Mrs. Ault ~ 6th Grade English

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• Zachary Wolf

  I think that what Anne wants is really someone to talk to. In the "secret annexe", Anne describes how bored she gets. And also, Anne feels very lonely. I think that Anne thinks that there is no one else to talk to though; Fritz is very pendantic, rude and to me he can be pretty selfish. Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan are selfish, rude, panic a lot, and are EXTREMELY ANNOYING!! Anne dosen't think that she has a good relationship with her mom and it wasn't common to talk about personal issues back then between child and parent. And Margot and her dad don't really have time for her. So peter is the only one to talk to and he can be very nice sometimes (pretty much the only one in the "annexe"). So they talk a lot and it seems like Anne enjoys it.

  11/18/2008 4:04:26 PM
• Garrett Thrush

  pensive-thoughtful with a touch of sadness. On page 137 Anne left the room wearing a pensive expression.
  

  11/18/2008 4:24:01 PM
• Elizabeth Oldhouser

  fatuous:fooish, fake, unreal, unconscious, or silly.
  brusquely:(i am not sure if this is right) abrupt in manner; blunt; rough.
  (someone PLEASE tell me if I am right or wrong)
  pensive: thoughtfulness usually marked by some sadness.

  11/18/2008 5:02:37 PM
• Shawn Guindon

  Anne has a nonrealistic relationship with peter i am guessing they chase each other and Anne is talking about marrying him and The Van Daans are rude and selfish.

  11/18/2008 5:08:51 PM
• Lauren Vagnoni x: )

  Q: Is Anne able to have a realistic view of a relationship with Peter? What does she really want?
  
  A: I think Anne is able to have a realistic view of a relationship with peter because he is her age and is going through the same thing as Anne. I think Anne wants to spend more time with Peter because she feels like she can say anything and sahre anything with him and he'll understand.
  
  :) **
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  11/18/2008 5:30:00 PM
• Lauren Vagnoni x: )

  1) why does Anne celebrate Christmas when she's jewish? Also did she celebrate it before they were hiding?
  
  2)What do you think about Anne when she writes peoms for everyone as christmas presents? I thijk it is very sweet and she shows her creativity and her care.

  11/18/2008 5:33:51 PM
• Elizabeth Oldhouser

  I know we have mentioned it in the last blog but I just (2 days ago) got there so I would like to add something to it. When Anne loses her fountain pen, she acts sort of...depressed. Why do you think she was so dissapointed about losing a...'pen'? Do you think it was because she had had it so long and it was a memory of before the war? Because pretty soon after she talks about that, she talks a lot about after the war. Do you think she is worried that that is the only thing she has left from the outside that is actually HERS? Also, do you think Margot threw it in the pot when Anne wasn't looking becase she seemed to know where it was...???

  11/18/2008 8:13:38 PM
• Elizabeth Oldhouser

  Who is lies?

  11/18/2008 8:14:51 PM
• Elizabeth Oldhouser :-)

  Lauren Vagnoni:
  
  Q:What do you think about Anne when she writes peoms for everyone as christmas presents? I thijk it is very sweet and she shows her creativity and her care.
  
  A: I think that she does it BECAUSE she needs to pass the time and it makes her feel comforted. I agree with you that she shows her creativity in these poems.
  
  I have a Q now. Do you think she will write a poem for Mummy? She does start to talk about how she wishes for a 'real' Mom to call 'Mumsie' to show her 'motherly care' to her. Maybe she will make her first attempt...but what do you think???

  11/18/2008 8:20:17 PM
• Lauren Roche

  Anne's relationship with her mother is growing a little bit, but she's really just looking over her diary and saying how bad she was to her mom and how she felt sad for her mom because she spoke meanly to her sometimes.
  
  Anne's relationship with Peter isn't realistic because he doesn't really pay attention to her and Anne just dreams about him (not realistic/not happening in real life).

  11/18/2008 8:50:03 PM
• Zach Rodriguez

  I think Anne relationship with her mom is changing a little bit and Anne is trying to make her relationship with her mom more positive. I think it would be hard for her to have realistic view of Peter because she loves him so much. I think Anne wants Peter to love her and be "hers" forever.

  11/18/2008 8:53:11 PM
• Lauren Roche

  Lauren Vagnoni:
  I think someone else in Anne's family is not jewish and that's why she celebrates Christmas (I am jewish but my dad isn't, so we celbrate Christmas). I don't know if she celebrated Christmas before she went into hiding.

  11/18/2008 8:54:15 PM
• Zach Rodriguez

  brusquely-markedly short and adrupt
  

  11/18/2008 9:01:11 PM
• Mrak Moody

  Lauren Vagnoni
  
  Q: Why does Anne celebrate Christmas when she's Jewish? Also did she celebrate it before they were in hiding?
  
  A: I don't believe that Anne celebrated Christmas before she went in hiding. Even though she mentioned Christmas in her diary a year ago, it was with reference to the joyful news that everyone with ration books could get an extra quarter pound of butter. Anne did not mention any other reason to be joyful on Christmas. Also, a year ago, Anne did not even put an entry in her diary at Christmas. In December, 1943, Anne talks a lot about Christmas and says it was the first time she received something on Christmas. Anne is constantly asking herself questions and looking for answers, and I believe that Christmas provides an answer to her sadness and fear in the form of hope.

  11/18/2008 9:15:18 PM
• ¿Ethan Trout?

  Q) why does Anne celebrate Christmas when she's jewish? Also did she celebrate it before they were hiding?
  A)Anne celebrates Christmas because before she went into hiding she didn't bring the necessary stuff like candles,Etc...
  
  
  

  11/19/2008 3:29:11 PM
• Kevin O'Brien

  I think that Anne and Peter could have a relationship. They are really nice to each-other and they care for each-others problems. Also, Anne talks about him in a positive or humorous way, never negative like Mrs. Van Daan.

  11/19/2008 3:53:50 PM
• Kevin O'Brien

  To Lauren,
  I don't think Anne's family celebrated christmas before this because they were practicing the Jewish religion. But now the're not probally because tey don't want to think about the bad times for Jews now. Also, the caretakers celebrate christmas so they all just celebrated christmas together.
  

  11/19/2008 3:58:35 PM
• Nick Morton

  i think Anne is getting closer to her mom.

  11/19/2008 4:14:44 PM
• Nick Morton

  I'm sorry, my sister came over and pressed send before I could finish. I was saying that Anne is getting closer to her mom. Anne doesn't take things so harsh now. I think Anne is desperate to have a real life and from that is trying to be as nice as possible sometimes it doesn't work

  11/19/2008 4:17:16 PM
• Nick Morton

  Lauren:
  I think Anne and her family are some Christian it is just they didn't meet the standards to be full German.

  11/19/2008 4:20:21 PM
• Shawn Guindon :0)

  To Lauren, I believe that Anne is celebrating because The Van Daans or someone else in the Annexe is Catholic. The people who celebrate it are in hiding in the Annexe because they have some body feature[like eye color or hair color]or something that the Nazis dont want.

  11/19/2008 5:42:21 PM
• Julia Nardone

  Q:Is Anne able to have a realistic view of a relationship with Peter? What does she really want?
  
  A: I think Anne is able to have a realistic view of a relationship with Peter. I think this because they spend a lot o time together, they keep eachother company, and [as Lauren V. said] they are experiencing the same things every day.

  11/19/2008 5:49:40 PM
• Julia Nardone

  Q: [From Lauren V.]What do you think about Anne when she writes peoms for everyone as christmas presents?
  
  A: I think that Anne is very caring and kind to write poems for everyone. She spent her free time and put a lot of thought into the poems, and I think hat was very nice to do.

  11/19/2008 5:52:22 PM
• Alicia Ouyang

  I think that Anne's relationship with her mother is just that Anne looks at it differently. During this kind of age, we all have our rebelling moments and understanding times. THis is one of her times where she actually understands he mother. I think she now just steps back and sees the reasons why she was so rebellious and how much her mom hurt her.
  For Anne's relationship with Peter, I think she does have a relastic view of the relationship, but twisted. I think that both become good friends,but her longing is so great that I don't really want to know what the result will be. I think so far, so good. I think Anne knows that she needs a real human to talk to. She thinks here dad is unfair to her sometimes, her mother is definately out of the question, and Margot isn't really so close as a sister.

  11/19/2008 6:24:48 PM
• Hunter Field

  I think Anne wants someone to talk to but everyone is being rude, except Peter who Anne just "happens" to also like. Anne just needs someone to vent with besides "Kitty"(Anne's diary). Peter is one of the only people who does't make fun of Anne, but the whole thing of her liking Peter before, then getting stuck with him in the "Secret Annex" is not very likely.

  11/19/2008 7:01:32 PM
• Hunter Field

  Does Anne really want to have a relationship with Peter? I mean if they break-up their feelings (if any left behind, good or bad) will stay with them because they are stuck in the same house-like thing.

  11/19/2008 7:06:27 PM
• Thomas Wissman

  I don't think that Anne's relationship with her mother is changing, but I think the way looks at their relationship is. She looks back in her diary and thinks that she has been harsh towards her mother and she tries to understand "the Anne of a year ago," and seems to be trying to understand her mother more. She is starting to think about all of her relationships more seriously. This is one of the few things she can do while she is in hiding.
  She thinks about Peter Wessel now too. I think she thinks she is love with him, but what she really wants is things to be the way they used to be. She is in love with her memories.
  

  11/19/2008 7:15:43 PM
• Lauren Vagnoni

  When did tey go out and buy the Christmas presents for each other and why do they say they are Christmas presents, not Chanukah presents.

  11/19/2008 9:23:08 PM
• Daniel Shin

  Elizabeth Oldhouser
  
  Q:
  I know we have mentioned it in the last blog but I just (2 days ago) got there so I would like to add something to it. When Anne loses her fountain pen, she acts sort of...depressed. Why do you think she was so dissapointed about losing a...'pen'? Do you think it was because she had had it so long and it was a memory of before the war? Because pretty soon after she talks about that, she talks a lot about after the war. Do you think she is worried that that is the only thing she has left from the outside that is actually HERS? Also, do you think Margot threw it in the pot when Anne wasn't looking becase she seemed to know where it was...???
  
  A: I think it was just special to`her because she likes writing a lot (her diary proves that)
  and she said it was a pen that felt right in her hand and this pen was fit for her style of writing.

  11/20/2008 3:05:38 PM
• Daniel Shin

  Q: Do you think Anne wrote the christmas poems just because she had nothing to do and did it for fun or do you think she did it because she cared for everybody?

  11/20/2008 3:09:29 PM
• Matthew Shollenberger

  Q: Do you think the relationship with her mother is truly changing, or is Anne looking at things differently?
  
  A: I think that Anne is just looking at things differently. She suddenly seems to be happier with everyone in the the attic, including Mrs. Van Daan. Because she suddenly seems to be happier with EVERYONE, I think that Anne has changed, not her mom.

  11/20/2008 3:22:05 PM
• Matthew Shollenberger

  Do you think that the Franks and Van Daans don't like each other because they have too many differences or because one of them are bratty?

  11/20/2008 3:29:45 PM
• Matthew Shollenberger

  brusquely(adv)-to be rough or abrupt in manner or speach

  11/20/2008 3:32:55 PM
• Matthew Shollenberger

  fatuous(adj)-complacently stupid or inane;silly;foolish
  pensive-(adj)-thinking deeply or seriosly, often sad or melancholy things

  11/20/2008 3:38:50 PM
• Jay Bucci

  brusque-markedly short and abrupt.
  
  pensive-musingly or dreamily thoughtful.
  
  I was not able to find the definition of fatuos.
  

  11/20/2008 4:00:07 PM
• Jay Bucci

  I don't think that Anne and Peter could have a relationship because of the type of relationship that Anne and Mrs.Van Daan have. Since Peter is Mrs.Van Daan's son I do not think that Anne and Peter will get along because Peter must have some of Mrs.Van Daan's qualities that Anne does not like. That is why they won't have a good relationship.

  11/20/2008 4:05:37 PM
• Ethan Trout

  1. Do you think the relationship with her mother is truly changing, or is Anne looking at things differently?
  No, i think she is just looking at her relationship with her mom.

  11/20/2008 5:40:39 PM