Anne Frank Connections

Wednesday, 22nd July 2020

1. How does viewing this text through a child’s perspective change the way we experience it?

In the perspective of Anne, we are showed that she doesn't yet understand the 'dangers' of the world

and the situation she and her family are trapped in. it makes us sympathize with Anne Frank as she

always looks forward to another day without considering the War taking place. as we experience the text

in a childlike, innocent matter the story proceeds and gradually

Anne's hope for another day crumbles as she finally understands the dangers her family has to face

and what they were shielding her from.

1. How would this text be different if it were told from the perspective of an adult?

instead of sugar-coating how the war was in the perspective of Anne who has a childlike sense of

thought. War hits differently for adults and is more stressed since they have responsibilities to carry

out and protect their family from danger. Every day, the adults need to plan and strategize a way out

of the grim fate they currently lead and understand the consequences if caught by the Nazi's. It's

the survival of the fittest.

1. Why did the filmmaker or author decide to tell this story from a child’s perspective?

to see what the world looks like from a child's perspective and discover how war affects people of different ages and how they would react. it seems like viewing from a child's perspective presents us with a new viewpoint of war and how it affects children at Anne's age.

1. How are children represented in the text? How are adults represented in the text?

Children are represented as Naive, curious and gullible as shown by Anne frank who despises her

mother because her own mother wouldn't listen to anything she has to say. Anne's mother shows us how

adults are ignorant, selfish, serious and are thieves. Anne's father had to steal in order to survive whilst

her mother is more ignorant and selfish.

1. Does imagination help the young hero to cope? How so? Provide an example.

Anne Frank vents off into her diary by writing the events occurring on that day imaging that she is writing it to a fictional person. it helps her cope with the heated arguments, mental deprivation and isolation as her family needed to keep out of the Nazi's sights. though she made many disagreements with the adults, she later managed to get along with them.

1. Does this text connect in any other ways to the other texts you have read/viewed?

this connects to Jojo Rabbit. though instead of the main character running away and hiding from Nazi's.

Jojo is a Nazi himself yet he isn't so sure if he wanted to join the wars and kill Jews like Adolf Hitler, a real Nazi.

Jojo takes inspiration from Adolf Hitler, his imaginary friend, and strives to become a great Nazi just like him. thought

upon crossing paths with a Jew hidden amongst the walls of his home, maybe Jews weren't as bad as they were as tolf

by Nazi's and books. Anne Frank is a Jew yet in spite of everything, she still believes that the world can still be a beautiful place.

Like Jojo, she has an imaginative friend whom she writes Diary entries to. seemingly as to communicate

with her inner thoughts and find calamity in spite of everything. unlike Jojo, Anne Frank meets a tragic end

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2. How so? Provide evidence and explain.

Anne Frank and Jojo are two completely different individuals. Jojo is more cowardly and thus called 'Jojo Rabbit'

dubbed by the Nazi's who train upcoming Nazi warriors. Anne Frank is more hopeful and thinks everything

has a meaning. and despite all the terror happening around both main characters, hope is what fueled

them to survive.

“I've found that there is always some beauty left -- in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you.” As stated by Anne Frank

Yet for Jojo he needed support, and support is what his mother provided him "Let everything happen to you, Beauty and Terror, no feeling is final."

Both statements have similarities as the word beauty is used in both sentences.