Why are there so many books, movies, documentaries, etc. about the Holocaust? Why do we keep retelling this story?

There are so many books, movies, documentaries, etc about the Holocaust, and they keep retelling this story because it was such a tragic that had happened in the world. People recorded movies and books about Holocaust to retell this story to generations, and the reason why people are retelling this story to generations are because the world doesnt want this horrible tragic to occur again. The prejudice of Nazis, and hos they killed millions and millions of Jews, it was unreasonable, and violent. So people make movies and books, and retell this story to people so that it doesnt happen again.

Q #5 How do the events following Anne’s nightmare reveal tensions between Anne and two other members of the household?

Anne's nightmare reveal tensions between Anne and the two other households. Anne screamed when the nightmare occured, and because she screamed so loudly, the other households were so worried about getting caught to the Green Police and tension rised between the characters. I think it wasnt Anne's fault because Anne can not control how her dream will occur to her. So, I think even though it is Anne fault the other households should understand that it wasnt on pupose.

Q #5 List the conflicts that have developed among the characters by the end of Scene3. Why are these conflicts dangerous for the people in the Secret?

Conflicts:
Anne vs Mr. Van Daan, Mrs. Van Daan
Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan are mad at Anne because of her disrespectful behavior and because she messed up Mrs. Van Daan's fur coat.
Anne vs Peter
Both of them have grown up tention to each other, each of them fights back when one of them starts a game.
Anne vs Mr. Frank, Mrs. Frank
Mr. and Mrs. Frank are not pleased with Anne's behavior, Anne doesnt really listen to her parents and Anne is also not pleased because she thinks her parents are prejudus toward her, with Margot, her sister.
Mrs. Frank vs Mrs. Van Daan
Mrs. Frank is jealups of Mrs. Van Daan because Mrs. Vandan flirts with her husband Mr. Frank through out the Secret Annex.
I think these conflicts are dangerous in the Secret Annex because it can cause a trouble of geting caught. Because of the conflicts, when a fight happens, there is a risk for them, the charactors to get caught to the Nazis.
There would be more conflicts that would occur through out the Secret Annex with Anne and others because observing Anne's charactor, I can see that she is like a trouble maker, I think she is going to make a problem and make conflict with most of the charactor who lives in the Secret Annex with her.

Q #5 Do Anne and Peter seem to have typical teenage attitudes toward their families? Go back to the text for examples to support your response

Yes, Anne and Peter has a typical teenage attitudes toward their families, they are not much respectful to them. Peter's attitude isnt much serious then Anne's attitude toward their family but Peter is sometimes disrespectful too. When his mother is speaking to him, to cut's of what she says in pg383"Please! I'm not... anyway... let me alone, will you?". Anne often gives bad attitude toward her mother, father and also her sister. In pg 389, she gives bad attitude being jealus of her sister Margot: "Everything she does is reight, and everything I do is wrong! I;m the goat ared here!... You're all agarinst me!... And you worst of all!"

Q #5 What do you think would be the hardest part of life in the Secret Annex?

Even though there are other fears that are really big, I personaly think that the greatest fear of the Secret Annex would be, how long do I have to be in a position of hiding. It might be not a direct fear, but if you think about it, if you have to be in hiding for longer time, the fear of other things like geting discovered or being quiet increases time too. So I think the time length of the Secret Annex would be the greatest fear.

Q #5 “But always remember this, Anneke. There are no walls, there are no bolts, no locks that anyone can put on your mind.”

“But always remember this, Anne. There are no walls, there are no bolts, no locks that anyone can put on your mind.” I think the true meaning of this quote is that they are basicly caged and they cant do anything about it. However, I guess Anne's father is trying to convince Anne that because they are caged, nobody will stop anything she will do.

What do we know as we read Anne’s diary that Anne does not know? How does the dramatic irony make you feel?

As we are reading Anne's diary there are few things that we know but Anne doesnt know. We know that her "hiding" will last about 2 years and also, that she would die. This fact kind of makes me feel bad because when she is so happy in her diary, she doesnt know that she is going to die soon, and her hiding will take over 2 years. Even though there is nothing I can do for her, but if I was in that position, I would not know what to do, if I'm going to die very soon..

What is the author’s message to the planet?

The author's message to us is that Dictatorship is bad, and also people get pain because of dictatorship. During the World War two, when Germony controlled most of Europe under Hitler's dictatorship, all the jews had to be in hideing. Just my the opinion of the dictator, that the jews are bad, so much jews died and they had to hide for a lot of years in fear. The author is trying to say that a same human being doesnt have right to harm other and control them.

What is prejudice? Where in the world have you seen prejudice? What are the effects of prejudice?

The definition I know as prejudice is when an individual dislikes someone else with out a definate reason. There are lots of place in the world where you can find prejudice, I can see prejudice in Korea, I've seen it in America and all over the world. In America, we can see prejudice over white and black people often, and for all over the world, there are usually prejudice against other people's physical appearance. The effects of prejudice turns out to be bad, prejudice creates dislike and then people will have bad feelings against other people. We shouldnt dislike others without a definate reason, and even though there is a reason where you could dislike someone, you should try not to dislike them.

Whatdo you know already about the Holocaust?

I have not ever researched about the Holocaust detailly, however I have heard of the tragic. It was such an nasty and discusting event. What I know is a brief story about it, and it is the Nazis from Germany killing most of the Jews. I heard there were lots of ways the Nazis killed the Jews, and the most known way how the Jews died were dieing by gas. The Nazis were to cage the Jews in a room and would open up the gas so that they will die. I hope this kinds of tragic doesnt happen any more.

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When my name was Keoko: plot

Exposition: Japan is controling Korea. It is somewhere between 1940s ~ 1950s. Because Japanese are controling Korea, they take advantage of Koreans and Koreans cant do anything Japanese dont like.

Rising Action: There are conflicts between Japanese and Koreans. The Japanese took lots of supplies from Korea. Tea-yul's bike was taken to the Japanese police. And the Japanese forced some girls to volunteer to go to Japan to help their country. Also, Uncle works for the resistance secretly. And later on, Tae-yul was volunteered to join the Japanese army. Uncle ran away fromt the Japanese and was gone.

Climax: Tae-yul was volunteered for kamikaze which he has to die to success the mission. Kamikaze is a mission where you suiside with the airplane and crash into your opponents ship.

Falling action: The family finds out that Tae-yul was dead because of his mission kamikaze. But, the war was over, the americans won the war dropping 2 huge bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Because the war was over, the family gets information that uncle was alive in North Korea.

Resolution: Tae-yul was alive. He was doing his kamikaze mission but failed and was in the jail until the war had ended. And Abuji was one of the secret resistance of Korea.

When my name was Keoko: characters

Sun-hee: she is brave, when uncle was in danger, she ran to uncles work shop that could've been very dangerous. She is also inteligent or mature, she likes to study kanji, charactors borrowed from China, and also likes to read and write.

Tae-yul: he is very brave, because he volunteers for things that are dangerous and also keeps the secret that could have been dangerous. He volunteers for building air craft, but also the Japanese army for his family, Abuji, Omoni, Sun-hee and also Uncle. He took the risk to go to the army even though he knew he might die, to keep uncle from danger and to help his family from starvation becasue of the Japanese.

Abuji: He is very mature, he thinks everything deep and thoughtfully. If anybody was in danger, he thinks what would be the best way to solve the problem and move on action. He discuses lots of things with his family, what to do and what could they do if danger comes. He is like the center of the family.

Omoni: basicly quiet charactor, she isnt involve in lots of things because of the Korean culture where girls werent able to do things that were active like guys.

Uncle: I think he is the bravest character in the story, he works for the secret resistance. He loves Korea, and wants Korea back from Japan. He hates when the Japanese invade Korean culture and causes some trouble because he works for the resistance. He makes lots of jokes, he seems immature but, he is mature inside, he cares about his family a lot.

When my name was Keoko: setting

It is the old days when Korea used to be conquered to Japanese empire, about 1940s to 1950s. Koreans arent able to use their own language, they are required to speak in Japanese and write in kanji, if people spoke in Korean, they get punished. The Japanese people was able to commandeer things to Koreans, and the Koreans HAD to listen to the Japanese. Also, Koreans couldnt be in high occupations where they can command to the Japanese. Everything is different from these days, Koreans were almost like Japanese's slave.

Bravery

This is a moment when I was Brave ~.~haha just understand even though it might not be brave for you guys =P

It was about 3 years ago when I was 12 years old. I was in a camp called Nashoba and it was about 1 month after I've learned wakeboarding. (For information, if you dont know, wakeboarding is like snow board but boarding on a water hanging on the boat) To get the "star" level in wakeboard, witch is the highest level in that camp, I had to jump over the wave that was created my the ship on the water. It was the time where I had to believe in God. When the time came I had to make a choice, to jump over the wave winning the fear, or failing. I had all the image where I fell of of the water and broke some part of my body. But when time came, I was brave enough to jump over the wall of fear.

I jumped over the wave and got to the level of star =) haha that was my story of courage.....;;I'm sorry if my story if weak+_+ kk

My only secret

Listen Carefully, its about MY SECRET =)
I had a crush, long time ago, and I am in love right know.

It was a bright sunny day I first saw her, she had a big huge smile on her face. And as I talked to her, she treated me nicely, every time if I had problem with some thing, she would teach me with out any complaining. No one could be perfect then her I thought, as I spent every second with her. She was always with speakless but it was OK to me. Everyday after school I spent most of my time with her and got more and more closer to her. And one day I realized I was in love with her. I couldnt stop thinking of her, I felt like I was addicted to her. And her name was, and is Basketball witch I'm still in love with.

HaHa sorry for u guys who wanted your name for Basketball =P