“I must tell you that I really am trying to be helpful, friendly, and good and to do everything I can so that the rain of rebukes dies down to a light summer drizzle.It is mighty difficult to be on such model behavior with people you cant bear,especially when you don't even mean a word of it.”-Anne, page 84, The Diary Of A Young Girl
I think what Anne is trying to say is that she is trying to be nice and respectful to the people that is living with her because she is hiding with people. Anne probably might not like the people that she is living with, but she said that she is trying to be friendly and good to them because Anne has been mean to her mom lately, but Anne might not mean or show any of that in herself but she is trying deep in her heart to be more kind to her mom.
I can relate to this quote because at home I can be sometimes really mean to my parents and my brothers. My parents always tell me to behave myself if I get in a fight with my brothers or talk back. I try so hard not to talk back to my parents and my brothers but because I have been talking back often now it is a habit to try to keep my mouth shut and not say anything. Parents always wonder why do kids talk back - they think us as teens do it because we want to get them mad or because it is funny, but actually we talk back because we want to explain to our parents about the things they yell at us for - that it isn't true - that is why we talk back. I promised my parents that I will try to be a nice and a good person and that I will start behaving better even more than I am.
I feel that Anna is not really talking about her mom, but other people around her. Because it's not really that bad if you are being mean to your mom, if she was being mean to someone else it might cause a bigger problem. I feel she is not trying her hardest to be helpful because if she was she would have accomplished it all ready. I really like how you connected the passage to your personally live. Exactly, I have tried to explain my point of view, and they say don’t talk back after they say that you’re just standing there like what I just wanted to prove my innocence.
ReplyDeleteI could also relate with this quote. I'm always rude or mean to my younger sister and two younger brothers because they just get on my nerves. But then I have my parents telling me to be a good child and behave, so I try. In this situation, Anne has to be stuck in a room with people she barely knows. Wouldn't we all be sort of rude or disrespectful to people that we didn't know? Sure we do because you either want to show that you're better than the strangers or just show them that this is your place, not their's. Anne's mother probably had a feeling that Anne would be rude to the people because she's nervous or scared that they'll get caught. It isn't Anne's fault that she might act rude to the people, she's just scared. She'll try her hardest to make her mother feel a little less stressed out because she is stressed enough as it is.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you are saying about Anne Frank. I also agree with you about how society affects how people behave. I think that she is trying to be nice to them because she is going to be stuck with them for a long time and should make the best of it. I also have the same connection as you because I don't have the best relationship with my mom. I try to be nice to her but there is this moment when I slip. Overall of everything that you wrote about, it is similar between us.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that you are trying harder to not talk back to your parents. Even as you said Anne sometimes didn't really mean it when she was being friendlier, but anger and yelling back will never solve a problem. Stay calm and be respectful. Don't let your brother drag you into acting the way he is treating you.
ReplyDeleteBoleagad - you do connect with Anne and her attempts to be a well behaved daughter during this hard time for her family, don't you? I wonder when I read this quote if she is afraid to cause trouble because the family they are living with, along with themselves could be discovered.
ReplyDeleteWhat would that pressure feel like for you? Having to be well behaved so that your family stays safe?
I don't really think Anne is talking about her mom. I think what she is trying to say is that even though she doesn't really like the people shes hiding with, she has to get along with them for her own safety. I think she is trying her hardest to be friendly, helpful and good. If she wasn't trying her hardest she wouldn't have been trying to good, friendly, and helpful to the people around her. I could also relate to this quote. Sometimes, I have a really bad attitude and it starts fights with my dad and little sister but i try to not fight with them because i know how much it stresses out my mom. Both my parents tell me to watch my attitude but at times i just cant control it. It is difficult to not fight with them and get along with them especially when we butt heads and they get really annoying. In the end, I dont think Anne really meant to be rude to the people around her and it just kind of happened. She could have just been being rude because she was scared about everything that was going on.
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