Jan 30, 2011

Learning Log 4


Date: 1/27-29
Part: Page53-78
Reflection:

The relationship between Anne and her mother was abject. Anne’s mother wanted her to be a good wife and loving mother, but that’s not what Anne thought; she wanted to be more than that. Also, her mother always blamed her in front of everyone, which made her feel Humiliated. “Mama is always carping on me, especially on the table.” She stated more than twice that she loved Father a lot more, and she couldn’t stand Mother. It’s normal that a girl will have Electra complex. Yet in Anne’s case, she seemed too extreme. However, a year and a half later, she added her own comment: “I’m surprised at my childish innocence…I can understand the mood changes and comments about Margot, Mother and Father…It embarrassed me greatly to read the pages dealing with subjects that I remember as being nicer than they actually were.” I can see that she had already grown more mature. 

“I feel wicked sleeping in a warm bed, while somewhere out there my dearest friends are dropping from exhausted.” Anne’s Jewish friends were taken away in droves to the camp. She could do nothing for them but fearfully hiding in the Secret Annex. “The Germans are generous enough when it comes to punishment.” No one dared to help those poor Jews and resisted Germans. Under totalitarian rule, even Germans themselves trembled with fear.

Miep sometimes told them the sad news about Jews outside. “We thought it best to stay as cheerful as possible.” After hearing those horrible deeds that Germans did to Jews, Anne started to feel a little bit uncertain about the future. Every time when Anne laughed cheerfully, she suddenly thought of those sufferers outside, “Am I supposed to spend whole day crying? No, I can’t do that.” Under such situation, Anne chose to live earnestly every day instead of being full of remorse.





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