Group 14 The story of Anne Frank’s Dairy

Discourse Analysis Cohesion Coherence Culture Critique Context Discourse activity

Despite being an ordinary teenagers in many ways, curious, self-critical and moody, Anne was also an honest writer of considerable talent who fought for the right to live and this is what gives the diary such power. “it’s a wonder I haven’t abandoned all of m ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet, I cling to them because I still believe in spite of everything that people are truly good at heart… I must hold to my ideals. Perhaps the day will come when I will be able to realize them. It’s utterly impossible for me to build my life on a foundation of chaos, suffering and death. I see the world being slowly turned into a wilderness I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too, I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up the sky, I somehow feel that everything change for the better, that this cruelty shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more… I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.” Repeat ion I, it, suffering, everything …

Despite being an ordinary teenagers in many ways, curious, self-critical and moody, Anne was also an honest writer of considerable talent who fought for the right to live and this is what gives the diary such power. “it’s a wonder I haven’t abandoned all of m ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet, I cling to them because I still believe in spite of everything that people are truly good at heart… I must hold to my ideals. Perhaps the day will come when I will be able to realize them. It’s utterly impossible for me to build my life on a foundation of chaos, suffering and death. I see the world being slowly turned into a wilderness I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too, I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up the sky, I somehow feel that everything change for the better, that this cruelty shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more… I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.” Synonyms

Despite being an ordinary teenagers in many ways, curious, self-critical and moody, Anne was also an honest writer of considerable talent who fought for the right to live and this is what gives the diary such power. “it’s a wonder I haven’t abandoned all of m ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet, I cling to them because I still believe in spite of everything that people are truly good at heart… I must hold to my ideals. Perhaps the day will come when I will be able to realize them. It’s utterly impossible for me to build my life on a foundation of chaos, suffering and death. I see the world being slowly turned into a wilderness I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too, I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up the sky, I somehow feel that everything change for the better, that this cruelty shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more… I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.” Antonyms

Despite being an ordinary teenagers in many ways, curious, self-critical and moody, Anne was also an honest writer of considerable talent who fought for the right to live and this is what gives the diary such power. “it’s a wonder I haven’t abandoned all of my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet, I cling to them because I still believe in spite of everything that people are truly good at heart… I must hold to my ideals. Perhaps the day will come when I will be able to realize them. It’s utterly impossible for me to build my life on a foundation of chaos, suffering and death. I see the world being slowly turned into a wilderness I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too, I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up the sky, I somehow feel that everything change for the better, that this cruelty shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more… I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.” Collocation

Despite being an ordinary teenagers in many ways, curious, self-critical and moody, Anne was also an honest writer of considerable talent who fought for the right to live and this is what gives the diary such power. “it’s a wonder I haven’t abandoned all of my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet, I cling to them because I still believe in spite of everything that people are truly good at heart… I must hold to my ideals. Perhaps the day will come when I will be able to realize them. It’s utterly impossible for me to build my life on a foundation of chaos, suffering and death. I see the world being slowly turned into a wilderness I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too, I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up the sky, I somehow feel that everything change for the better, that this cruelty shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more… I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.” Reference

Despite being an ordinary teenagers in many ways, curious, self-critical and moody, Anne was also an honest writer of considerable talent who fought for the right to live and this is what gives the diary such power. “it’s a wonder I haven’t abandoned all of my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet, I cling to them because I old still believe in spite of everything that people are truly good at heart… I must hold to my ideals. Perhaps the day will come when I will be able to realize them. It’s utterly impossible for me to build my life on a foundation of chaos, suffering and death. I see the world being slowly turned into a wilderness I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too, I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up the sky, I somehow feel that everything change for the better, that this cruelty shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more… I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.” Conjunction

Coherence The fighting for the right to live gives her power in her dairy. My ideals seem so absurd and impractical. Yet,I cling to them. The world is full of chaos, suffering and death, this cruelty shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more… I must uphold my ideals. General Specifics Macrostructure

Coherence The cruelty of the reality( I see…, I feel…, I hear…) I still believe that people are truly good at heart, I must uphold my ideas… Microstructure Contrast

Culture Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti- Semitism) is suspicion of, hatred toward, or discrimination against Jews for reasons connected to their Jewish heritage.(in aspect of Religion and Politics ) Jewish culture (being curious, solid belief and upright ).

Time : July 15, 1994 Place: concentration camp. participants: Anne Frank, author Background The Second World War Context

Critique A kind of criticism of Nazi and war (As a witness as well as a victim, she witnessed the inhumanity of Nazi and demonstrated it to people, from her dairy we can feel her pursuit of peace, her belief of the good nature of human, and the longing for the right to live ).

Optional discourse based activity Students will be invited to adapt the dairy into interview, supposing Anne is their interviewee. Role- play

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