Summary, Analysis and Reflection of "Number the Stars&q
Summary, Analysis and Reflection of "Number the Stars"
Annemarie Johanson and her family lived in Denmark in a chaotic time of World War I. The Germans had been roaming around Europe, searching for Jewish. The Germans even took over Denmark, a country that is so peaceful that the king don’t even need protection when he walk out to the streets everyday. They stand in every corner of the streets of Denmark. Taking away any goods that Danish and Jewish need. Everyone feared them. All they know is that if they do not follow their rules, they would be in trouble.
One day, Annemarie, her younger sister Kristi, and her best friend Ellen Rosin were racing home from school. Two soldiers stopped them and asked them why they were running. Annemarie and Ellen were very scared. Ellen was more frighten because she is a Jew and she can get into big trouble if she was doing anything wrong. Luckily, the soldiers were just looking for something to play with. When they were home, Kristi blurted out everything, which made Mama worried. Annemarie and her family use to have such a great time. Not until the Germans came, every thing started to go wrong. Firstly, a car killed her sister, Lise in an accident. Her future husband, Peter, was so sad that his whole attitude started to change. He never fools around or plays jokes on Annemarie anymore. After the death, they lost the permission to read newspaper, eat meat, sugar products, and have new clothes or shoes. They can’t even have electricity after five. Annemarie’s only ten and she had understood so much of what’s happening.
Weeks after the last incident, Ellen came over to stay with Annemarie for a while. When Ellen suddenly started to cry, Annemarie understood that Mr. and Mrs. Rosins had hid somewhere for safety. They couldn’t hide the whole family because there is no place to hide in their house so they only took Ellen. Ellen had to pretend to be Lise. That night, the soldiers came banging on the door to get in. They tried to search all over the house to find the Rosins. Ellen tried to take the Star of David necklace of her neck so the soldier wouldn’t know about her real identity. Annemarie kept it and hid it in a safe place. They looked into the room where Ellen...