Favorite Characters In The Hiding Place By Corrie Ten Boom

Despite their efforts, the ten Boom family was captured and taken to concentration camps, although the Jews in the house were not found. Casper, Corrie’s father, died ten days later, and Nollie was released eventually, but Betsie and Corrie stayed imprisoned. Unfortunately, they were subjected to horrific conditions, and they witnessed the deaths of many innocent people. For many people, the concentration camp would have been the end of their work, but for Corrie and Betsie the months they spent in Ravensbrück became "their finest hour." Corrie described how she struggled with and overcame the hate that she had for the man who betrayed her family. Holding secret worship services, Corrie and Betsie were able to comfort the inmates and share the love of Christ. Although Betsie eventually died of sickness, Corrie was able to continue her legacy within the concentration camps and beyond, in her ministry.

Nellie Bly was born May 5th, 1864 in a small town called Cochran Mills in Pennsylvania. Nellie’s real name is Elizabeth Cochrane. Nellie was a Journalist; she began her newspaper career at the age of 18. Nellie got her pseudonym from her editor, who refused to openly allow a female to write for his paper.

Corrie Ten Boom’s astonishing novel, “The Hiding Place”, is an extraordinary adventure of one courageous Christian woman who had been sent to a concentration camp, along with her sister, for helping the Jews. Both the girls depended heavily on Christ’s power and words to guide

Unlike animals, humans are able to observe past the mere monochromatic vision of survival. We have an impeccable ability to desire more than just living to breed, and breeding only to someday perish. Thus, we gradually brush this canvas with the colours of ethics, control, and knowledge. Whether the colours fade or become prominent through time, this canvas becomes our perception of normality and we allow it to justify our actions; favorable or harmful. We, as well as the narrator in the short story The Hunt by Josephine Donovan represent this. However, because of the narrator’s difference in perception, self-indulgence, and greed for power, the story introduces a feeling of infuriation to the reader.

“It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.” (Anne Frank) Anne Frank was one of the many children who fell victim to the Holocaust during the World War II. Anne’s story is nothing short of a tragedy; she died at the early age of fifteen from Typhus while being held by the Nazi Regime, in the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen. Before dying, Anne and her family went into hiding and lived secretly in her father's office building in the Netherlands. While living in the “Annex,” a secret hiding place, she developed many interests such as reading and writing. Anne is famous because she is one of the best-known victims of the Holocaust, her story has been shared with millions in a publication of her diary, and through her writing’s she introduces many people to the massacre and its horror.

Last but not least the third reason Corrie should have hidden the helpless, desperate, and terrified Jews was because if the Nazi found them and sent them off to a concentration camp the ten Booms could bring hope to other prisoners. Because the ten Booms loved God they could bring the gospel to doubting prisoners. Corrie could deliver the much needed love into the concentration camps. The ten Boom could bring the comfort of a loving and caring God to the prisoners.

The Holocaust, a morbid atrocity that made people question humanity, was the cause of millions of deaths. One of those victims of this brutality was Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl who hid from the Nazis along with her family. Although she was merely ordinary, Anne Frank kept a diary which became a significant, historical artifact in the modern world as it details her account of concealing her identity from the outside world. Her story, told in an innocent perspective, allows individuals to reflect the dreadful events of the Holocaust and acknowledge how far we have come since then. Even though she died along with millions of other victims from the Holocaust, her spirit still exists thanks to her articulately written words in her diary which is now considered one of the most famous works of literature. Anne Frank’s legacy still lives on today because her story provides a primary source of a dark period in history, insightful contemplation of humanity, and motivation for people to stand up against unjustified persecution.

“I believe in the sun even when it is not shining. I believe in love even when I cannot feel it. I believe in God even when he is silent”. These are the words that were carved onto a German jail cell wall by a Jewish prisoner during the Holocaust. The mentality of knowing God would watch out for the Jewish people affected by the Holocaust was really the only reason for staying hidden throughout the two year span that the Holocaust lasted. One of the Jewish survivors of the Holocaust, Jeannine Burk, could be a perfect example. Jeannine hid from the Nazis for two years, and the urge to see her family again was what drove her to keep hidden and go through such a difficult experience with confusion blinding her every move.

When the safety of someone special to a person is threatened, they will sometimes sacrifice themselves to save their loved one. “Charles Halloway waited then said one word softly: ‘Hide’. ‘We can’t

In the search for suspects in the cases, the police are mostly involved in the brutalization of the family members in search of evidence to present in court. The use of physical force is dominant with the police and also there is destruction of property of the suspects who are involved in the police brutality. In the search for the suspects too, the police may involve the people through long interrogation processes which entails issuing of threats to arrest the people, eviction of the people and also threatening to lose their children in cases whereby they want evidence on the crimes. In the search of people with warrants of arrest, the police become brutal in a way which may make them promise things like funerals and also putting the people to emergency rooms for medication purposes quickly (Newcomb, 2014). The higher pressures in arresting the people according to Goffman indicates the failure of the police on the war against drugs which has made them to be brutal in such ways. The war against drugs according to the writer has led many people in prison instead of finding solutions to end the trading of drugs or to end poverty in many homesteads. According to Goffman, the agencies which are entrusted with the enforcement of law and order “address the significant social problems of able-bodied

Lastly, an example from the book, The Hiding Place, is on page 126 in Chapter 7. This is were Nollie, Corrie’s sister, tells the truth that their maid, Annaliese, was a Jew. Nollie later tells Corrie that God honors honesty always. She also tells Corrie that Annaliese was perfectly fine because God is on her and their side. Corrie then notices that telling all of these lies are a sin just like stealing ration cards. She worries about having punishments because she was trying to do good for others, but apparently is doing some sort of

Corrie ten Boom grew up in a strong, Christian home. Religion played a huge role in her life. Her family was always assisting anyone who needed help. Whether it was taking in foster kids, giving money to those who needed it or offering food and shelter to Jews during World War II, her family was always offering to help people in need. The ten Boom family took in over eight hundred Jews, attempting to save them from the Gestapo. The ten Boom’s were very brave and stood up for what they believed in, even if it meant getting caught and taken to concentration camps.

Every human being on the planet has a limit. Whether it be mentally, physically or emotionally, people all have a breaking a point, a place where the line must be drawn. This is a simple fact that all humans know, an instinctive knowledge that lives in the bones of humanity. But when people witness others enduring situations that would crush most people underfoot, the dirt, grit and struggle that these heroes crawl through to stay alive, it amazes everyone. That is why it is easy to understand how anyone might admire Louie Zamperini. A child rebel as stubborn as a bull turned into a war hero who survived what no one else could even fathom- Louie Zamperini is far from a weak man as described in “Unbroken”, written by Laura Hillenbrand. But there was

By all accounts, Corrie Ten Boom, a nearly 50-year old Dutch woman, should not have been a heroine. However, when she saw an injustice, she took a stand as a visionary leader and used inspirational motivation to rally support for the

My favorite character in the book is Mary’s Grandma (in the book they call her Grandma) because she is a trustworthy person. Mary trusted her even though the thought Grandma was doing wrong but really she was doing well, like taking a can of Bootsie (Mary’’s cat).