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To me, a stereotype is an assumed thought or image about a type of person or thing. Sometimes, stereotypes are true, but for the most part I don’t see them as a good thing. A lot of times when you stereotype, you stereotype based on the way that someone looks. Usually when people stereotype they assume that by the way you look that you act a certain way/have a certain type of personality. I’ll be the first to admit that I definitely stereotype sometimes, usually based on people’s races (not trying to be racist or anything like that). For me, I do get stereotyped a lot, usually about my grades or about my academic ability, etc. Sometimes the stereotype is right, but that doesn’t mean the same can go for everyone who happens to fall under that stereotype. An example could be hair color, skin color, and other appearance based stereotypes. Even though sometimes they are true, it would probably be better if people didn’t make assumptions like that. From, Harry P.

==== To me, stereotypes are people who judge others on their looks, skin color, grades, clothes, things like that. Like you said, stereotypes may be true on occasions, but I also see stereotypes as a bad thing. Stereotypes may insult some people, and I think we should never just look at a person and think, “well, he/she looks stupid, so I’ll just tell others that he/she gets bad grades.” On occasions, I get stereotyped about my looks, academic ability, personality, etc. As you said before, these stereotypes may be true, but when it comes to stereotyping, many people fall under the wrong category. I don’t believe stereotyping is necessary, unless you absolutely know the person. ====

~Barbra C.
I completely agree with you. The part you said about people getting judged by skin color and clothes; it’s definitely true. A lot of times this happens and people get opinions about them simply by the way they look. Like you said, when it comes to stereotyping, more times than not, people end up in the wrong category. Especially when it comes to what you wear or the classes you take. It just doesn’t make sense to judge someone on what you see on the outside; you should get to know the person before going around with this designated opinion about them.

Harry P.

You can very well tell that Mr. Frank is always trying to look on the bright side. By the way he was trying to be celebrative even when things seemed so terrible. It must be hard to live with another family in a small annex. And if he can think of the bright and positive things in that kind of situation, it shows that Mr. Frank is a positive man. If I were to be stuck in an annex never to leave for 2 years, I’d probably die of boredom on day two. I can’t even imagine how Anne must feel. Even if it is for safety, it probably is frustrating for them to live in such conditions. Especially with people like Dr. Dussel and Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan; it must be annoying after a while. It’s nice that they have Mr. Frank to cheer them up in a situation like this.

Harry P.

====I agree with you about Mr. Frank. This statement describes Mr. Frank as optimistic, and is always trying to look on the bright side, and I can connect his character to Anne’s character. She is always looking on the positive side, and she probably got that trait from her father. The others, on the other hand, are not handling this situation very well. Mr. Frank is mentioning that they all gave up and lost hope, and that isn’t a good way to handle a situation when you can’t do anything about it. If I were stuck in the annex for 2 years, I would also die of boredom! I think I would also get tired of my family, because when we go to the beach, in a car for just 2 hours, I get tired of my sister! I think I would die if I had to spend 2 years with them, in a cramped room, and I wouldn’t be able to get out. ====

~Barbra C.
==== If I were free after hiding for two years, I think the first thing I would want to do is go outside, because it would become so stuffy, and I think I would forget what going outside felt like. If Anne was never discovered, I think she would’ve published her diary, and she would’ve become a famous writer, because that was one of her dreams, and what she wrote in her diary. But I also think she would want to see the world, and go back to school, and she would want to see Peter more often. I also think it’s really sad that she never got to see the world when it wasn’t in despair, because she had so many dreams for her future, and for others. ====

~Barbra C.
Definitely! It must be so hard for her to live a life in this kind of world. I agree with you; she never really got to live her life in peace because most of the time she had to spend it hiding. Growing up in a world at war isn't exactly the best time to live. It stinks that she had to endure all that, just to meet a terrible end at a concentration camp. It's so harsh of an end for someone so young and bright and hopeful. It's good that we have her diary to know exactly what it was like to live back then. If I were free after two years of hiding, first thing I'd do, like you said, is to go outside. There's no way I could spend two years in a building like that without wanting to go outside. Especially if the war ended, I would go outside to celebrate. I do think she might've published her diary, or at the very least passed it down to her future daughter. I think that she and Peter would become lifelong friends, or maybe even have gotten married. It's so unfortunate that she could never live out this kind of future.

Harry P.

==== I definitely agree with you by saying Peter and Anne would have gotten married, or would have been lifelong friends, because they were getting closer and closer in the Annex. And if Anne had a daughter, then I am positive she would let her daughter see it, and even write in it. I know I would love to hear a survivor’s story from the Holocaust. By the way, sorry about the recent font/color change in my responses….my computer at home was being annoying and wouldn’t let me do anything! Anyway, my beliefs sort of lay in the middle of Anne’s line from her diary, because some people are not who they always portray themselves to be, but some people are just plain awful, so I am really in the middle. I have really had no experiences with people who really are not good at heart, but there are some people who I have met who are rude to other people, or say they are a “bad” person, but when you look past that, or get to the person, then sometimes, they really aren’t so bad after all. Some people do not change, though, and I think this is probably the opposite of her beliefs. But in some cases, people are just not nice in their hearts. I don’t know if Hitler was good at heart or not, but I did learn that his dad was pretty rough on him as a child, so that might’ve influenced him to turn on the Jews, and the handicapped, and all the other people he put to death. Anne’s belief is so strong, and I love that she stayed positive the whole time she was in the Holocaust. ====

~Barbra C.
== I completely agree with you! Sometimes I think that people are simply just cruel at heart, but a lot of times people who act a certain way change. And usually people have a reason for acting the way they do. People aren’t just simply born with that kind of attitude. I’m kind of in the middle on this question, too. As far as Hitler goes, I really don’t have any knowledge about him. However, what you said about his dad being harsh sounds like a good reason as to why he would turn on the Jews. He may have been brainwashed into thinking that he was doing good. But I don’t completely believe that because however brainwashed you are, you can’t be blind to killing 2 million people. He must’ve had some ulterior motive for causing all this violence, and I agree with what you said about his father having an effect on him. I also love the fact that she stayed super positive during the Holocaust. That must’ve taken a lot of courage. ==