10-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen were normal girls living in Copenhagen‚ Denmark. When walking home from school one day with Kirsti‚ Annemarie’s sister‚ they ran into German soldiers...literally! The soldiers questioned the girls about what they were doing‚ and Annemarie told them. When the girls told their mother’s‚ they got upset. They were told to take a different route to and from school. The Nazi’s got more and more forceful with every passing day. When Annemarie went
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Annemarie is the bravest girl I’ve ever known of. She is extremely clever for a ten year old. She is compassionate and loving toward others. She is very naïve; she needs to prepare herself when she faces the worst. She appeals to me because she reminds me of my niece. All in all‚ she is an inspiring character. Annemarie is extremely clever for a ten year old. Annemarie takes Ellen’s Star of David necklace before the soldiers find
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difficulties stand out more clearly. The novel focuses on Annemarie Johansen’s personal experiences with growing up‚ but her experiences are common to most young people. Growing up is presented as a struggle for identity. Does Annemarie belong to the world of adults or to the world of children? Such distinctions are always difficult to make‚ but the situations the war creates makes these distinctions even more difficult. The roles Annemarie must play blurs the line between a child’s responsibilities
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expected to be role models‚ and have responsibilities to attend to. How does this loyalty affect them‚ their country‚ and more importantly their people? When Annemarie (a child) experiences war. Does this make us rethink our thoughts on war and the world itself? Does war have an affect on our lives and human relationships. Does Annemarie show us how war really affects our human relationships‚ our thoughts‚ and more importantly our lives. Is this supposed to affect the novel? Was it supposed
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Work Summary Lois Lowry’s 1989 novel Number the Stars tells the story of a ten-year-old Christian girl named Annemarie Johansen. Annemarie is living in Copenhagen‚ Denmark in 1943 when the story begins. Annemarie‚ her little sister Kirsti‚ and her best friend Ellen Rosen‚ a Jew‚ are walking home from school when the story begins. They decide to race but are stopped by two stern looking German soldiers. The soldiers question them‚ but let them go. When the girls reach their apartment home‚ they inform
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Number the Stars is told from the point of view of ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen. The story is set in the city of Copenhagen‚ Denmark in September 1943‚ the third year of the Nazi occupation of Denmark. Annemarie and her best friend Ellen‚ who is Jewish‚ are stopped by soldiers on their way home from school. The two girls‚ who go to the same school and live in the same building‚ are unsettled by their first direct encounter with the Germans. Mrs. Johansen and Mrs. Rosen are concerned and ask the
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In Ellen’s case‚ her obliviousness about the coffin saved her when the soldiers confronted the Johansen’s about the fake funeral‚ Annemarie put Ellen’s safety above the needs of her curiosity to do make a decisions. In terms of friendship‚ selfless decisions like these allowed Annemarie and Ellen to be dependable on each other‚ the theme also built off off the large amount of trust Ellen had on the Johansen’s to help her. Moreover in Steinback’s novel the
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Number The Stars Is about a girl named Annemarie Johansen. Annemarie lives in city of Copenhagen‚ Denmark‚ and in September 1943‚ the third year since the Nazi’s took over Denmark. Annemarie’s best friend is Ellen‚ who is Jewish‚ and is facing though times. One day‚ the girls stopped by soldiers on their way home from school. The two friends‚ who attend the same school and live in the same place‚ are frightened by an encounter with the Nazis. Mrs. Johansen and Mrs. Rosen were worried‚ and
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difficulties of growing up. Firstly‚ Lois Lowry’s “Number the Stars” focuses on Annemarie Johansen‚ a young protestant girl growing up in Copenhagen in 1943 during the Nazi occupation of Denmark. The novel begins with Annemarie walking home with her friend Ellen Rosen‚ who is of Jewish decent. At home‚ Annemarie is told that the Rosens (also the Johansen’s neighbors) are going away and Ellen is to stay with them. Annemarie is told that the Nazi soldiers are beginning to round up the Jews in Denmark
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Stars there is an illustration of bravery and courage‚ which is shown in the way that Annemarie protects her jewish friend Ellen. Throughout the book‚ Annemarie exhibits bravery; she is constantly conflicted with circumstances where she must act brave. Nazi soldiers lurk on the end of almost every corner‚ which makes the world that Annemarie and Ellen are living in is terrifying. However‚ although Annemarie was scared in many situations‚ she still preserved and was courteous. "Why are you running
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