The Diary of Anne Frank

This weeks portion of Anne's Diary changed drastically in mood and tempo. They way she wrote was much more cheerful and it made me read faster. It is odd how the moods in writing dictate the reader's speed of reading, at least to me. Last week when I was reading Anne was very pessimistic as well as frustrated and it seems that I read much slower than usual. This week ,though,the pages seemed to flip themselves. I don't understand the logical reason for this but I have noticed it many times. I wonder if any others have had the same feeling as me?

The Diary of Anne Frank

The portion of the Diary of anne Frank that I read this week wasn't much different than last week's. Anne Frank and the rest of the "Secret Annex's" inhabinants continue on their track to insanity. The never ending case of cabin fever seems to catch up with everyone. Anne starts to become depressed in the way she writes.
I realize I have never been stuck in a secret condo with another family for a year and a half during the middle of a war, but I can relate some how. When my family and I were stuck inside the house during the fires, we all seemed to get on each others' nerves. We would knock into each other and get in our way. I am not sure that I would survive in her conditions.

The Diary of Anne Frank

This weekend's potion of Anne's diary portrayed the mood of the people living in the "Secret Annex". Everyone is very up tight because of the invasion of the Germans and the English' bombings.
Although Germany is being bombed in our back yard and we are not hiding illegally in a secret part of a building, my family has many stressful times. For example, when my brother, mom, and I went back to school and my sister and dad to work, the stress level was turned up a couple notches(my mom is a third grade teacher). You can just feel the tension. At points it feels like it is an uncanny amount of gravity or vacuum, just until someone breaks the seal and blows up. This cannot be good, you must be saying, well I look at it in another perspective. We are just letting out our anger so that we won't on an innocent bystander :P. I believe all families have these times; well at least I hope so. I wouldn't want to be the only teenager being reprimanded.

Interview

Humanities
Kay
9/11/08

Interviewee: Reyna Forman (Grandmother)

Q: What personal experiences have helped you develop your perspective on immigration?

A:Immigrated to the U.S. when she was 19

• while living in Tijuana, Mexico she met her future husband
• wanted to marry
• never thought she wanted to move to America or marry an American man
• no country like America
• when she reads the newspaper she gains information and gathers her perspective
• America cannot be compared to smaller countries that do not have the same population we have

Q: If you could immigrate anywhere in the world, where would you immigrate and why?

A: She would not immigrate anywhere in the world

• there is no other country that can provide such a great life
• no where better, family and kids are here
• Mexico's government is too corrupt: the rich get richer and the poor get poorer
• in America, if there is any corruption in the government does not affect her

Q: What would you do if you could help and/or change immigration in America?

A: Immigration is a great opportunity

• the immigrants that come to America cannot just come to make money, they need to adapt the culture
• in the long run it would be better for the immigrants if they waited it out and wait it out until they get the proper paperwork
  
• illegal does mean illegal though
• the immigrants can enjoy their culture in private but must embrace the American culture when in public

Q: Do you think immigrants should have any rights? Why or Why not?

A: In emergency the United States can not let illegals suffer. for example, if they broke their hip bone working the hospital has to let them in, but the immigrants an not take advantage

• when the immigrants use the emergency rooms as a way to get a "check up" they are possibly taking time away from a patient that has an urgent condition
• the children of the illegal immigrants had no say in this matter, so in the end they suffer the consequences that the parents may have left behind, such as being deported
• the immigrants wanted to come here, America did not force them, so if they come across problems America is not to blame
• most of the immigrants that come here cross the border to make more money and support their family, but that should not be the only reason, they need to work to become an American

Q: How do you fell about illegal immigrants getting deported?

A: When illegal immigrants come to America they must know that they run the risk of getting deported

• if an illegal immigrant commits a crime, they should be deported immediately, because now they have broken at least two laws, one of them a federal offense
  
• there has to be a remedies for families that have been living in the U.S. for several years and have grown children. how are you going to deport a whole family? a suggestion would be for them to make up for their offense by working for the community
• the American government cannot do much because the Mexican government urges them to go to America; also, their are thousands of illegal immigrants that cannot all be deported

Q: Do you fell everybody is an immigrant? Why?

A: If you go far enough back, yes

• sons and daughters of immigrants would be considered immigrants
• hundreds of years ago there were only Native Americans, so we are all essentially immigrants

Q: If you were an illegal immigrant how would your life be different?

A: There is nothing strong enough for me to commit a crime and immigrate illegally

• knowing that one day could change your life if you were deported, I would no feel comfortable
• I have never done anything in my life that is against the law

Q: What do you think about the border patrol?

A: On the whole, they try to do the best

• their opinion must be torn sometimes when they must deport a whole family, yet they have to do it
• the fact is that their job is to stop illegals from crossing and capture the ones that did
• they swore in to the job and they must fulfill their requirements
  

The Diary of Anne Frank

The portion of The Diary of Anne Frank I read this weekend was about the struggles that the two families are starting to encounter in their "Secret Annex". Anne speaks of the difficulties that they face because they live in such tight quarters such as bathing and studying.She begins to nit get along well with her mother and sister Margot. Anne feels like her mother, Margot, and her father sometimes team up and treat her unkindly.
As a child with siblings I know how it feels when you do not get your way when in an argument with your brother or sister and you don't get your way. Although it is extremely unreasonable, I felt like my mom always sided with my brother. It does not feel good.
Also, my brother is the middle child between my sister and me. I know that he always felt that we "ganged up" on him.I can understand that too. We seemed to always agree with each other and Zach was the one left out. It is a terrible feeling. I'm sorry that we made him experience that!

Where I'm From

I am from crazy high-top shoes,
from Jamba Juice smoothies and cluttered desks.
I am from the blaring TV's
(bright, loud, they never cease)
I am from the coral tree,
the glistening stream
who's appearance strikes like a threatened snake
I am from hilarious holiday dinners and awkward questions,
from Gerry and Robert.
I'm from hypochondria
and over reactions,
happy times and yelling too.

I'm from sharing is caring
with a baseball bat
I'm from my Bar Mitzvah
and that's it.
I'm from Chula Vista and Turkey
yapracas and iced tea
From the six weeks it took my grandparents to marry
the fatal day in the Bahamas for my dad's dad.
Above the aquariums few albums sit
traveling back in time,
telling our story
to make our mark
I'm from what I say
What I do-
What I am.

Diary of Anne Frank

Today I started a trek sought out by many people, beginning and completing a novel. The newest book of my choice is The Diary of Anne Frank, a very popular and recognize reading. The book is a true journal of a young Jewish girl living in Amsterdam, Holland during the rise of German Nazis and the second world war. She describes the daily life of an adolescent girl as well as struggles rarely seen in humanity. Eleanor Roosevelt wrote the introduction to the Bantam Books version of the novel, elaborating on how these writings have shown just how nothing should be taken for granted. She starts her introduction by saying, "Written by a young girl-and the young are not afraid of telling the truth-it is one of the wisest and most moving commentaries on war and its impact on human beings that i have ever read"
As far as being a practicing Jewish person,this book means a lotto me. The Holocaust is the most influential event in the history of Judaism except for, possibly, the Exodus from Egypt. Over six million Jewish men, woman, and children were killed and more than twice the number were prosecuted for as little as existing. Personally, World War II is something revered as "incredible and "unreal", yet in this novel the reader realizes that it was real. Every last minute of strife and struggle was real. How could a family of four and a family of three abstain from any outside contact for years? How could young children pacify themselves without formal schooling, and no room to play? Yet someway, somehow people overcame what couldn't be overcome and have shared the stories of their lives with the world to better are knowledge.