literature analysis #1

The Diary of a Girl by Anne Frank
Topics and Events
1.
a) The Diary of a girl is talked by Anne Frank as a young, Jewish girl trying to not become a victim of the Halocaust. She writes nearly everyday in her journal explains her experiences such as: her hideout, her family, and her emotions. Her and her family get close with one other family remain in hideout barely being able to make noise day to day in fear of being found. As the war goes on, situations become worse.
b) Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl, along with her family records her experiences in a diary as her and her family overcome one of the most brutal acts on humanity, the Halocaust.
2.The author, Anne Frank chose to right about this event because she was directly affected by it. Her people were targeted for all social and economic problems. Anne Frank wanted to record this time in her life because she knew that one day this racial act on Jewish people would be over and people needed to know what life at this time for a targeted group was. She herself wanted to remember this time of life in detail as you can tell in her descriptive entries. Anne Frank wanted people to see a real insight of the Halocaust. Aside from what text books say, but a real account. A true, personal story.
3. I chose this book because I had some background on the history of this event. Knowing the cruel acts that went on then, I knew that reading a true story of this time period would further advance my knowledge of the Halocaust. I also thought it would be interesting reading of a poor girl's experiences and really imagining her life as it continued and how hard it must have been living day to day in fear for your life. Also, an emotional appeal on literature really appeals to me because I enjoy relating or furthermore imagining. This book is clearly emotional considering the tragic conditions. This book is very famous and world-wide, so I had her about it before, but never sat down and actually read it.
4. I found this book to be EXTREMELY realistic because of not only my historical knowledge, but the fact that this book is so widely known and it was published after the time of Anne's death. She didn't know that her diary would be published therefore she couldn't have made major changes to her story. I don't think I could relate this story so much to my life because it is so intensely sad and I have not dealt with such tragedy. However, I did relate her story to what I have learned over the years between movies, history class, and other literature pieces. I also connected her story to my emotions directly. As I read, I felt how she felt to a certain degree. As I read, I could hardly bear the thought of Anne actually living through what she did.
Style
1. Anne Frank chose to use a journalistic style because she wrote her diaries everyday. She never knew what the next day would bring. She also died before her diary was published so she was not able to even go back and edit things about her story. Not many fictional techniques were used. One that was used throughout her story was pathos. Her whole diary was appealing to emotion. I think this was not even done intentionally. Just the fact that the story was so tragic was enough to say pathos was used.
2. Anne frank definitely uses lengthy descriptions to show the personalities of all the characters. At the beginning of the book, she describes each member in her class with a detailed description. She also does the same for any main character later in this book. Eventually, you see how Anne is right about her characters through their dialogue, but the initial introduction to her characters are descriptions by Anne.
 3. Personally, I think the mood of this story sets itself. It is already a horrific story so people are already sympathetic to this. But, Anne appeals to emotion as I said before, using pathos. The way she describes each sad event that takes place, for example, their living conditions, the description really uses pathos because of the extreme measures.
4.The authors attitude toward the subject was, in a sense, calm and settle. Anne never though, even after the whole war was over, that humanity was evil. She still, even after all that she went through, had a positive outlook on life. She quoted near the end of her book this amazing quote,  "I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart." This quote alone truly shows her attitude at the end of the war and her outlook on life. Her attitude toward the audience was not pity. She was never looking for anyone's approval or disapproval of her experience. She simply wanted to record her story for her own self. If people were to read it one day, she simply wanted readers to know what happened at this time. Not in pity for her or her family, but for the historical aspect of the matter. Anne Frank was an amazing girl with an even better outlook on life.
5. Anne Frank personally didn't include any kind of historical information about her story. This was because, it was strictly a diary. She wasn't trying to prove anything to anyone. She also didn't have access to any sort of these items as she was in hiding, and died before her book was even published. She herself did not include these things. However, her father who ended up deciding to publish her diary, chose to include family photos. These family photos helped put a face to the name I read about. These family photos helped understand the time period. These family photos helped relate for me in a sense. This extra piece of history didn't so much influence my thinking, but it made the book that much more interesting for me.

 “Although I'm only fourteen, I know quite well what I want, I know who is right and who is wrong. I have my opinions, my own ideas and principles, and although it may sound pretty mad from an adolescent, I feel more of a person than a child, I feel quite independent of anyone.”-Anne Frank, The Diary of a Girl. This is one idea I love from this book. Anne represents herself as such an independent, mature girl. So many adults think that young teenagers are immature or not capable of many things. Here Anne expressed her mature attitude. In a couple of years of Anne's life, she experienced more hardships than many adults do in a lifetime. This helped Anne develop at such an early age. Like the famous quote says, tough times don't last, but tough people do. Anne remained tough at this time and got through this tough time. I will remember Anne's bravery and mature demeanor through this rough time in her life.
People
1. Anne is a young teenage girl at the time of the event. She, therefore encountered many young people as well through school. At the beginning of the book, she actually takes a whole days worth of an entry to describe each person in her class. Because of her age, she has a developing attitude and is self revolved. You can make this assumption because many of her classmates are described as dumb, annoying, or dirty minded. Also, Anne describes her mother as someone who does not listen to Anne's needs or understands Anne much at all. From this I came to a conclusion that Anne has a snotty demeanor. The only person she speaks good of is her father. We now know that Anne is a daddy's girl.
2. Mrs. Van Daan is the mother of the other family in hiding. Mrs. Van Daan is only referred to as this, and Madame. She alone is enough to make the household go crazy. She can best be described as stingy, snotty, and abrupt. Anything that she brought to their "hideout home" cannot be used by the Franks. One by one, she starts removing items that were in public vicinities and storing them for her family's personal use. She is also snotty and abrupt in that she punishes Anne herself for things Mr. nor Mrs. Frank would punish her for. She also has the nerve to continually criticize Anne's upbringing. Peter is Mrs. Van Daan's son. Peter is a young boy who is shy and immature. Peter does not get along well with Anne at all. He also continues to mouth off to his parents which send him to his "room" without a bed or dinner. Peter can be easily angered, but can also easily anger anyone. Anne vaguely describes him as unfriendly. I would characterize them indirectly because their actions speak for themselves. Through the mishaps they perform the readers are able to tell what kind of character they are.
3. These two characters make the story more interesting. Between them two, they create enough arguments to last the whole war. Because they are from the same family, they have many similar characteristics. Anne is always finding a reason to complain with Peter and his mother, Mrs. Van Daan hiding with them. The way that the son and mother are so similar makes them interesting characters to compare and contrast.

research paper

Elizabeth Pulido

Dr. Preston

 Expository Composition

November 29, 2013

Racism

            Racism in America hasn’t disappeared. There is a lot of discrimination on Mexicans and blacks. It is all racial profiling and it ties into the history of slavery and the rising resentment against immigrants. What is the concept is the concept of “race”? The concept of race remains unclear to many. No one likes to be judged just by their ethnicity, race, or color. We as a country need to stop judging people every time we see someone. Do not tell me you have never judged someone because everyone does it.

            What do we know about racism? What is racism? Racism is the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another races or races. "Racism." Def. 1a. Webster’s Third New World Dictionary. 1993. Print.  It is a complex idea that has shaped each of our destinies.

            What would happen if there was no more racism? Racism has caused so much violent and crime in this world. Racial discrimination happens every day and hurts many. It affects everyone either by bullying to even gangs.  You hear on the news almost every day about racism. There are so many articled that you read about racism. The other day I saw in the news paper, “Man killed because of his race!” That is scary.

            One of the problems is people always assume that if you are from a certain race you either won’t succeed or your only job should be working out in the fields. I have seen this situation happen plenty of times. People disrespect Mexicans all the time and think that we cannot have a better job other then working out in the fields or picking up after others like a maid or janitor.  You should not judge someone for where they come from. Judge someone by what they bring to the table.

            No matter where you go, there is going to be racism. At some point in your life, I am sure you have racist. It is all in your thought process and how you were raised. I know some parents wouldn’t let their kids play with other kids that aren’t white. When you hear some trying to insult someone and they say “big nose”, you instantly know they are talking about Jews.  We are all taught differently and at a young age and we carry that throughout our life which is part of the problem.

            Racism affects a lot of jobs which affects living. Some people don’t hire certain people because they think that it is going to make the company look bad. The people who mostly get affected are Mexicans and blacks.  What usually happens is if you were to call in for a job and stated a white name then they would be interested. What would happen if you called and said a Hispanic name? Most likely they won’t be interested. This has actually happened to one of my cousins. We are Hispanic and she mentioned her last name which is Sanchez and they had said they don’t have any more openings. She called back the next day and said a white last name and they were interested. This is another reason why we Hispanics can’t get a higher level job because this is happening and this shouldn’t be allowed.

            Researching racism was definitely something that I expected. Most articles were talking about how racism affected certain groups and there was a lot of violent and crime going on because of their race. The Washington post. “Racism.” The Washington post. 18 July 2009 http://articles.washingtonpost.com/keyword/racism. Also a lot of people would be looked down at and being denied access to certain things due to their position in society. This annoys me ne to see people treat others like they are non-existent or just trash like they do not matter.

            I also found that not only people are going to be denied for their race, but also because of their race and how they appear. Meaning how tall, color of hair, skinny, and how fat you are. A lot of people throughout the world are struggling because of this. This is one of the big reasons why there is unemployment. Our economy is harsh and isn’t going to change unless we are the change. Our community would be so much better if we came together. Why can’t we be the same? Think of how much easier and better life would be if we were actually equal.

            One thing that really caught my eye was the educational system here in the United States. The system can deny equal access to the children and adults of color and their background like if they are poor. I don’t find it fair how we aren’t granted the same opportunity. People actually want to get somewhere in life and how will we succeed if we don’t get chances too? it is like they are setting up for failure. We are getting such a negative impact that at some point we just want to give up. We need that extra push and guidance tot eh right path. You would think that they would keep all the talk about racism and poverty out of school. I don’t want my kids to be learning about the wrong things in school. School should be teaching kids about the right things and how everyone is equal. You never know what the next thing a teacher can be teaching children.

            As I was doing some more research, I saw a couple good articles that were positive. It really caught my eye so I decided to keep reading. What I mean by positive is that people are saying put an end to racism and want to actually do something about it. They are motivating people to fight against racism. The articles mention that people have a voice and they should use it. Everyone makes a difference. They aren’t alone, fight for what is right.

            Everyday I see racism happen. It even happens to me especially because I am Latina. As a Latina, people have personally told me I won’t get far. It motivates me to go farther and to show those people that I will be successful. A lot of people will say that they don’t see racism happen. It is an everyday thing. It is sad to see this constantly and it just seems to be a normal thing.

            Racism isn’t only a big problem in the United States but also all over the world. In the eastern side like Hong Kong and India are the least tolerant of neighboring with a different race. Latin countries are the most tolerant of being neighborly and friendly with different races. They are more welcoming.

            Racial discrimination and racism are on the uprising and becoming common throughout the world. With the current global situation confirming the worst expectations that mans worst tendencies are created in the womb. People all over the world are being denied jobs because of their ethnicity. All about popular issues. “world racism.” All about popular issues. 2 February 2005 http://www.allaboutpopularissues.org/world-racism-faq.htm

 It’s not just in the United States that people are being denied because of their color, but everywhere around the world as well.  People are struggling to pay for bills or even to get food on their plate for their family. If people aren’t helping getting those jobs then what are we suppose to do? This world is becoming really scary because people are afraid to speak up because they are afraid they will be judged.

            While doing research, I found out that in Asia racism is actually encouraged.  They don’t care about the issues you have as an individual.  Division among class is also a problem there. Global issue.”Racism around the world.” global issues. 8 August 2010 http://www.globalissues.org/article/165/racism . Your job defines who you are. You get judged by your appearance there in Asia. You have no opportunity to identify yourself and become unique. Once you are seen as someone with no money and have a bad job, you will be looked down too. You will not be important.

            I put some deep thought into racism and how it everywhere. Why can’t we just stop this? Have been not seen what kind of world we live in? We can be the change and make it a better place for the future generations. I don’t care what other people say but every person matters. Let’s teach kids at a young age to be kind to one another and avoid hatred. Wouldn’t you want to live in a world where everyone was equal? That would sure make me want to actually be in this planet. Respect is a big key in life so make sure you give it even though sometimes it won’t be given back to you. You want to be the bigger person.

            I personally want racism to end. If everyone makes a change and tries to stop racism, racial discrimination won’t be around. Racial discrimination is definitely something that can be ignored. Statistics show that racism is actually not as big in the United States as it is in other countries. That makes me feel horrible inside. I thought it was bad enough here! People are being bullied ever day because how they look. Before you say a rude comment to someone, stop into their shows and see what it is like to be looked down to and not have the chance to explain yourself or show what you are capable of. Criticism happens on a daily basses and you may not notice it. Step up for others if you see this happening.

            If we stop racism, it’s not going to happen overnight. It will slowly become a better place to live if we make the change. We can change our habits in the help of others. You never know what someone is capable of and they might surprise you. It’s great to be different, but the way people see it is a bad thing. When someone is different, people get jealous and try to drag them down. Don’t be that person. Don’t be afraid to be yourself. You never know who you are inspiring.

            Even though racism has a high chance of ending, don’t stop trying to make the change. Every person makes a difference. Teach children right and accept people by who they are. We can all unite together and it would be a better place to live in.

           

           

 

 

 

 

 

·         Global issue.”Racism around the world.” global issues. 8 August 2010 http://www.globalissues.org/article/165/racism

·         "Racism." Def. 1a. Webster’s Third New World Dictionary. 1993. Print.

·         The Washington post. “Racism.” The Washington post. 18 July 2009 http://articles.washingtonpost.com/keyword/racism

·         All about popular issues. “world racism.” All about popular issues. 2 February 2005 http://www.allaboutpopularissues.org/world-racism-faq.htm