In the book, The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss, the author uses both fact and opinion to tell the story of her life during the second world war. The book talks about her early life, growing up knowing that her race was hated, and that she would no longer stay in her home because of the danger. In the following essay, I will compare and contrast the authors life with my The story takes place during the holocaust. In the book, Johanna Reiss,who refers herself to Annie, had to live a life similar Anne Frank from TheDiary of Anne Frank. She had to go into hiding from the beginning of thesecond world war in 1939 to the ending of the war in 1945.Annie character reminds me of myself. The way she had to go intohiding to protect herself and family due to their current situation they were in.I can highly relate to that idea. When my family and I were going throughsome family problems, my brother, sister and I had to go into hiding untilthe court trials were over. When I say hiding I mean that we were relocatedto a relatives home until the court had made their decision about the childcustody case. As the months went by, I said to myself, If I had put my mind tosomething and worked hard enough to get it, my parents would have beenproud and they wouldnt have a reason to fight over their children. Annie puther mind into hiding from the Germans and was able to live to tell about herexperiences. One day when I become successful, I want to be able to tell mychildren about my childhood experiences and live my life how I had wishedmy family should have lived. I will make sure that my children has no reasonto hide from their parents....
