very boring and dull, and sometimes something can happen that sparks a temporary jolt in the mood.

FOURTH CONNECTIONAnne gets in all sorts of spats with the other inhabitants of the annex daily. Because this book is written first person, it is easy to see Anne's side in the argument. She shares her raw feelings with you on the situation and you feel like you were there. (Around page 138) When Anne takes one of Margot's books and causes a huge disruptment in the Annex, she says her family claims she left the room "in a huff" while she said her only sour mood was sadness. We all get in fights with our family and 9 times out of 10, when it is all over, you feel like you were in the right. Anne is infamous for being a great exaggerator and i could easily see how she could have blown this up and caused a big dilemma where there was little happening.

FIFTHAlthough her feelings for her family have experienced great degradation, Anne finds herself getting closer and closer with Margot as they both grow and get older. Anne is lucky she has a sister and although she probably didnt realize it, this definitely made her Annex experience a lot easier. At times Margot could give Anne great stress but i think overall, she was a positive aspect of her life. I dont have a sister, only two brothers, and if i had to go into hiding for years with no one else but family, i think that after a while, i would begin to feel greatful that i had siblings at all. I wouldnt have to be all alone and there would always be someone to relate to.

Morgan 5

This is an awkward connection to make, but I am going to connect the members of the Annex to homeless people. Their living conditions are somewhat better than a homeless person (obviously, because a homeless person would not having living quaraters). But as far as food and fun and social activity, they are both kind of on the same level. The food that people eat in the “Secret Annex” has mainly maneuvered into rotten tomatoes, lettuce, spinach, and things such as that. A homeless person might at least get a decent meal from a kind bystander once in a while, but not the people in the Annex. They long for good healthy and filling meals! The attitudes of the residents of the Secret Annex pretty much mimic the attitudes of a homeless. The “woe as me” and the “life might not get any better unless a miracle happens” mindsets are a common trend between these two parties. The one thing that Anne has that only some homeless people have is the desire to live. She admits to Kitty that even though her lifestyle is horrendous, she had still not given up hope and still has a strong passion for her own life. Some people who live without a home to sleep in have this same hope and desire. They believe that even though life might not be as good as it possibly could at the moment, things could get better and result in something much better than they even started it out. This just goes to show that attitude is everything!

Morgan Helmendach