What is the personality of Annemarie from Number the Stars?
The protagonist of the novel, ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen is an outgoing and ambitious young girl who maintains a cheerful outlook even as her Nazi-occupied hometown of Copenhagen becomes a dangerous place for her and her best friend Ellen Rosen, who is Jewish.
Who is the villain in Number the Stars?
Peter Neilsen is the main antagonist in the 1989 Holocaust novel Number the Stars. He was a Danish resistance fighter from Denmark.
What is the differences between Annemarie and Ellen?
Annemarie is a lucky girl who can run really fast, however Ellen is a stocky girl who could not run really fast. Annemarie have 2 sisters which is Lise and Kirsti and she is the second youngest in her family. For Ellen, she was the only child in her family. For their family, Annemarie is christian but Ellen is Jewish.
What does Annemarie love in Number the Stars?
She loves to run. She dreams about the countryside of her childhood before the war. Though she does not care for the fairy tales that she tells her younger sister Kirsti, Annemarie sometimes makes the bizarre reality of war into a sort of game.
Who died in Number the Stars?
Peter Nielsen has died. He was shot in a public square for his involvement in the Resistance. Annemarie's parents tell her that Lise was a member of the Resistance, too, and that she did not die in an accident, but was killed by the Germans.
Is Number the Stars a true story?
Lois Lowry's 1989 novel Number the Stars, didn't just win a prestigious Newbery Medal and make you cry as you wrote your book report—it was also based on a true story, as Lowry told The Reading Teacher in 1990.
How does Annemarie look like?
Annemarie is the protagonist, or main character in the novel, and can be seen as the heroine. She is a tall, blonde, ten-year-old Christian girl living in Copenhagen, Denmark during World War II. Annemarie is a dynamic character. She changes during the course of the novel due to her experiences and actions.
Why did Annemarie rip the necklace off Ellen?
Annemarie has to tear Ellen's Star of David necklace off of her so that the soldiers won't see it and identify Ellen as Jewish. Ellen tells the soldiers she is Lise Johansen, who is actually Annemarie's deceased older sister.
Is there a movie for Number the Stars?
There is no movie of Number the Stars. However, it is widely accepted that the Disney movie Miracle at Midnight (1998) is a great movie to screen after reading Number the Stars.
What age is Number the Stars appropriate for?
It's important to remember that Number the Stars is written for children ages 10 and up.
Has Annemarie won a gold medal?
She won Double Gold in the 2002 Funakoshi Shotokan Karate Association World Championships, Gold and Silver in the 2007 Funakoshi Shotokan Karate Association World Championships, and Gold in the United Kingdom Traditional Karate Federation National Championships.
Why did Annemarie and Ellen pretend to be sisters?
Annemarie and Ellen would need to pretend that they were sisters to protect Ellen from being noticed as a Jewish girl by the Nazis soldiers.
What happens to Ellen in Number the Stars?
Ellen goes with Annemarie, Kirsti, and Mrs. Johansen to Uncle Henrik's where she is soon reunited with her parents. At her parents side, "it was as if Ellen had moved . . . into a different world, the world of her own family and whatever lay ahead for them." Ellen and her parents make it safely to neutral Sweden.
What happens at the end of Number the Stars?
Annemarie finds Ellen's Star of David necklace where she'd hidden it where Ellen had been staying with the Yohansen's and vows that she will wear it herself until Ellen returns. Though the story ends on a somber note, the star offers a glimmer of hope for Ellen's and Annemarie's futures and for all of Denmark.
What did Kirsti do in Number the Stars?
Kirsti was Annemarie's younger sister who was at the time very talkative, and yelled at a Nazi soldier for touching her hair. Lise Johansen was Annemarie's older sister, who had been killed by being hit by a Nazi patrol car, but when Annemarie was younger, she was told she was hit with a car.
What happened to Peter in Number the Stars?
Peter Neilsen has been killed. He was caught and jailed by the Nazis, then shot in a public square. The night before he died, Peter wrote to the Johansens saying he was proud, and not afraid.