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

There are many books, movies, documentaries, and other resources about the Holocaust all over the world. The Holocaust was a very drastic, depressing time period for many victims, especially the Jews. It had caused a lot of change among the coutries, mostly in Europe, and had been an awful, toturing event. I believe that we are provided with many resources on the Holocaust since the Holocaust was a very important time period that we have a lot to learn from. History teaches us the causes of acts (ex. war) and mistakes made from people during the past. The Holocaust teaches us an important lesson on how we should have and value peace, but have less war which may bring severe tension among countries and many victims during the war. Also, we learn that we should not be like the Nazis, disrespecting and discriminating other cultures because of prejudice. In addition, we keep on retelling the story on the Holocaust in order to remember the ones, the victims who have passed away during this period. The Holocaust was and is a painful, hurtful memory for many, even for the survivors who have gone through the Holocaust. We should keep in mind of the suffering that many have gone through, and we should honor the victims and survivors of the Holocaust. We should show respect because they have had experienced through an immensely difficult situation, which is nothing compared to what we go through these days. The Holocaust has left a lot of teaching for us and we are able to grow and develop from the victims and survivors, who have actually gone through the Holocaust.

5. 5) m. If you could interview survivors of the Holocaust, what would you ask them?

If I could interview the survivors of the Holocaust, I would ask them many questions.
*Where were you in hiding and whom did you stay with?
*How long did you stay in hiding until you were released into freedom?
*Did you keep any recordings such as a diary when hiding?
*Did you have any supporters, and if you did, how did you have a relation with them?
*Were there many tensions in the hiding place among the people?
*Did you have any pets in the hiding place with you?
*What kind of problems did you face while hiding?
*From the problems, which problem did you struggle with the most? (ex. using the w.c. at certain hours)
*What was the first thing you did when you found out that the Holocaust was over?
*Did you loose any family members during the Holocaust?
*Did you think that there would be some survivors like you?
*Did you have any access to news from outside? (ex. radios)
*How long did you expect or predict the Holocaust to be?
*Were there any moments, that you were close of becoming caught by the Nazis?

5. 4) f. Act 1, Scenes 4, 5:

f. Act 1, Scenes 4, 5: Describe how the Hanukkah celebration in Scene 5 is interrupted. What does Peter do to make matters worse?

The Hanukkah celebration in scene 5 is interrupted from a crashing of something falling below the Secret Annex. They were all celebrating Hanukkah joyfully, giving presents to one another and singing songs. When they hear the sound of something falling, they become silent, being in horror and unable to move. It was a sound of a burglar in the house, who was looking for money. After, the burglar leaves the house and the door is opened up wide. So then, Mr. Frank, Anne, and Peter go downstairs in order to close the door. However, Green police are in the streets, and they come into the building. So hurriedly, Mr.Frank, Peter, and Anne hide back into their hiding place. The people in the Secret Annex keep quiet knowing that they are in great trouble if they make any moves or sounds. However, according to Dussel, Peter makes things worse because of his cat, Mouschi. When the people are trying to be quiet, the cat makes sounds and goes around on the table, which the Green Police hears, and makes them become suspicious. The Green Police comes up to the bookshelf, where it leads to the Secret Annex, but Mouschi meows and they leave, recognizing that it was only a cat. However, Dussel says that because of clumsy Peter, someone knows that they are up there in hiding. Possibly, if Mouschi was not there, they would have not given any clues of anyone being up there. I agree with Dussel, and I think that Peter made a clumsy mistake, which he was not to keep a cat in the Secret Annex.

5. 3) e. Act 1, Scenes 4, 5

e. Act 1, Scenes 4, 5: How do the events following Anne's nightmare reveal tensions between Anne and two other members of the household?

The event following Anne's nightmare reveal tensions between Anne and two other members of the household. The two other members of the household are Mr. Dussel and Mrs. Frank. Anne has a nightmare one day of becoming caught and taken away by the Nazis. She sobs and screams in tears after waking up from the dream. However, this affects two characters, Mr. Dussel and Mrs. Frank. This event builds tension between Anne and Mr. Dussel since Mr. Dussel becomes annoyed and disturbed in sleeping, from her nightmares every day and becomes worried of becoming caught. Mr. Dussel tells her to shush and terribly nervous that someone might hear her in the streets. In the story, he leaves to the w.c. because he becomes so bothered with Anne's moans and movements while sleeping, and he figures to find peace there better than Anne's room. In addition, Anne also builds tension with her mom, Mrs. Frank because when she comes to calm down Anne, Anne does not greet her and refuses to stay with her mom in her bedroom. She rather calls Mr. Frank, her father. Anne talks and relaxes after talking to father and tells him that she and her mom have nothing in common. Anne does not realize that her mom had become hurt through her words. So, after Anne wakes up from her nightmare, strong tension between Mrs. Frank and Mr. Dussel builds up and Anne takes a long time to build back the relationship positively with the two characters.

5. 2) b. Act 1, Scenes 1-3:

b. Act 1, Scenes 1-3: What do you think would be the hardest part of life in the Secret Annex: the fear of discovery, the need to keep silent for hours at a time, the sharing of cramped quarters with strangers, or some other aspect? Explain.

I personally think that the hardest part of life in the Secret Annex for me would be the fear of discovery. If I were to be a member to stay in the Secret Annex, I would be very frightened of being caught by the Nazis and would have difficulties being relaxed, such as sleeping peacefully. Like Anne, I would have nightmares about the Nazis coming to capture me and take me to concentration camp. I am a person whom doesn't like hiding, since it gives me fear and horror of becoming caught. I do not like doing hide and seek, because I become very worried and I'm not good in suppressing my fears. In the play and in the movie, it shows how Jews, especially the ones that they know well are caught and taken every single day from the Nazis. Such as the vegetable man, is caught hiding two Jews at his home. Also, they are able to hear the sounds of bomb and hear German soldiers on the streets, and robbers came in beneath the Secret Annex to steal. So, if I were to be living in the Secret Annex, I would become very stressful, hopeless, and worried each day of being caught in hiding. I think the Jews would have needed a lot of courage and hope in order to survive each day hiding secretly from the Nazis.

5. 1) a. Act 1

Act 1: "But always remember this, Anneke. There are no walls, there are no bolts, no locks that anyone can put on your mind." Explain what you think this statement means. Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not?

I think that this statement means that even though the Franks may be in a hiding place, and does not have freedom, they are capable to think with freedom. No one, not even the Nazis, can be in charge and stop them of what they think and have on their minds. I think that Mr. Frank tells this statement to Anne in order to remind her that they may be in a hiding place, since they don't have freedom, but is considered free to have any thoughts with their mind. Anne has the freedom and right to think whatever she wants, even though they may be controlled physically under the Germans. I think Mr. Frank has told this statement to Anne in order to encourage her and to give her hope. I agree with this statement because each one of us are given the freedom to think and have thoughts which we want in our minds. A prisoner may be locked up in prison, but he/she is able to think what they are willing to, since being under control of policemen doesn't mean that they are under control of the whole person. Humans are not robots, so even though we may be in control of someone, we have the choice of choosing to believe and think what we wish for.

4. a. Foreshadowing

a. Foreshadowing: foreshadowing is the use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in the plot. Why does Mr. Frank break down when he sees the glove?

The scene where Mr. Frank breaks down after he sees the glove, is called foreshadowing. Foreshadowing gives hints and ideas of what will happen in the future. In the beginning of the story, Mr. Frank breaks down when he sees the glove probably because he could not control the sorrow and pain after being reminded of his family. The glove probably belongs to one of the ladies in his family, either Mrs. Frank, Anne, Margot, or Mrs. Van Daan. The glove may have a great impact on him, since it is a belonging of his loved one, and it might make him remember of the memories in the Secret Annex. When Mr. Frank sees the glove after all of his family memebers have been killed in the Holocaust, he feels great pain and he is unable to handle it by himself. Miep and Mr. Kraler were the only ones who survived through the Holocaust, and all of the Franks had been killed. The foreshadowing from the glove, makes us predict that it is probably after the Holocaust, and that all of the members in the Secret Annex have died, except for Mr. Frank.

3. Theme

The theme of the play and movie, Anne Frank reveals that freedom may not be earned so easily when we are under control physically, but our minds are able to think freely on our own. They may be hiding in the Secret Annex from the Nazis, in order to be free, but the Nazis can not have the right to control their minds as well. Even though they may try to control the minds of the Jews, the Jews are able to think strong and keep their own culture to themselves. Also, in the movie, there are signs of freedom shown by the birds flying in the windows, throughout the scenes. The birds in the ending, represent freedom from the Nazis, when the Holocaust was over. I think that the author is trying to give us a message to the planet that we should always remember that we are able to have freedom mentally and internally, even though someone may be in charge of us. In the Secret Annex, the characters learn that even though they are in hiding, they can having love, peace, and relationship with one another, because they are free to think what they want. We should always carry hope with us no matter what, and we should not be controlled over powerful people, but be able to be an individual and stand up for your own beliefs and culture.

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

I personally do not know much about prejudice. The basic information that I know about prejudice is that it's a personal feeling, opinion, and thought against someone. I have heard the word 'prejudice' in Jane Austen's novel, "Pride and Prejudice". Also, I have heard and learned the basic meaning of the word, 'prejudice' in Korean as well. In order to learn more about the word 'prejudice', I looked it up on a dictionary and it explains that it's an unfavorable opinion or feeling done without knowledge, thought or reason. So, basically prejudice means to have a bad, sometimes even hateful opinion or feeling without having a good reason. In the world, we can see many acts of prejudice. Some acts of prejudice are many people in the world think Koreans eat dogs, girls can't be strong leaders as boys, if you're a lefthanded, you are smart, prejudice against the blacks in the past, and jobs such as lawyers all receive a lot of money. Prejudice is seen all over the world and has caused many effects. Even in our daily lives, we face many acts of prejudice, which leads to discrimination. The effects of prejudice is that many people are being mistreated and discriminated, such as how the blacks were mistreated unfairly in the past. Through prejudice, many are treated unfairly and unequally. By having a strong prejudice against something, it becomes difficult to break the prejudice and to accept the actual truth. The idea of prejudice can not be fully erased from our minds, but we can try to have less prejudice from learning and thinking more about the other cultures and ideas.

1. What do you know already about the Holocaust?

I personally did not know much about the Holocaust. I only knew the basic information on the Holocaust such as that the Germans were controlling over countries and that it was related with the Jewish. When I was young, I had read the diary of Anne Frank in a simple version. However, since it was a long time ago, I dont remember that much. I knew that Anne Frank had written secretly in a hiding place, but I didn't know detaildely about the Holocaust and her diary. I had searched information on the Holocaust when we first started learning about it, and I understood further about the topic. After we started the unit on the diary of Anne, I have learned so much more about the Holocaust, and the danger that the victims had gone through.