heres the 1st connection! I guess something happened when I sent you my connections, because it was with the second one....
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"...I'm very afraid that we shall be discovered and be shot....We have to whisper and tread lightly during the day, otherwise the people in the warehouse might hear us."(Saturday, 11 July, 1942) Anne, her family, Alburt Dussel, and the Van Daans lived every day in fear, hoping the Nazi’s wouldn’t discover their hiding place. On regular days, they couldn't even talk much above a whisper. This reminded me of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, where Guy Montag stole books from fires and had to hide them. Everyday, he was worried sick that other firemen or the mechanical hound would learn that he had possession of many books. In the end, Montag's wife, Mildred, tells the fire department(I think...?)about the books and gets Montag in trouble. Similarly, though not in the book, the Frank family is betrayed and end up getting captured. Though these sad stories have different endings, they both went through the same feelings of anxiety.
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Someone once said, "That which does not kill you, makes you stronger." It's true that Anne and her family lived in perpetual fear, but in the end, she probably survived much longer as a result of her experience before her capture. Similarly, Guy Montag's strength as a firemen helped him escape to the book people.
ReplyDeletethis is a really good connection, because montag was also, like anne, constantly in fear that someone would discover his secret.
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ReplyDeleteI believe th frank family and all the people living in the "Secret Annexe" all had a little bit of paranoia about them. Also Montag in FAHRENHEIT 451 always was worried about the firemen and the hound to find his hidden books. In a similar way, towards the end of WWII, Hitler and the Nazis began losing battles (Battle of Britain and Battle of Stalingrad and eventually the Battle of the Bulge). At that time he began becoming paranoid and hid in a bombproof bunker in Berlin.
Branching off of Sommie--
ReplyDeleteI to thjink that both groups were very paparnoid about being found out. It surprises me that no one in the Annex had a nervous break down, or heart attack/ stroke. I couldn't imagin liveing every day in fear of being brutally murdered, i think i'd go insane.
Amazing and so true! They both lived in fear of being discovered and losing their lives.
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