A True Friend “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity” Proverbs 17:17
In the story Number the Stars, Annemarie stays true to this verse by assisting her best friend in a time of urgent need. Ellen and her family, like many other Danes, followed the Jewish religion. Many Nazis inhabited Denmark and now desired to find and abuse all Jews. This developed into a great problem for Ellen’s family, the Rosens, and they required desperate help. Annemarie’s family should have sheltered Ellen for three impacting reasons. She needed immediate help, they possessed viable means, and it strengthened young Annemarie. First of all, Ellen needed immediate help. As a mere child, Ellen did not contain much knowledge of the Nazis or their objectives for the Jews. She required the help of someone who understood her circumstances and the Nazis. Ellen was also terribly frightened. She feared the Nazis before she learned of the search for the Jews, and she …show more content…
They cleverly devised a detailed plan for keeping Ellen and her family out of harm’s way. The plan took much consideration and proved quite successful. Peter, whom Annemarie loved like a brother, acted in the Resistance weakening the Nazis, and contained great experience in hiding and sheltering Jews, like Ellen. Peter helped in carrying out the plan of saving Ellen and her family, making the overall process much safer. Along with a well thought out plan, and a skilled partner, the family also possessed many clever ways of sheltering the young girl. The family owned a book containing pictures of their two current daughters and their past eldest daughter, who tragically passed away years ago. Lise, their past eldest, embodied dark hair at a young age. This played a huge role in convincing the Nazis that Ellen was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johansen. It proved much safer for the Johansens, instead of another family, to shelter
In the story Number the Stars, Annemarie stays true to this verse by assisting her best friend in a time of urgent need. Ellen and her family, like many other Danes, followed the Jewish religion. Many Nazis inhabited Denmark and now desired to find and abuse all Jews. This developed into a great problem for Ellen’s family, the Rosens, and they required desperate help. Annemarie’s family should have sheltered Ellen for three impacting reasons. She needed immediate help, they possessed viable means, and it strengthened young Annemarie. First of all, Ellen needed immediate help. As a mere child, Ellen did not contain much knowledge of the Nazis or their objectives for the Jews. She required the help of someone who understood her circumstances and the Nazis. Ellen was also terribly frightened. She feared the Nazis before she learned of the search for the Jews, and she …show more content…
They cleverly devised a detailed plan for keeping Ellen and her family out of harm’s way. The plan took much consideration and proved quite successful. Peter, whom Annemarie loved like a brother, acted in the Resistance weakening the Nazis, and contained great experience in hiding and sheltering Jews, like Ellen. Peter helped in carrying out the plan of saving Ellen and her family, making the overall process much safer. Along with a well thought out plan, and a skilled partner, the family also possessed many clever ways of sheltering the young girl. The family owned a book containing pictures of their two current daughters and their past eldest daughter, who tragically passed away years ago. Lise, their past eldest, embodied dark hair at a young age. This played a huge role in convincing the Nazis that Ellen was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johansen. It proved much safer for the Johansens, instead of another family, to shelter