Feb 19, 2011

Learning Log 14


Date: 2/17-18
Part: Page295-316
Reflection:

Even though the Annex Residents were in hiding, they didn’t miss any festival, anniversary, and birthday. I think it’s the way that they made themselves feel better and happier. They were stuck in the Annex like jailbirds, so they had to find some way to amuse themselves with. Otherwise, the atmosphere there would grow deathly still. Also, I think that they wanted to live ordinarily just like the other people outside. For this reason, they even took classes during the hiding time. Thus it can be seen that they indeed yearned for getting back to normal life after the war. 

If the members in the Secret Annex could see things from another side, they were actually luckier than the other Jews. Though they could not go out, they had a comfortable and quiet hiding place. It was a lot more batter than wandering in the street. Though they had little food, it was still enough for them to celebrate festivals. There were so many people helping them without caring about dangers, they should be grateful. Maybe I am biased because I haven’t ever lived under the pressure they had suffered.





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