Blogging #1

I am reading the book called The Hiding Place and it was written by Corrie Ten Boom. It is a true story of her life and how she became a militant heroine of the anti-Nazi underground. In the first chapter of the book we learn several things about the author. First of all she is Christian which means that she was not the target for the concentration camps. However the author uses a lot of foreshadowing to express the hardships ahead. For example she explains the dark cloud that will someday be put over her head. She is currently 45 and apparently has lost her waist line. She has an older sister Betsie who is 7 years older. Her father is around 77 years old and runs a watch shop in Germany. He is a forgetful man who makes many repairs but does not make much money. The father also helps kids who are less fortunate as him. As well as raising 4 of his own kids he has fed and clothed 11 other kids. The mother of Corrie Ten Boom has died and we don't know much about the mother. Corrie and her sister always wore dark colored dresses that went up to there neckline and went down to 3 inches above there ankles. This was considered strange for women who are not married because they were supposed to wear bright colored dresses that were shorter. This shows us that Corrie and her sister are very modest compared to others. Also we see that Corrie is very hardworking when her and her family are setting up for the party that is going to happen that day.