Rylee’s Comments (group member since Oct 31, 2014)

Rylee’s comments from the Tabor Twelve group.

Anne Frank's, "A Diary of a Young Girl," is my companion book, but I'm only 30 pages in. Although I'm not too far into the book, Anne's family has already been greatly affected by the Holocaust. The Germans started to register all the Jews in Holland, and though they waited as long as possible, the family abandoned their house before they were forced to be registered too. They left to a family friend's house where they stay in the attic, and hide from the world. This is a huge similarity to "Night." In the novel, Jews were forced to be liquidated to the ghettos where others temporarily stayed. Even though the Frank's escaped being sent to the ghetto, both sets of Jews were compelled to move out of their homes and migrate to a new place. Being still in the beginning of the novel, I have only been introduced to a few characters. Anne's father shows a great resemblance to Elie's father; they both display a great amount of protection for their family's and motivated to, ultimately, stay alive. Another similarity that was noticed was when both family's were leaving their homes, non-Jewish citizens (bystanders) simply stared in awe of what was happening before them, unable to do anything about it. The final similarity that I made was that both novels were biography's, though one written mid-Holocaust, and the other years after. Both authors were both children at the time, so it is easy to see the resemblance to their views on what was happening.

I had originally thought that Tom Buchanan was the most dangerous character, with his past of abuse and all of the connections he has that would lead to trouble for anyone that crossed him. However, we see now that Tom is not as threatening as he was made out to be at the beginning. Now that we've finished the book, I would say that Jay Gatsby is the most dangerous. With his past, especially his past in the war, he is not in the most healthy state of mind. His love and passion for Daisy shows that we would go to ANY lengths to be with her, and to keep her safe, which is dangerous for the other characters.

Psychoanalysis was pretty easy to find examples for, just because we learn about multiple characters and their pasts and how they've affected how they live their lives now. I feel like feminism would be the easiest lens theory to analyze, but I wouldn't want to change from psychoanalysis.

I think Tom Buchanan is easily the most dangerous character, both physically and mentally. He has so many connections in the city, and seems to know how to work people to get them to do what he wants, so if someone were to get on his bad side, it won't end up well. With his past the way it is, he has so much anger and takes it out on both Myrtle and Daisy, but is definitely predicted to do more harm than what he has already done.

I think Tom Buchanan is easily the most dangerous character, both physically and mentally. He has so many connections in the city, and seems to know how to work people to get them to do what he wants, so if someone were to get on his bad side, it won't end up well. With his past the way it is, he has so much anger and takes it out on both Myrtle and Daisy, but is definitely predicted to do more harm than what he has already done.

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