Anne Frank

            Anne Frank was born June 12, 1929 and lived until Early March 1945. She lived during world war two and she is famous for her diary, about her life in hiding. Anne Frank went into hiding Monday July 6, 1942, along with her dad Otto Frank, her mom Edith Frank,and her sister Margot Frank. On July 13, 1942, the Van Pels:Herman Van Pel, Auguste Van Pel, and their 16 year old son, Peter Van Pel, joined them. Later, in November, a man named Fritz Pfeffer also moved in. On August 4, 1944 they were arrested, and brought to the RSHA headquarters. Two days later they were brought too the Westerbork Transit camp then too the Auschwitz concentration camp. Later Anne and Margot Frank and Auguste Van Pel were brought too Bergen-Belsen where Anne Frank,Auguste Van Pels, and Margot Frank died. Anne Frank's dad Otto Frank survived and helped publish Anne Frank's diary in 1950.

The Diary of Anne Frank (the critical edition) written by Anne Frank

            For my second book review I read The Diary of Anne Frank. Unlike my first review, this book was nonfiction and a classic.  I think this book has changed many things since it was published, and I am glad I read it.  The Diary of Anne Frank starts before she goes into hiding. She explains about her life, how she emigrated from Germany, and her family. She talks about how her family lives in Amsterdam, Netherlands. As the war gets more serious she talks about how she changed schools and is now going to a Jewish school. Although things are hard she concentrates on her family life and how she is close to her dad, but dislikes her mom. Going into hiding was quite abrupt for her family and she was not expecting it. But she obeys anyway and knows that if she didn't it would be dangerous. When she goes into hiding she does not think she will be there for more than a year, but she is wrong. During the first few months she talks about her dreams to become a writer and how she is looking forward to going back to her life. She isn't extremely worried about her accommodations, but is missing her house, cat, and friends. Also her and her mom are disliking each other even more. As time goes on there family is joined with another family called the Van Pels and even later a man named Pfeffer who Anne Frank dislikes and has to share a room with. As time goes on Anne Frank becomes good friends with Peter, the Van Pel's son, and better friends with her sister Margot. at the end of the Diary when the food supplies start to go away and the war comes closer, She starts understanding her mom more, and realizes many things about her self. Her last diary entry is from August 1, 1944 three days before they were captured.
             I think that one of the main theme for this book was a girl discovering herself. One example of the main theme is from a diary entry written Saturday afternoon, January 22 1944, "How is it that I am always quite different from what I am inside?"(page 460)  I think it shows how she realizes as time goes on how she really is inside.  Another time in her diary, she supports my idea for one of the main teems in a diary entry from Monday evening, November 8, 1943, "If you could read my piles of letters one after another, you would certainly be struck by the many different moods in which these were written." (page 415)  I thought that by writing that it showed that although she was stuck in hiding she still lived and acted to the fullest extent.  The final thing that I think supports my theory is the last diary entry she ever wrote.  In it, she says, "And finally I twist my heart around again, so that the bad is on the outside and the good is on the inside and keep trying to find a way of becoming what I would so like to be, if...there weren't any other people living in the world."  (page 699)  I think that all these entries support my idea that the main theme is a girl discovering herself.

            I would recommend this book to my classmates.  I think that this book is important to read and if you have not read it yet, you should read it.  This changed how I think about World War II, writing, and the way I read books.  I would definitely recommend this book to others.

Help Pets Stay Happy

           Would you get rid of your own kid? Of course not! So, why would you get rid of your pet? By buying a pet you're making a commitment. The pet expects your love and depends on you for food. Also, how would you feel to be abandoned? That is why I think it should be illegal to get rid of your pets.
            By buying a pet, you're basically taking their life into your hands. You are saying that you will take care of it and provide for its basic needs. Also, it is like getting a job. In return for your affection and attention, your pet provides you with love and companionship. When you buy a pet, you take it into your life, and it becomes part of your family. If you become to busy it is your fault and you should have planned better. When you take in a pet, there is no turning back.

             Another reason why it should be illegal to get rid of pets is that they depend on you. They need a friend and a caretaker as much as a kid. If you abandon it, it will probably be put in an animal shelter. If it is there too long, which sometimes happens to older pets, it will be put down. Also by getting rid of it, more and more animal shelters become full. It is the equivalent of being left at an orphanage.

             My final reason is that pets have feelings  too. Many people think that pets won't mind because they are not as smart. They are very wrong! Pets have feelings too, so think of how it would feel to be plunked down in a small, cramped,smelly, area away from the people you know and love. I personally would feel disappointed and wonder what I did wrong. They feel the same as we do.

              For these reasons, I that it should be illegal to get rid of pets. In buying them you make a commitment to take care of them. They also depend on you to feed and give them love. And remember they have feelings too.  By making this law, you will be saving many pets from becoming homeless or worse!   https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyUnNwlJQE1Qig1p_6AvI2r2mdPkhl_HmN6B1sfTIMVfqsx9SoJJBJrhcekkiAFiRHZG3QC2BBVElFHXyDkUWU10vxWRzG4c7FYyeNDlZ_YbJ-U85Rw7a13Wvg0HzV9kydwf_4D_nVQxE/s640/cute-puppy11.jpg  If you want to see a cute puppie video click on this link.

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Deadly by Julie Chibbaro

            The book I read is called Deadly, written by Julie Chibbaro.  In it, a girl called Prudence Galewski does not like her finishing school.  She wants to become a doctor so that she can save people, because of the death of her brother and the likely death of her father.  She then looks for jobs so that she and her mom will have more money.  A man offers her a job as his secretary.  She immediately accepts when she finds out that he is trying to stop the spread of typhoid fever.  Unfortunately, she has to quit going to her finishing school in order to take the job.  Neither her mom nor her finishing school headmistress are very happy about her choice.  In her job, Prudence starts chasing Mary Mallon who is a woman who's presence is always followed by typhoid fever.  Mary Mallon is found to be the first healthy carrier of typhoid fever.  Prudence feels sorry for Mary but understands why the doctors are keeping Mary at the hospital.  In the end, Prudence helped track down the first recorded healthy carriers of typhoid fever.

          I think the theme of this book is that you can do what ever you want to do no matter who you are.  I decided that this is the theme because it is mentioned many times in the book.  One time it is mentioned is when Prudence says, "Truthfully I hunger for a job that's meaningful."  I think that it shows how girls and woman used to get less high quality jobs than men, but during that time period girls and woman started getting better jobs. Another sentence in which the theme is supported is when Prudence says, "It seems, the sort of job I've been looking for, one that is bigger than me." Also Prudence meets a woman doctor who encourages Prudence to go to college. The doctor says, "You know Prudence, I think you would make a good doctor."  That statement really pushes Prudence to do more with her life.  I think that these sentences support my claim that if you work hard enough, no matter who you are, you can do what ever you want.
            I would recommend this book to a friend but only if they like historical fiction.  This book does not have a sequel.  The book does not have a finalized ending either, so, I think that the author may write a sequel. There is another book by this author.  It is called Redemption and I think that it is another historical fiction, but I am not sure. I hope this author writes more books so I can read them.
           A historical character in this book is Mary Mallon more frequently called Typhoid Mary. She was the first healthy carrier of a disease to be found and recorded. Mary Mallon worked as a cook for eight different families and seven of them contracted typhoid fever. She was caught but refused to give the doctors samples, so she was later token into custody. The doctors found traces of Typhoid in her gallbladder, so she was put into quarantine for three years at a clinic on North Brother Island. Later the doctors decided to let Mary out if she promised not to be a cook. She became a laundress for a few years, but then changed her name to Mary Brown and went back to being a cook for five years causing more outbreaks.Finally the police caught up to her and she was quarantined for the rest of her life.
           I thought that this was a good book on an interesting topic.