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STORY# 1 Student’s Name : Asfarinah Hidayah

Date of reading: February 2, 2011 Type of story: Short Story (3 Pages)

Title A Diagnosis of Death

Author Ambroce Bierce

Characters Hawver : Logical, StubbornDr. Frayley : WiseDoctor Mannering : Eccentric, unsociable person

Theme Horror (feeling of knowing what will happen/Dejavu)

Conflict/Problem

Hawver discovered the Dr. Mannering’s theory but he did not believe it. Then, when he met a figure which had already dead and the figure talked to him, he started to be afraid but he kept being stubborn by not believing in it.

Solution/Ending The day after Hawver experienced meeting the figure, he passed away in his room.

Useful Vocabulary :Superstitious (adj): Having or showing believe in superstitionAccusation (n): A charge or claim that someone had done something illegal or wrongConviction (n): A firmly hard belief or opinionExpound (v): Explain in detail and systematicallyA recluse (n): A person who avoids others and lives a solitary life

Comments :

The story ended tragically because Mr. Hawver passed away soon after he met the suspicious figure. By the death of Hawver I think what the Dr. Mannering said in his book is once again proved. Moreover, The moral list is that we may not underestimate the existence of something unless we are going to be like mr. Hawver.STORY#2 Student’s Name: Asfarinah HidayahDate of reading: February 9, 2011 Type of story: Short story (11 Pages)

Title The night wireAuthor H.F. ArnoldCharacters Jim: Delicate person, kind and caring

John Morgan: Hard worker (the best employee who can run two instruments at once)

Theme The mystery of the night wireConflict/Problem

When Jim got the night shift, he got a weird wire from the machine that was run by Morgan. The wire was from Xebico town. It stated that there would be the heaviest mist which would hang over everything. Soon after that, there was indeed a mist which was very heavy and strong. It destroyed everything in the Jim’s town.

Solution/Ending Jim tried to wake Morgan up for rescuing purpose, but he found out that Morgan passed away. Then, what hunted him was who run the machine if he found that Morgan passed away?Thus, Jim never take the night shift anymore.

Useful Vocabulary :

Reckon (v) : to considerDispatch (n) : a written official reportOminous (adj): Giving a suggestion or warning that something bad is going

to happenInhabitant (n): A person or animal that lives in a place permanentlyAgony (n) : Great pain or suffering

Comments :I think those things could happen in a real life but not scary as the

story. It is called “dejavu’ or having known that something will happen, usually the bad one. This story might be the same as the final destination movie which tells about a person who knew the person who will die. And here, this story actually Jim had also felt something wrong about Morgan, yet he kept working and ignored his feeling.

STORY#3 Student’s Name: Asfarinah Hidayah

Date of reading: February 16, 2011 Type of story: Short Story (8 Pages)

Title A Jug of Syrup

Author Ambrose BierceCharacters Silas Deemer : Loyal and Honest; Mrs. Creede : wise

Mrs. Deemer : PatientThe two doughter of Silas deemer : obedientAlvan Creede: Stubborn, hard worker and curious

Theme The mistery of Mr. Silas deemer’s spirit which is represented by the jug

Conflict/Problem

Mr. Creede saw and met Mr. Deemer. He even bought a jug of syrup from him. Unfortunately, what he was seeing was the spirit of Mr.deemer because Mr.deemer had already passed away. Mr. Creede just did not that mr. deemer had passed away. Mr. creede tried to convince people that he did met Mr.deemer by asking the people to check the sale report.

Solution/Ending The people then observed, but they hardly found the record of the jug of syrup selling which meant Mr. Creede had made mistake by saying that he met Mr.deemer. Finally, mr.creedy must accept the truth that he was wrong. However, he still believed that he just saw Mr. deemer’s spirit.

Useful Vocabulary :Censorious (Adj): very criticalLenient (Adj): not as strict as expected when punishing somebody

Comments :

I think Mr. Creedy has to be wiser towards something which happened to him. He should not report it to the people, perhaps he just needed to report that to her wife since the people might think that he was crazy or insane for receiving a jug of syrup from dead person. Since, the people have their opinion about what just happened, therefore Mr. Creedy had to be careful.


Date of reading: February 16,2011 Type of story: Short Story (4 Pages)

Title A Baby TrampAuthor Ambrose BierceCharacters Joseph (Little Jo) : Tough

Hetty : sweet, has pure character and personal beautyParlow : Charismatic

Theme Horror, the mystery of Hetty Parlow

Conflict/Problem

When red snow came, there was something bad happened. An epidemic had killed many people, including little Jo’s parents (Hetty and Parlow). As the little Jo grew older he decided to go finding his parents.

Solution/Ending He got through the pain during his journey to find his parents grave. However, because of his toughness he finally found the Hetty and Parlow cemetery.

Useful Vocabulary :Tramp (N) : A small cargo-boat with no fixed route

Altogether (Adj) : Completely

Comments :

This story is very classic, honestly I do not really like the story. This

story tells the reader that there is still a tight connection between parents

and children though the parents have already died. It is proved by the Little

Jo who finally found his parents cemetery, although he does not know where

the town is located. He just went through following his feeling.

STORY#5 Student’s Name: Asfarinah Hidayah Date of reading: March 6, 2011 Type of story: Short story (7 Pages)

Title Christmas Every Day Author William D. HowellsCharacters The little girl

The little girl’s father (Papa)the girl who wants the Christmas to happen everyday and her family

Theme A good habit of not being greedyConflict/Problem

A little girl asked her father to tell about the Christmas story for her. Then her father told her a story about a girl who wanted Christmas happened everyday. The girl was so fond of the candies which were given by the people when Christmas came. Therefore she asked a fairy to make everyday as a Christmas day. The fairy

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finally pursued her wish. Solution/Ending The Christmas did happened everyday, the girl was so

happy because she did not need to go to school and she could eat the candies given by her family. At first she was still happy having the Christmas everyday, but at last she felt tired because she many people came to her house to celebrate Christmas and she also suffered from stomachache because she ate too much candies. Finally, she asked the fairy to make the condition normal, as the previous day. Then, the children who was told this story by her father said that she would be love to have Christmas though it was only once in a year.

Useful Vocabulary :Beg off (V): to choose not to take action in order to avoid a difficult situationRouse (V): to wake somebody up Pound (V): to move quickly with noisy stepsFib (N): a statement that is not trueComments :

This story teaches us that having too much is not always good. In this story the girl who wanted Christmas everyday felt that way, she finally felt very tired for having Christmas everyday. She also finally realized that God decides to put the Christmas once in a year in order for us to be able to feel the enjoyment.STORY#1 Student’s Name: Asfarinah Hidayah

Date of reading: March 16, 2011 Type of story: Abridged Novel(240 Pages)

Title REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARMAuthor Kate Douglas Wiggin Characters Rebecca Randall=tough, unstoppable, and joyful;

Mr.Cobb and Mrs.Cobb=kind hearted people; Mrs.Randall=tough, hard worker, and a single parent; Miranda=she has a sharp tongue but actually she is kind; Jane Sawyer=kind woman and always help Rebecca; Emma Jane=a friendly person; Mr.Ladd/Mr.Aladdin=a kind man who like to help Rebecca; Ms.Deaborn(Rebecca’s teacher in the schoolhouse in Riverboro)=loving and caring person; Ms.Maxwell(Rebecca’s teacher in the Wareham Academy)=honest and kind, she encourage Rebecca to study harder.

Theme A family life within the hard time and courage to get through the hardest time in life

Conflict/ Rebecca, a young girl who lived in the Sunnybrook

Problem farm, and her family had a hard time especially about financial problem after her father passed away. Then She was sent to Riverboro by her mother to get a good education so that she could help her mom to support the other family members. In Riverboro, she lived with her aunt, Jane and Miranda, but Miranda’s attitude towards Rebecca was always unpleasant that made her sad and did not want to live in Riverboro and she wanted to go home to Sunnybrook Farm. However, whenever she felt that way aunt Jane always calmed her down. During her study, she faced many problems, again it was about money. Her aunt was no longer rich, the money that she had was invested to a company, later she heard the news that the company was bankrupt and her investment was totally lost. Rebecca was threatened could not continue her study. Moreover, her aunt, Miranda suffered from stroke. Moreover, a new obstacle came, her mother fell when she was in her farm and she could not do her job and also the chores.

Solution/Ending However, she did not give up easily. She studied even harder and won some achievements for her tremendous skills in writing. Since then, she could earn money to be shared with her family in Sunnybrook farm and she also could continue her study. Finally, she could graduate from the Wareham Academy with a good achievements, she was also offered to continue her study and to work in Augusta. Unfortunately, since her aunt Miranda’s condition was getting worse she could not decide what to choose whether she had to continue her study or start working. In addition, Rebecca had to go back to Sunnybrook farm to help her mother doing her job and the chores because her mother had not felt better yet. After some months keeping her mother, she received a letter from aunt Jane that informed aunt Miranda just passed away; aunt Jane will not hold the funeral before Rebecca came and see aunt Miranda for the last time. Therefore, Rebecca came back to Riverboro to see her aunt, Miranda, for the last time. Aunt Jane begged Miranda to forgive all of her sister’s fault when she was alive, Rebecca told her aunt Jane that she had forgiven all aunt Miranda’s fault and she even want to sat her gratitude for aunt Miranda had sent her to the good school for studying. Aunt Jane also delivered her sister’s message to Rebecca that her

sister wanted Rebecca to have all the farms she had and the brick house she had in Riverboro. Rebecca was sad because she just lost her aunt but also felt a huge gratitude towards aunt Miranda for giving such legacy to her. Since then, although her future was uncertain whether she would be a remarkable teacher or a great writer, but she knew for sure that happiness laid ahead.

Useful Vocabulary:

Parasol (N : a light umbrella used as a protection against the sunBrook (N): a small streamPebble (N): a small usually smooth stoneSpinster (N): a woman who is not marriedStagecoach (N): a closed vehicle pulled by horses that travelled in former times along a regular route and carried passengers and mail Comments :

This abridged novel is encouraging the reader not to give up

something easily. The character Rebecca is the person who is very tough. In

her young age she had to hold such burden which lost her father because

her father passed away, and she had to help her mother to do chores. Until,

finally she had opportunity to study although the process was not easy she

could bear it and keep trying. I think through the pain she could get her

happiness. She finally found happiness to live happily in her aunt Miranda’s

house with her mother and her other family members.


Date of reading: March 7, 2011 Type of story: Short story (6 Pages)

Title Accidental DeathAuthor Peter BailyCharacters Matt Hennessy, from Farside Observatory : the main

character who is an astronautCharley, the ethnologist, ambassador, and contact man.

Theme FictionConflict/Problem

Matt was chosen to be the first astronaut long jump in the first starship ever. He and some other astronauts went to prove flight cum astronomical survey. Everything was alright until there was a problem in the starship.

Solution/Ending The people inside the ship cannot repair the ship, the people inside lost a lot of oxygen. By the end of their life, they record their conversation and confess many things until hey finally died.

Useful Vocabulary :Feline (Adj) : looking like or moving like a catTwange (V) : Make a quick ringing sound by being pulled and suddenly let go

Comments :

The story has a very sad and tragic ending. The writer succeeds in

making the reader’s heart melting. I my self as the reader felt the same way.

I even can imagined how was the condition of the astronaut who tried to

survive but unfortunately because there was no help since they were too far

away from earth they had to pass away. However, I think If I were the

society, when I heard their recording in their last minutes, I will highly

appreciate their sacrifice.

STORY# 7 Student’s Name: Asfarinah Hidayah

Date of reading: March 7, 2011 Type of story: Short story ( 4 Pages)

Title An Absent Minded GermanAuthor S. C. LethbridgeCharacters The writer

An absent minded German Theme Honesty in answering questionsConflict/Problem

The writer was taking the train to Switzerland when he met a strange German guy. The German guy kept asking him about history, such as when the Columbus discovered America. Since the writer was bad in history and he did not know the reason why the German guy kept asking him questions, he just answered the German guy’s question as he wished. In fact, he gave the wrong answer to the German guy.

Solution/Ending The German guy was actually an absent minded person, he was hardly remembered the number of his compartment and the number of the compartment was the same as the year when Columbus discovered America. As a result he went to the wrong compartment. Then, when he went back to the right compartment, he found out his entire luggage was lost. He was mad at the writer because the write gave the wrong information, but since he knew that this man was an absent minded person he finally felt guilty and ask for apology.

Useful Vocabulary:Rigorously (Adv): the adverb of rigor or strictnessStout (Adj): strong or thickCoupe (N): a two-door car with a fixed roofDeprived (Adj): suffering from hardshipComments:

I think the writer should not answer the German guy’s questions if he did not know the answers. Sometimes the wrong information will not very harmful, however in some certain cases it could be in the other way round. So, be honest in everything you say.

STORY#8 Student’s Name: Asfarinah hidayah

Date of reading: March 13, 2011 Type of story: Short Story (8 Pages)

Title Sticks and Stones Author Trezza AzzopardiCharacters Lewis: a coward.

Anna: Lewis’ friendLewis’ mother

Theme Facing the problemConflict/Problem

Lewis had a trauma with the sea. He used to have a terrible experience there. Since then, he moved to the city, the core of England. He lived there for 15 years, until a problem occurred in his school and he had to go back to his mother’s house which was close by the sea. All the memories suddenly appeared. He started to be scared.

Solution/Ending He tried to manage himself well and not to show his mother that he was afraid of the sea. He thought deeply about his problem, then finally came to the conclusion that he had been able to survive this far and started to learn how face his problem, not to run away from it.

Useful Vocabulary :Dune (N): a low hill of sandShawl (N): a place of fabric used as a covering for the shoulderFrail (Adj): weak, especially in health

Comments :

A problem which occurred in Lewis is actually a problem which is usually faced by another student at school. However, Lewis did not have a partner to share or tell about his problem, so what was happening in the story was he tried to avoid every problem. Whereas if we keep avoiding the problem, we would never be able to finish it, the problem will occur again and again as well.



Title Roses in December Author Herb AppenzellerCharacters The writer : wise and tend to think logically

Billy : an enthusiastic boy and he is very gentleTheme Courage and SpiritConflict/Problem

The writer was one of the baseball players in his town. Once his team had to face a very good team which never loses in a game. The writer then started to ask the qualified player to compete. Sadly, they were all not available so he had to use the available players which he knew that they were not qualified enough. He thought he would not be able to win the game.

Solution/Ending But one boy, called Billy, came and offered himself to play in the baseball match. He was not big and strong enough as the writer looked him, but then when the game was started he started to show a good opportunity to win. At the very first time when he got his turn to hit the ball, he missed it. Then he did the same way in the second chance. Fortunately the last was success. He hit the ball, and then everyone started to shout asking him to make a home run. He ran as fast as he could and finally he did it. He made the underdog team win.

Useful Vocabulary :Jubilant (Adj): happySprint (N): a run or running race performed at high speed over a short distanceExemplify (V): to be an example of; to show by means of an exampleComments :

From this story, I can take a lesson that we mustn’t be pessimistic. We

must be optimistic and try our best to in doing every job. Billy proved this

lesson to us that we will never give up hope if we keep trying to do our best.


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Title Lenny the Flying InventorAuthor Jeff SmithCharacters Lenny: a curious, talented, smart and hard working

personRudy: a good friend of Lenny, and a good listener

Theme The invention of wings Conflict/Problem

Lenny, who was an inventor, was curious about making the human fly just like a bird. He tried to make the wings from metal but he failed because the metal was too heavy to fly, then he made it from the cotton but again he failed because it was too light. Rudy was the witness of the trials. He watched his best friend doing his experiment to fly. He also gave some suggestion to repair Lenny’s invention.

Solution/Ending Finally he made the wings from wax and balsa wood which totally looks like the birds wings. At this time he didn’t fail, he could fly. But, as soon as he got closer to the sun, the wax melts. As a result, he fell down. since then, he finally gave up and tried to invent another thing.

Useful Vocabulary :Hilarious(Adj) : very funny Contraption(N) : a strange machine or apparatusStrap(N) : a narrow strip of leather, cloth, or other materialSnug(Adj) : warm, comfortable; sheltered from the cold

Comments :

I think Lenny were not supposed to give up in making artificial wings in

order to make human fly. I do believe that something which is impossible at

present could be possible in the future. Therefore, I think if Lenny did not

give up, he could possibly find the perfect artificial wings for human to fly.



Title Just an Old Golden RetrieverAuthor Audrey ThomasonCharacters An Old Golden retriever (Brandy): faithful

Adam: Sarah’s sonSarah Whalen : skeptical person

Theme FaithfulnessConflict/Problem

Brandy was owned by an old woman but then the old woman passed away. Brandy kept standing in front of the door just like usual when he lived with the old woman(he kept standing in front of the door to wait for the old woman) as if he did not know that her owner had passed away. Looking at such action, finally, the old woman’s neighbor, Sarah, taken care of the dog (although she actually hated it). She seldom treated Brandy well. Until, once there was an accident, Sarah lost Adam. Sarah asked for a help, everyone started helping and asked Sarah where Brandy was. The people thought Adam could be with the dog. Then a trooper told that he heard a dog barking in the tree. In fact, it was the retriever who was trying to save Adam from falling.

Solution/Ending Sara was amused, Brandy saved Adam. If he wasn’t there, Adam would not be saved. Since then, Sara started to pet and save many dogs. She kept it in her house.

Useful Vocabulary :Retriever (N): a breed dog trained to find and bring back birds and animals that have been shot.Frantic (Adj): anxious and very worriedTrooper (N): an ordinary soldier

Comments :After reading this short story, I was wondering if the animals could be

so faithful like Brandy, why human who exclaimed themselves as a perfect creature cannot be faithful like Brandy?



Title It Once Again See the LightAuthor Blair P. Grubb, M.D.Characters The writer : smart and talented doctor

The physician : A lovely and caring manThe physician’s wife: beautiful and smart

Theme Unity in diversityConflict/Problem

The writer was a doctor. He was asked to cure the physician’s grand daughter’s sickness. The physician’s grand daughter was cured after having many treatments from the writer. After curing the grand daughter, the writer was asked to meet the physician’s wife who suffered from breast cancer. The wife was very curious about the writer since he told about the writer a lot to her. She asked whether the writer was Jewish or not. After knowing it, she gave a gift to the writer.

Solution/Ending The writer opened the gift and in act it was menorah inside. The wife kept the menorah to remember her best friend who was killed by the Nazis because they were Jewish. She gave the menorah to the writer because the writer was not a bad Jewish and she asked the writer not to let the light go away for the second time.

Useful Vocabulary :Thereafter (Adv): after a particular event or time. Synonym: Afterwards Noble (Adj): morally good or generous in a way that is admiredAstounded (Adj): very surprise or shocked. Synonym: AstonishedExquisite (Adj): extremely beautiful and delicateComments :

I try commenting on the tone that the writer use in this story. I think the writer tend to use the exaggerate tone to express a certain situation. For example, the use or the word exquisite and astounded which are used to express the quality of a thing and to show someone’s expression. STORY#13 Student’s Name: Asfarinah Hidayah

Date of reading March 30, 2011 Type of story: Short story (2 Pages)

Title Father’s fortuneAuthor Ted BosleyCharacters Tania : a very kind and obedient daughter

Barry (Tania’s wife) : Gentle and Warm The writer (Tania’s father) : A father who was lucky for having a kind daughter like TaniaThe writer’s wife : Warm and Caring

Theme The true happiness of a grandpa and grandmaConflict/Problem

Every Christmas seem to be the same without the attendance of her daughter, Tania. But, this Christmas was different. Luckily, Tania was able to see her parents in Ontario and celebrated Christmas there. Since she had already had her own new family with her husband, she seldom went to her parents’ house. She asked her father what present that he wanted, happy socks, a boxer shorts or something else. Tania wanted to give surprise to her parents by giving a very special give for Christmas. He told her parents that this gift was unusual. Since then, the writer and his wife were very anxious.

Solution/Ending The gift was wrapped by a blanket, they slowly wrapped the blanket with the heart beating so fast and finally, a 75 pounds first grandson Greg was here with their grand pa and grand ma for celebrating the blessing Christmas.

Useful Vocabulary :Knuckles (N): the joints in your fingers, including the ones where your fingers

join your handsUnveiling (N): removing the cover from somethingStrained (): not relaxed, natural, and friendly. Synonym: TenseComments :

This story is derived from the short story compilation in Chicken Soup for the father and daughter soul. I like reading this kind of short story because almost all of these stories are very touching. The touch my heart and it feels like a refreshment for me.STORY#14 Student’s Name: Asfarinah Hidayah

Date of reading: March 30, 2011 Type of story: Short Story (3 Pages)

Title The Missing Picnic FoodAuthor Paula FayadCharacters Three little children, Thomas, Kathy and Carry and their

Mom.Theme Spoof Horror story (a story which tells about something

spooky but in the end it is not. It turns out to be in the other way round, something funny)

Conflict/Problem

When Thomas, Kathy and Carrie were having picnic in their backyard, they suddenly lost their food. All the

vegetables were gone without knowing who ate it. Solution/Ending In fact, the thief was a rabbit. The rabbit took all the

vegetables to feed her bunnies.

Useful Vocabulary:

Relentless (Adj): strict, cruel, or determine without ever stopping

Celery (N): a vegetable with long pale green stems that you can eat cooked

and uncooked.

Sruffy (Adj): dirty and untidy

Comments:

This story is kind of a spoof text. At the first paragraph, the story

looked like a horror one, when the character did not know who the thief was.

But then in the end, it turned out to be unexpected because the thief was

actually a rabbit and she stole the vegetables to feed he bunnies.


Date of reading: March 30, 2011 Type of story:Short Story (3 Pages)

Title There are No VansAuthor Anthony RobbinsCharacters The writer : a kind hearted man

Captain John Rondon: A philanthropistTheme Thanksgiving day means giving good thanks, not

eating turkey Conflict/Problem

The writer lived in poverty when he was a child. When the thanksgiving day came, his family could not celebrate it because they did not have enough money to buy turkey and some other stuff. Then a person came by his house and gave them a big turkey and some pancakes to be eaten in thanksgiving party. The writer’s father ignored the help at the first time but the sender said that the writer’s father had no choice. He finally took the turkey and the sender went away. Since then the writer committed him self to be a financially good Man when he grew up. He made it, he sometimes

bought some groceries and dressed up like a delivery boy, then he delivered the groceries to the people who needed it. Once he and his wife was upset because they could not celebrate thanksgiving day because they were isolated in the hotel.

Solution/Ending He had an idea what about going to Harlem and fed some people there. But they did not have any vans. The vans were all being used. They tried to hitchhike but there was no vans who wanted to drive them to Harlem. Finally, there was a van whose driver was actually captain John Rondon a leader in Salvation army. He drove them to Harlem and finally they could feed people there in thanksgiving day.

Useful Vocabulary :Harlem (N) : an area of New York City in northeast Manhattan which

was thought a poor area with a lot of criminals and crime action.

Furiously (Adv) : angrilyComments :This story is derived from the chicken soup for the soul. No wonder if the story is very touching and enchanting.STORY#2 Student’s Name: Asfarinah hidayah

Date of reading: April 1, 2011 Type of story: Abridged Novel (63 Pages)

Title The StrangerAuthor Norman WhitneyCharacters Dave Slatin: Mean, Wicked, Mysterious (does not talk

much)Anna: kind hearted, and curiousPeter: a good boy friend of AnnaGreta Gordon: the customer of Dave, trickyMike Bailey: the customer of Dave, tricky but actually he is kindArthur Riseman: The customer of Dave, tricky

Theme Mystic and Horror (The mystery of the stranger)Conflict/Problem

Dave was the stranger in the Woodend village who was actually a person who had a strange power (a shaman). He opened a shop in Woodend. At first the people there disagreed with his plan to open the shop, but after long negotiation he finally got the permission from the native to open the shop. The shop was named a corner shop. There were some rooms in the shop. The shop was 2 floors building. The upstairs was used for Dave’s flat and the downstairs was used as the shop. In the

downstairs, there were some rooms too. They are the place where the groceries were put and displayed, the stock room, and the mysterious room which must not be opened by everyone, unless Dave, the room was called Special Orders Only. Keep Out. Anna who became the employee in the shop was very curious about that mysterious room. She once asked Dave about that, but Dave seemed hiding something and gave a blur explanation. In the story there were three customers, Greta, Mike, and Arthur who entered the special order room. Those people were a popular person who needed a help from Dave. Anna started to curious about these people because after they came to ask for Dave’s help, the nest day Anna found the news about them which was a good news for those people but was a bad thing for another person who became the people’s competitors. Anna tried to figure out what was actually happening? Meanwhile, Anna started to like Dave and forgot her boy friend, Peter. She was in fight with Peter and Peter asked he to choose between him and Dave. Anna liked Dave because she thought Dave was a kind man, and Dave also often asked Anna to accompany him to go somewhere for vacation. Dave also felt the same way to Anna.

Solution/Ending Unfortunately after knowing that Dave was actually a shaman, Anna was afraid and ignored Dave. Dave was angry. After they broke up, Anna suffered from a strange illness which could not be cured by the doctor. Peter dropped by sometimes to see Anna’s condition, but Anna was never got better. Once the people in the Woodend village saw Dave’s shop was in fire. There was a very big fire, Dave was upstairs with the fire and the people asked him to jump but he did not do it. In the same time Anna screamed and not long after that She died.

Useful Vocabulary :Proprietor (N) : OwnerRiot (N) : A noisy disturbance created by a usually large group of peopleUnderneath (Prep) : Directly under another object or covered by itTerrified (Adj) : very frightenedLeap up (V) : to move very quickly and with a lot of energyHid (V) : the past tense of Hide

Comments :

Reading this novel, I found that the story was not that good because I

hate a sad ending. In the story, the Character who should die was actually

Dave only not both Dave and Anna because he was the source of the thing

happened. I think Anna’s death was also Dave who made it. He put some

spell to Anna so that she died tragically. I think, the Dave character here is

very childish and emotionless. When Anna, the girl whom loved by Dave,

ignore him he did not accept that wisely. Even so, he killed her.


Date of reading: April 2, 2011 Type of story: Shot story(17 Pages)

Title The Comedy of ErrorsAuthor William ShakespeareCharacters Antipholus Syracuse (Antipholus S) and Antipholus

Ephesus (Antipholus E). Dromino S and Dromino E.The antipholus’ father and The antipholus motherAngelo and Balthasar : the friends of antipholus E

Theme A classic story from Shakespeare comedyConflict/Problem

Antipholus S and E were identical twins. They were apart since they were a baby. The Antipholus E was with his mom, and the Antipholus S was with his father. They were separated by a storm which destroyed their boat when they were voyaging. The Anthipolus S decide to find his twin and his mother therefore he went to Ephesus. There he met some people who knew Anthipolus E and those people thought that they were Anthipolus E including the Anthipholus E’s wife. The Anthipholus S was very confused. Since then, there were some of misunderstanding happened.

Solution/Ending Through those misunderstanding, finally Antipholus S could find his twins. He also found his mom and they were happily lived together ever since.

Useful Vocabulary :Insolence (N) : rude and not showing any respectRansom (N) : an amount of money that is paid to free someone who is

held as a prisonerMast (N) : a tall pole on which the sails or flags on a ship are hungBid (V) : to order or tell someone what to do Comments :

This story is truly a comedy. There are many funny misunderstanding, such as the wife of Anthipolus E asked anthipolus s behave as the good husband should be. Of course the Antipholus S could not behave since he was not anthipolus E. there are also some misunderstanding which cause some chaos in the the life of Anthipolus E. However, through the chaos these twins finally could meet each other.


Date of reading: April 2, 2011 Type of story: Shot story (3 Pages)

Title The RevengeAuthor Krista RhineheimerCharacters The writer: insane

Julia: the writer’s girl friendThe doctor: a doctor who took care of Julia when she was ill

Theme A revenge towards someone innocentConflict/Problem

The writer lost his girl friend, Julia. He was so mad at the doctor who took care of Julia. He had a hatred feeling towards the doctor because the doctor could not save the one that he loved. He planned to take revenge.

Solution/Ending He went to the doctor’s office and met the doctor. He expressed every feeling that he had, no matter what the point was the doctor should have been able to save Julia, in fact he could not. It meant he did not try hard. The writer finally killed the doctor. Soon after that he was getting mad at himself, and killed himself.

Useful Vocabulary :Gnawed (V): kept biting something hard; Demise (N): the end of something that used to exist; Numb (Adj): unable to feel anything; Eerie (Adj): strange and frightening; Deed (N): something someone did, especially something very good or something very bad; Ecstatic (Adj): feeling extremely happy or exited; Sobbing (V): to cry noisily while breathing in short sudden bursts.

Comments :

The writer was going mad. He could not accept the destiny which had been given by god to him. He probably had given too much feeling so that he could not accept the destiny. That’s why when we love somebody; never give our love 100 percents to someone that we love. Just give it for about 75 percents because we have to realize that we will not be able to be with him or her forever. There must be a time for us to be separated from them. The

separation is in the form of death. We must learn to grant every single thing happened happily. STORY#18 Student’s Name: Asfarinah HidayahDate of reading: April 2, 2011 Type of story: Shot story (4 Pages)

Title Voice in a BottleAuthor AnonymousCharacters Ryan: a lonely boy

Ryan’s mom: a delicate mom and a good daughterRyan’s grandpa: a humble businessman Jacques: a friend of Ryan. A good new friend.

Theme Friends can be found everywhereConflict/Problem

Ryan was settled in his granpa’s house, Canada. He and his mom had to stay there because his grandpa was sick. So his mom helped his grandpa managing the variety store which was owned by grandpa. He felt so lonely, he needed a friend so that he wrote a message saying he needed a friend and he wanted to make friend with anybody which was put in the bottle and let it be taken by the water in the sea. Day by day he waited the reply from the message but he did not find any.

Solution/Ending Once suddenly there was a boy, Jacques, called and looked for Ryan. He said that he found Ryan’s number from the message in the bottle he made. They finally made friend and Ryan did not feel lonely anymore.

Useful Vocabulary :Lawn (N): an area of ground in a garden or park that covered with short grassRelish (N): great enjoyment of somethingPesky (Adj): annoying

Comments :

Thanks God my fate is not like Ryan who had to live with his grandpa

and let go some of his friend that he had in his previous school. However, the

nice thing that I like from this story is I like the happy ending. I am also

happy to know that Ryan finally can have a friend. He finally felt comfortable

living in his grandpa’s house because he had his friend.



Title With These RingsAuthor Sharon M. PalmerCharacters The writer: a wife of a pastor

Her husbandTheme Love between a husband and a wifeConflict/Problem

The writer lived in a Oklahoma when she was facing a hard time of facing a financial problem. She often fought with her husband because of a silly thing. Once they were going to Texas and the writer lost her rings. They started to look for it. Unfortunately they did not find it when the tried to look for it the highway. At first the writer’s husband said to the writer that it was impossible to find the ring because at that time there was an ice storm. But the writer acted very spoil and she insisted her husband to find the ring. Finally the husband looked for it, in the middle of the ice storm he looked for the ring while the writer was waiting in the car. The writer suddenly realized that her husband loved her very much. She thought that if her hubby did not love her he would not let himself freeze to death only to find the ring.

Solution/Ending The writer then asked her hubby to stop searching. She said that it was okay for her. Then they continued driving back to Texas. A miracle happened, after arriving in Texas the writer opened the car’s door and she paid attention to the shimmering gold ring in her boots. She yelled “I found it”. The hubby took the ring and put it into her wife’s finger and said “this is where the ring belongs”.

Useful Vocabulary :Adamant (Adj): determent not to change your opinion or decision that you have made; Pecan (N): a long thin sweet nut with a dark red shell; Heirloom (N): a valuable object that has been owned by a family for many years and that is passed from the older members to the younger membersComments :

This story is taken from the book of chichken sopu for the Christian soul and I love a story like this. It is very amusing. STORY#20 Student’s Name: Asfarinah Hidayah

Date of reading: April 3, 2011 Type of story: Shot story ( 3 Pages)

Title Ballerina DogAuthor Jackie TortorieloCharacters The writer, Jackie

The writer’s parentsTheme Love towards the animalsConflict/Problem

Jackie was a handicapped girl whose dog passed away some years ago. Since then, she promised that she would not have another dog. However, when she was celebrating her birthday, her parents asked her to choose a dog that she liked in the dogs camp. She was very sad because she knew that she about to break her promise to her dog. Still, she had to choose. She saw two puppies which interest her. One was the male and the other was the female. The male was a very healthy puppy while the female was a disabled puppy. The female was not able to use one of her legs. So she was called a ballerina dog, because if she was asked to stand up she just could use one of her legs. Jackie confused about choosing one of them. The seller said that it was better for her to choose the male because he was healthy not disabled. She felt uneasy; the seller words were very insulting.

Solution/Ending She chose he ballerina dog.Useful Vocabulary:Chuckled (V): laughed quietlyFrazzled (Adj): feeling tired and anxiousDevastated (Adj): feeling extremely shocked and sadOverwhelming (Adj): having such a great effect on you that you feel

confused and do not know how to reactComments :

Jackie chose the ballerina dog because she was in the same condition as her. She wanted to prove that a disabled dog also had its own fans. She also wanted to remind people not to look a disabled person down. They also had right to be loved. Therefore, this story is very inspiring for me. STORY#21 Student’s Name: Asfarinah Hidayah


Title The Cut Glass BowlAuthor F. Scott FitzgeraldCharacters Evylyn Piper : Harold’s wife

Harold Piper : Kind and caring manCarleton Canby : Evylyn’s ex-boyfriend

Theme A wedding present brings sorrow and bad luckConflict/Problem

Everybody was hurt by the cuty-glass bowl. Firstly, Fred Gegney was hurt by it and he was caught having a love affair with Evyly. So that Evylyn’s hubby, Harold, felt really hurt. Secondly, Evylyn’s daughter was also

hurt by the cut glass bowl, so that she suffered from the blood poisonous. Evylyn’s family also experienced a financial problem. Their bussiness was no longer in a good condition. If they did not take action it might lead to bankrupt. Evylyn’s life was not as happy as before.

Solution/Ending She finally decided to throw the big cut glass bowl away but since it was too heavy to lift, she slipped away and fell down into the downstairs. She died tragically together with the pieces of the big cut-glass bowl.

Useful Vocabulary :

Ache (V): the synonym of hurtCrimson (Adj): Deep red in colourGasped (V): to breathe in suddenly in a way that can be heard Glitter (N): the quality of glittering Comments :

I am not really sad knowing that Evylyn finally died in the story. The

reason is just because Evlyn is not a loyal wife for Harold. However, she is a

good mother for her daughter. It was proved, when her daughter was sick,

she cared her daughter very much. This moral list from the story that I can

conclude is that every bad thing we do will also result the bad effect towards

our life.



Title Bernice Bobs Her HairAuthor F. Scott FitzgeraldCharacters Bernice : a nice girl but she listened to the people’s

opinion too muchMarjorie : Bernice’s cousin, she is a nice girl actually but she always had a crash with Bernice

Theme Listening to the people’s opinion and proud of being ourselves

Conflict/Problem

Bernice was a girl who came from a rich family. She was beautiful and rich but she had never been dated by a boy. Whenever she attended the party, there were no boys who asked her to dance with him. She decided to go to her cousin’s house, Marjorie’s house, to spend her holiday. Marjorie had invited her to hang out and bitching around but she still could not get any boys to

be dated. Solution/Ending Finally, Marjorie told her to change some of Bernice

appearance including her hair style. Some of Marjorie’s advices were right. Bernice finally could date a boy. But, Marjorie also asked Bernice to bob her hair and finally Bernice followed her cousin’s advice and changed her hair style. The new hair style of Bernie was very bad. It did not make her looked beautiful but it made her looked worse. She actually did not want to bob her hair but her cousin insisted. At night she felt very desperate with her hair and took a scissor and went to her cousin’s room then cut the blonde braids of Marjorie. Then she left Marjorie’s house.

Useful Vocabulary :Braids (N) : A length of hair that has been separated in to three parts and

then woven togetherMoonlit (Adj): (it is used only before noun) lit by the moonComments :

I like the character of Bernice in this story, although she did something bad towards Marjorie’s braid in the end of this story but she was a very mysterious girl that the personality cannot be predicted by the reader.



Title Gretchen’s Forty WinksAuthor F. Scott FitzgeraldCharacters Roger Hasley : smart, kind, and hard worker

Gretchen Hasley : a selfish wife but she loved his husband very muchGeorge Thompkins : Arrogant

Theme The patience towards a selfish wife and think positiveConflict/Problem

Gretchen was the wife of Roger hasley. Roger was facing a hectic period in his life. He decided to exile himself from the society for a while. If he succeeded accomplishing his job within the period, he will be able to get a lot of money so that he could make Gretchen happy. However, Gretchen seemed not to agree with him. She refused to exile herself, he even invited George to drop by and have a talk with her. Roger was upset, so he decided to trick his wife.

Solution/Ending He was successfull in tricking his wife. He could finish his job without worrying about his wife having such a very nice time with George. Not only that he was also successful in satisfying his boss. He got the money and

he told the happy news to his wife. Gretchen did not realize that she was tricked by Roger.

Useful Vocabulary :Wink (N) : a quick action of opening and closing one eye, usually as

a signal to someone else. Comments :

Grethcen was a selfish wife I think. She just thought about herself. She did not want to support her husband when her husband did need her support. However, she loved her husband very much, it showed although she had a very close relationship with George she never ever thought abou having affair with him. She said that george was a friend of her. Still I do not really like the gretchen’s character here. I do not know why, but I think gretchen loved his huc=sband just because he had money.



Title MagnetismAuthor F. Scott FitzgeraldCharacters George Hannaford: kind, handsome, cheerful, lovong

and caringDolores : loyalKay : a jealous womanMargaret Donovan: loyal, delicate, and beautifulGwen Becker: a liar, untrustworthyHelen Avery: a beautiful actress

Theme The power of being a handsome actor Conflict/Problem

- George was a famous movie star. He was handsome and kind

- Many women, Margaret Donovan, Gwen becker, Helen avery, Dolores as well, wanted to be his girl friend although they knew that george had already had a wife

- George was set up by some of the girls and he had a quarrel with his wife

- Kay also seemed to have an affair with another man

Solution/Ending - He solved all his problem and he treid to hold on to his marriage.

- Kay clarified that she did not have any relationship with any man.

- He did not want to end up his marriage with kay

because he loved kay and he knew that kay also loved him.

Useful Vocabulary :Magnetism (N) : if someone has magnetism, they have powerful

exiting qualities that attract people to themComments :

I like George personality^^. He was very gentle and responsible. He did not want to give up his marriage. He would try hard to defend his marriage. Although he was a famous actor and had a magnetism he did not forget his position as a husband who was not allowed to have a love affair.STORY#25 Student’s Name: Asfarinah Hidayah


Title Three Hours between Planes Author F. Scott FitzgeraldCharacters Donald Plant : kind man, friendly

Nancy : beautiful, and a person who often has negative thinking

Theme Habing affair with the wrong person Conflict/Problem

- Nancy was alone at home because his hubby was out of town for working- She thought her hubby might have a love affair with another woman when he was working out of town- She received a call from Mr. Donald plant. Donald was a man who liked her and loved her- Nancy thought that Donald plant was another donald whom she loved very much

Solution/Ending - In fact Donald plant was a man who loved her, not the man whom Nancy loved. And donald remember that Nancy did not even care about him.

- Nancy had kissed a wrong man, and Donald was very confused. He knew that he loved nancy but he became confused when Nancy was willing to kiss him before he asked.

- After leaving Nancy’s house Donald just realized that he was in the different world. He realized that nancy thought he was another donald, not Donald plant.

Useful Vocabulary :Drink (N): an alcoholic drink

Comments :

Well, the story is funny for me because Nancy kissed a wrong person. She thought Donald was Donald bower so she kissed him. In fact the man that she kissed was Donald Plant not Donald bower, LOL. I think Nancy should reduce her hobby to drink so she could be sober enough to differenciate the person that she wanted to kiss.:) STORY#26 Student’s Name: Asfarinah HidayahDate of reading: April 26, 2011 Type of story: Shot story (20 Pages)

Title The Judge’s HouseAuthor Bram StokerCharacters Malcolm Malcolmsom: a hard working student who is

very stubbornThe judge : mean, cruel, and showing no mercy

Theme The silly deathConflict/Problem

- Malcolm is a hard working student and he was facing exam. He needed a quiet place to study hard.

- He decided to stay in Benchurch, a country which he never visited.

- He found an old house that the people usually called a judge’s house and he decided to stay there.

- The people in the neighborhood had warned Malcolm not to stay there because the house was scary. The people believed that everyone who lived in the house would danger his or her life because the judge was a man who showed no mercy towards the criminals.

- However, Malcolm was very stubborn and he decided to stay there no matter what the people said.

Solution/Ending - In the day he realized that what the people said was right he felt very affraid and horrified. He could not do anything, it was too late. He was haunted by the judge and finally killed with his body hanging in the noose.

Useful Vocabulary :Squeaked (V): made a short high noise or cried that was not loudCondemned (Adj): A condemned person is going to be punished by being killedHorrified (V): made someone felt very shocked and upset or affraidComments :

If I were Malcolm I would be willing to listen what the people said because they knew their place better than me. However, Malcolm was

stubborn enough not to listen the poeple’s advice in order not to live there, and those stubborn personality finally had to be paid with his life. And that was called silly for me. His life was too precious for dying in that way. Therefore, I called the theme as a silly death.STORY#27 Student’s Name: Asfarinah HidayahDate of reading: April 26, 2011 Type of story: Shot story (12 Pages)

Title The Iron MaidenAuthor Bram StokerCharacters The writer : kind and caring husband; Amelia (the

writer’s wife) : a delicate wife; Elias : nosey man Theme Bad luck and RevengeConflict/Problem

The writer and Amelia were having their vacation in Nurnberg, then they met a man, Elias, and soon they made friends. Once, in Nurnberg they visited the oldest building which was a castle. To go to the castle they had to pass the high wall, the scenery was beautiful and they saw a cat mother was playing with her kitten. Elias had an idea to tease them by throwing a stone down, Amelia disagree at that time but Elias still did it. The stone hit one of the kitten and the kitten died. Then the cat mother looked at Elias and tried to reach elias, unfortunately the wall was so high that she could not reach elias.Amelia was so upset that she felt ill. The writer then decided to continue the trip to the castle.

Solution/Ending In the castle there was a famous building called the torture tower. They went inside the building and saw many horrible instrument to torture people. On of them was called iron maiden. The nosy elias wanted to feel the sense of being inside the iron maiden. He asked the guide to hold the rope that hold the door of iron maiden. Unfortunately, the cat mother directly attacked the guide so that the guide could not hold the rope and let the rope shut the door of Iron maiden. Elias was trapped inside and died ironically. Amelia fainted and the writer killed the cat mother.

Useful Vocabulary :Moat (N): a deep wide hole, usually filled with water, dug around a castle as defence Comments :

Elias Deserved to die I think. The cat mother was not wrong by attacking the guide^^, but I curse what the writer did to the cat mother. He sould not kill her and let her alive.STORY#28 Student’s Name: Asfarinah HidayahDate of reading: April 27, 2011 Type of story: Shot story (21 Pages)

Title The Return of Abel BehenaAuthor Bram StokerCharacters Abel behena : kind and loyal; Erick Sanson : selfish;

Sarah : inconsistent; Sarah’s mother : WiseTheme The blind loveConflict/Problem

- Abel and Erick were best friend. Abel used to save erick from a ferocious wave.

- They fell in love with the same girl, Sarah.- Sarah could not decide whom she wanted to

marry with. - Abel and Erick did not get along since then.- Sara’s mother asked Abel and Erick to toss a coin

and put their money together. The one who won would be able to marry sarah and had the money. Abel won the toss.

- He got the money and the chance to marry Sarah. But, Sarah’s mother asked him to make a lot of money, then Abel went to town to earn more money and promised to come back in their wedding day.

- Erick could not accept that. He was so upset.Solution/Ending - Erick kept provoking Sarah to forget Abel and

married him.- There had been a terrible storm and abel’s ship

was there. Abel asked for a help and at that time Erick had a chance to help abel but he didn’t. He let abel fell and sank in the sea. Abel did not return until in one day befor the wedding day.

- Finally sarah agreed Erick’s offer and decided to marry him.

- In the weddind day, she found the dead body of abel behena which meant Abel had made his promise.

- Sarah looked very afraid and fainted. Useful Vocabulary :Steep (Adj): a road, hill etc that is steep slopes at high angleComments : Erick was not supposed to let go of abel, he was blinded by the love so that he had heart not to save his own best friend. STORY#29 Student’s Name: Asfarinah HidayahDate of reading: May 3, 2011 Type of story: Shot story (17 Pages)

Title The Gentlemen of VeronaAuthor William ShakespeareCharacters Valentine: honest and loyal;Proteus: litle bit selfish

Julia: kind hearted and loyal; Antonio : a father of Proteus

Silvia: the duke of milan’s daughter; wise and kind heartedDuke of milan: nobleman

Theme Friendship, love, and familyConflict/Problem

- Valentine went to Milan and left verona. He stayed in the Duke of Milan’s palace and became a nobleman. He and silvia fell in love each other. Unfortunately the duke of milan wanted Silvia to marry thurio.- Proteus and julia loved each other until Proteus was asked by Antonio to go to Milan and he met Silvia. Proteus liked silvia in the first sight and he slowly forgot julia. He never wrote letter to julia. He decided to dump Valentine from the palace by telling the duke that valentine had a plane to run away with Silvia from the palace. The duke was furious and he banish Valentine from Milan.- Julia was also curious because Proteus never wrote her a letter. He went to milan and pretended being a man. She stayed in the duke of milan palace.

Solution/Ending - Valentine stayed in the cave with the the robbers because of his bravery. He was asked to be their leader. Silvia chased valentine and she was chased by Proteus. Proteus got Silvia and asked her to went back home but silvia ignored. He was mad and tried to kiss silvia. Valentine heard the Proteus coming and asked him to let go of Silvia. Proteus felt so sorry for his bad attitude and Julia was also upset. However, since Proteus had confessed Valentine forgave him as well as julia. The duke finally agreed valentine and Silvia relationship.

Useful Vocabulary :Set off (V) : to start to go somewhereComments : shakespear’s stories are actually fun to read, the characteristic of his stories are there are many characters inside in the story. That’s why sometimes it is confusing.^^. However, I enjoy reading the story.STORY#30 Student’s Name: Asfarinah HidayahDate of reading: May 5, 2011 Type of story: Shot story (23 Pages)

Title As You Like ItAuthor William ShakespeareCharacters Sir roland de boys: a loving and fair father; Oliver: the

1st son of Sir roland, cruel; James: the 2nd son, cruel; Orlando: the 3rd son, kind, romantic and loyal; Rosalind: kind and loyal; Celia: loyal and caring

Theme A family problem and romantic love lifeConflict/ - Sir ronad died and he left legacy to his sons. He

Problem asked oliver to take care of his estate and take care of his young brother. He took care of james but he didn’t take care of Orlando.

- Orlando was uneducated but he was like his father very much, a gentle and a noble man. Many people liked him, that’s why Oliver hated him.

- Orlando rebelled and asked for Oliver’s explanation. He finally decided to go away from Oliver’s home.

- He fell in love with rosalind, the daughter of the duke of frederick. Oliver fell in love with Celia, the daughter of the younger duke of frederick.

Solution/Ending - Orlando went to forest with his sheperd and they were very hungry. He tried to find food and he found foods in the table which belonged to the elder duke of Frederick who was banished by his own younger brother. Since he was very gentle he was welcomed by the duke and his other banished friends.

- He had known Rosalind before, and when rosalind searced him in the forest she finally could find him and they married. Oliver confessed and decide to be nice to Orlando since when he cahsed Orlando to the jungle he was about to be killed by a snake but he was saved by Orlando. Oliver decided to marry celia.

Useful Vocabulary : Endure (V): to bear patiently or to tolerate;Uncivil (Adj):rudeComments : Actually, the story has many conflicts and characterizations, yet the whole story mainly discussed about those confilct I mentioned above. I found that the shakespear stories are commonly not straightforward, but it becomes his character anyway. However, I do have to admit that his arts are splendid.STORY#1 Student’s Name: Asfarinah HidayahDate of reading: April 28, 2011 Type of story: Abridged Novel (.. Pages)

Title A Diary of a Young Girl Anne FrankAuthor Retold by Cherry GildchristCharacters The writer (Anne Frank): a cheerful and a smart girl

Peter : a kind and lovely boyThe writer’s mom: a loving and caring womanThe writer’s pa: A loving and caring fatherThe writer’s sister (Margot)Hello SilbelbergMr. Kleiman

Mr. KlugerMr. Van daanMiep and JanMr. Dussel

Theme The jewish life during the first world warConflict/Problem

The Franks were a jewish who lived in German. Their life in German was not save since the germans would rest the jewish and often killed them. Then this family decided to move to Holland to find a better life. Unfortunately, Holland also annouced themselves to join the first world war and again the jewish life were threatened. Anne’s family finally had to live in annexe, the place where they hide from the soldiers. Anne spent for about 2 years in the annexe and she was close with peter who also lived in the Annexe. They finally fell in love each other but Anne’s father disagreed. Everyday their condition in annexe was not getting better. They found it was more difficult to find foods and some other daily needs. Their life in the annexe was so suffering. Everyday they always heard news about the jewish people who were killed that made them more desperate living in the anneexe.

Solution/Ending The german soldiers who were in Holland finally found their hiding place. They arrested all the people who stayed in annexe. They took anne, morgot and her mom to a concentration camp. They took peter and some other to another concentration camp. They took Anne’s father to the other concentration camp. They were arrested in different places. Anne, her sister and her mother finally died suffering fron a terrible illness in the concentration camp for there was an epidemic there. Peter also died in the concentration camp, but Anne’s father was the only member of the annexe who lived longer until the world war ended.

Useful Vocabulary :

Concentration camp (N) : A prison where political prisoners and other people who are not soldiers are kept and treated cruelly, especially during a war.

Raids (N) : A short attack on a place by soldiers, planes, or ships, intended to cause damage but not take control.

Allies (N) : the group of countries including Britain and US that fought together in the First and Second World Wars.

Annexe (N) : A separate building that has been added to a larger one.

Stiff (Adj) : if someone or part of their body is stiff, their muscles hurt and it is difficult for them to move.

Ration (N) : A fixed amount of something that people are allowed to have when there is not enough, for example during a war.

Comments :

I could not imagine how was Anne’s life during the war and her life after she finally got caught and then she was brought to the concentration camp. At first before knowing the meaning of concentration camp I did not really feel bad when I read that some of the jewish people were brought there. However, after knowing the meaning I felt so terrible. I could not imagine How the people there were treated. This novel provides the reader a very good moral value that we are as a human must be able to respect each other. In this world there are many tribes and races, not only the german people, the English people, or the american people. There are also Jewish, the black people community or “Negro”, and many others. The diversity which appears in this world should be treated as a gift for us tyo respect others and protect others. Besides, we only have one world and one earth therefore we have to share.

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