Thursday, April 23, 2015

The Diary of a Young Girl-Anne Frank(Connector)

Ana, Nina, Arabela, and I are reading The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank. We've read 180 out of 268 pages, and we are planning to read til the end til the next literature circle. Only Arabela and I attended to school today in our group, so Arabela decided to be the Travel Tracer, and I chose to be the Connector.

There were a several times I was reminded of myself during reading the book, but the first was when Anne explains how desperately she wants to go back to school again. I can feel empathy with her at this passage because I also have similar experiences. Everyone knows or at least I know that a school break starts with excitement and ends with longing to go back to school again. I always miss my friends in school.

The second was when Anne has a crush on Peter and flirts with him but is not sure if he really likes her. Almost always, I have a crush on somebody and I believe that is extremely normal. When I have a crush, I can't stop looking at him or thinking of him. And when we start talking and getting to know each other more and more, I have the strong desire to say I love you. I might be weird, but that's what I think. Sometimes he seems to also like me, but I try to think that he doesn't, because I may have just been misunderstanding and I've seen several other girls being closer to him. I can empathize with Anne.

The last one was when Anne starts to feel disconnected from "the Anne of last year". She says that she used to be a completely different person, and the Anne of last year seems like a childish baby when she examines her old self with the perspective of herself now. I also felt that way when I look back into last year. I look at my pictures and realize how much I've grown up, physically and mentally. But I still think I am very young since I'm not even 15 years old yet, and I'm in the early teens.

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