What was Annemarie's test of bravery when the German soldiers came to Uncle Henrik's house? Use specific examples from the book to support your thinking. We then learn that the funeral was meant to gather those who were trying to escape Denmark and go to Sweden. Peter is helping to do this by getting the families ready for their journey. Annemarie thinks to herself, "It was as if he had moved beyond his own youth and had taken his place in the world of adult." What does she mean by this? How has being part of the Resistence changed Peter?
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Annemarie's test of bravery when the German soldiers came to Uncle Henrik's house was telling the German soldiers that her Great-aunt Birte had died. This was testing Annemarie’s bravery because, she had to lie to the soldiers. This would be scary and hard because lying to such powerful people could put Annemarie and her family in great danger. If the soldiers did find out that Annemarie was lying, she and her family could have been killed for not telling the truth. That afternoon, Uncle Henrik had told Annemarie that she could be more brave if she didn’t know all that was happening. Without knowing all the information about her Great-aunt Birte, Annemarie must have been scared. She had to keep these feeling inside herself or the soldiers could find out what was really in the casket.
ReplyDeleteWhat Annemarie means by, "It was as if he had moved beyond his own youth and had taken his place in the world of adults” is that Peter isn’t as playful and happy since he joined the Resistance. I think that if Lise hadn’t died and if Peter and Lise had gotten married, then Peter wouldn’t have joined the Resistance and his life would be very different. Peter is now serious because he needs to be, since he’s part of the Resistance. Peter is helping the Jews and others who want to escape the war get to Sweden. It seems like Peter has a plan to help these families. Peter is no longer so light-hearted because he is putting himself in danger to help others. Peter is so brave!
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ReplyDeleteYour answers are always so thorough, I love it!
Do you think Annemarie was thankful to her Uncle Henrik for only telling her a little bit of information. I think she understood better how sometimes it is ok to lie to someone you love if it protects them in some way. On pg 77 it says "Annemarie nodded. She felt older, suddenly." I like how the book is written about a subject you have never experienced, the Nazis and war, and still I find it easy to relate to the characters. I'm sure you can think of a time when your mom did something or said something, and later when it all made sense, you felt a little more grown up. It is like that with Peter too, I'm sure. He had to learn a lot of things that would be hard to understand at first in order to help with the Resistance, but as he helps more people escape the Nazis he would find more understanding and also more wisdom.
Being part of the resistance changed Peter by making him more serious I think this because, he isn’t who he used to be for example, he used to be fun and playful in a way and now he is very serious. Also being part of the resistance make him more mischievous. I think this because he goes out after eight and spends his time finding ways to get rid of the nazis. Annemarie's test of bravery was keeping the secret of “great aunt Birtie” and not letting anyone see inside the coupon. I think this because when Uncle Henrik finally spilled the secret he told Annemarie to keep that secret and not let anyone know.
ReplyDeleteAnnemarie's test of bravery when the German soldiers came to Uncle Henrik’s house was how brave she could be even without knowing things and not knowing what was going to happen. This is a great example because if she even said one thing that the soldiers didn’t like, she could be shot, beat to death, or all of them just killed because of one thing she said that made them suspicious.
ReplyDeleteAnnemarie means by saying this that Peter has grown up and he’s not as fun to play with anymore because he’s too worried about everything that an adult does except ten times worse because he’s a resistance fighter and if he were to be caught, he’d be killed. She also means that Peter is being kind like an adult and offering to do things that adults do.
Being part of the Resistance has changed Peter because he’s now in more danger than he was because the Nazi’s can track him down and kill him at any moment. It has also changed him because in the book, it says that he used to stay around for longer but now he just says hi and leaves.
Annemarie’s test of bravery was that she had to lie to the face of a Nazi soldier, make her voice sound like it was true. It surprised me when the soldiers asked her instead of anybody else. I know they asked her because, in the text, it says, “she realized that the officer was directing the question at her.”
ReplyDeleteI think being part of the Resistance changed Peter by making him more serious and businesslike, because he now knows all thats going on to the Jews.
Annemarie’s test of bravery was that she had to lie to the face of a Nazi soldier, make her voice sound like it was true. It surprised me when the soldiers asked her instead of anybody else. I know they asked her because, in the text, it says, “she realized that the officer was directing the question at her.”
I think being part of the Resistance changed Peter by making him more serious and businesslike, because he now knows all thats going on to the Jews. It is serious and cruel stuff going on with the Jews and the Nazis, and its very serious trying to help Jews, so it makes sense why he became serious.