The theme for Anne’s Promise is families forgive each other even though it might be hard. Annie’s Promise, by Sonia Levitin takes place in L.A in the year 1945. Annie, Lisa, and Ruth are all sisters, Annie and her family are Jews that fled Germany and came to the United States because of the World War II. Towards the end of the story, the family learns how to forgive each other no matter how hard it is too.
The one character that impressed is Annie, she is a girl that kept herself up even in the hardest time. As proof the author writes, “She is growing up wild,” Papa said. Always running, Climbing like a boy. No wonder she is sick all the time.”(3) As you can see, she was able to be strong and brave when everyone was offending her. There are people who offend her because she is a Jew that fled from Germany, but even then she ignores whatever people say. Secondly, “Well, since you're so tough,” Nancy Rae, “how about racing me across the lake tomorrow?” “Fine by me,” I said with a careless shrug, as if I was used to swimming across the lake any day of the year. There is only one way to treat kids like Nancy Rae, I thought: if they’re tough you have to be tougher.(52) This demonstrates, the way how Nancy Rae acted too Annie, but Annie was full of attitude and bravery, she didn’t just run …show more content…
I was motivated by the character Annie, she had a personality of a strong, courageous girl that could stand out even when people against her. This book brought out an excellent theme that we can use in our lives even today, it helped me to understand how important families are. The story is mainly focusing on a family that was able to flee from Germany and come to the United States and live a life here while the war lasted.To sum up, I liked this book because it was about a girl who was able to face challenges and difficulties in a young
The one character that impressed is Annie, she is a girl that kept herself up even in the hardest time. As proof the author writes, “She is growing up wild,” Papa said. Always running, Climbing like a boy. No wonder she is sick all the time.”(3) As you can see, she was able to be strong and brave when everyone was offending her. There are people who offend her because she is a Jew that fled from Germany, but even then she ignores whatever people say. Secondly, “Well, since you're so tough,” Nancy Rae, “how about racing me across the lake tomorrow?” “Fine by me,” I said with a careless shrug, as if I was used to swimming across the lake any day of the year. There is only one way to treat kids like Nancy Rae, I thought: if they’re tough you have to be tougher.(52) This demonstrates, the way how Nancy Rae acted too Annie, but Annie was full of attitude and bravery, she didn’t just run …show more content…
I was motivated by the character Annie, she had a personality of a strong, courageous girl that could stand out even when people against her. This book brought out an excellent theme that we can use in our lives even today, it helped me to understand how important families are. The story is mainly focusing on a family that was able to flee from Germany and come to the United States and live a life here while the war lasted.To sum up, I liked this book because it was about a girl who was able to face challenges and difficulties in a young