1a Anne Frank

Throughout her time of hiding, Anne had a diary where she could express her thoughts and feelings about the situation. She wrote down what was happening, how she feels about what's happening, and her opinions on the people she is living with. Her opinion of her mother changed as they were there. For what I can tell before hiding, Anne loved and cared for her mother as much as anyone else in her family. As time went on, her mother was unbearable to Anne. Anne wrote, "Mother is unbearable. She insists on treating me like a baby." Anne says this because she believes that she is able to

Anne matures throughout the course of her diary entries, moving from detailed accounts of basic activities to deeper, more profound thoughts about humanity and her own personal nature. “I know what I want, I have a goal, an opinion, I have a religion and love. Let me be myself and then I am satisfied. I know that I’m a woman, a woman with inward strength and plenty of courage.” This shows that Anne matures through the course of her diary, she considers herself as a woman rather than a young girl and sets goals for herself that she wants to achieve. Anne becomes more optimistic even after she feels misunderstood by everyone and feels completely alone.

The four of them packet their things and pulled on layers of cloths in order to take them with them and began their walk to the annex on July 9th. The secret annex was above her father warehouse and house the Franks and four other Jews. The other four Jew included Herman and Auguste Van Pels and their son Peter, and later in November Fritz Pefeffer. Between the eight people with differing personalities and opinions the tensions in the annex grew faster than expected, though no yelling could ensue for the fear of being caught. Anne wrote all about the annex in her diary and hoped to have her diary published as a book when she could come out of

Anne and Peter have come a long way from the beginning of the story. When Anne and Peter met in the secret annex I’m sure they never thought they would become as close as they were. They started out not liking each other and calling eachother names, “...How you talked so much in class they called you Mrs.Quack Quack…” (Hackett 116), but in the end they ended up liking each other. They were so fond of each other they ended up falling in love. This just shows what living in confinement can do to the relationships you have with people.

Anne,her family, and friends of theirs are living in hiding in the annex. Anne had to survive from the nazi’s and Peter, the hiders survived by not making noise during the day. They had to wait till all the workers left the building to move around and to use the bathroom. They stayed as quiet as possible; there were workers, they knew that there were people hiding in the annex. The annex was a small space at the top of the building that Mr.Frank had worked in the office. Jo Kleiman’s

Throughout the book, Anne Frank tries to understand her adolescent feelings, thoughts, and experiences, while at the same time dealing with the conflict of trying to survive. Right of the start, the loud and vibrant Anne has to tone herself down to maintain hiding in the Annex. This left her lonely and separated from the things she loved to do in the

How would you feel if you couldn’t go outside to play on the streets with your friends or even call them for around two years? Surprisingly, lots of German-Jewish citizens were forced to go into hiding during World War II. Actually, Anne Frank was a teenager similar to these citizens who had to hide and act as if she didn’t even exist. In fact, her and a few other people all hid in an annex of rooms above her father's office. Soon after they arrived to the annex, she received a special gift from her protector Miep. Miep knew that they would have to stay quiet throughout this hard time, so she gave Anne a diary to write all her thoughts in. Anne, of course, loved and appreciated this special gift. Even so, she wrote in her diary almost daily about her life and any growing thought in her mind. However, she didn’t know her diary would

On her thirteenth birthday, Anne Frank’s parents gave her a diary. She cherished it with all her heart and treated it with much care. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl “Who would ever think that so much went on in the soul of a young girl?” (Frank 1/12/44) Anne was a young girl in isolation, during World War II; Anne’s family hid in “The Secret Annex,” a hidden living space in the back of an office building. Anne was constantly in danger of being caught and killed by the Nazis. During her time in the Annex Anne developed a deep personality, which knew she was eventually going to die.

The Secret Annex was not a joyful place to be since they always had to speak in a whisper, never go outside, and such things. Anne tried her very hardest to make it better, but sometimes, the depression suffocated her. On page 70, Anne states, “I get frightened myself when I think of close friends who are now at the mercy of the cruelest monsters ever to stalk the earth. And all because they are Jews.” This and many other thoughts haunted Anne to her very last day. It just made her so sad that her friends could be getting murdered at that same moment. Even though she has her family with her, her only confidant was her diary. She poured out all her deepest feelings into it, so the readers know what really troubled Anne. Anne tells her diary, “...lately I’ve begun to feel deserted. I’m surrounded by too great a void. I never used to give it much thought, since my mind was filled with my friends and having a good time. Now I think either about unhappy things or myself.” (pg. 71) This shows the reader how horrible Anne feels. And to think, Hitler single-handedly took happiness away from many, including dear Anne. Is Anne really living? Or is she just merely surviving? Lastly, Anne confesses what she wishes sometimes she could scream at her parents and the Van Danns. She writes on page 80, “Leave me alone, let me have at least one night where I don’t cry myself to sleep

Throughout Anne Frank’s diary, the author and her fellow housemates feel a strong sense of mistreatment towards themselves along with the rest of the Jewish people. A large part of that persecution came from having to be literally silenced in order to stay hidden. Everyone living in the Annex was on constant lookout for any sign of someone trying to intrude. This brought on a fear for the future, and for their lives. But despite such conditions, Anne had faith, and believed in a brighter tomorrow. She knew that there were people out there willing to fight for them and their people, and never lost hope in the face of something as traumatizing as the Holocaust.

I believe this because while in the Annex, Anne felt that she was in love with Peter, but as soon as Peter started to have feelings toward Anne, she began to lose interest in Peter. Before Anne had any feelings for Peter, she felt depressed and sad. After she started to fall in love with him, she was becoming more joyful and happy. But, when she began to lose interest in Peter, she felt disappointed in him. This proves that Anne didn’t really need Peter, she felt that she had to

“I don’t think then of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remain” (Frank 171). The Diary of Anne Frank is a factual document written by a young girl that explains how her and her family were affected by the Holocaust. Anne spent her days living in constant fear of being discovered, but she still had hopes about what life would be like after the war. She could not go outside and had to remain quiet during the working hours to avoid being discovered by the workers. However, she knew that living in the annex was better than the alternative which was to go to a concentration camp. Anne considers her family lucky to live in the annex because they have more freedom than they would in other circumstances.

One idea that develops during the novel is Anne’s feeling of Peter Van Daan. In the beginning of the diary Anne isn’t very fond of Peter. On pg 29 she says “I told them how Peter often strokes my cheeks and that I wished he wouldn’t as I don’t like being pawed by boys … I did say that Peter was rather awkward,” She also says in the beginning of the diary how Peter is slightly annoying and lazy. Peter isn’t the person that she dislikes/argues with the most but he is certainly not one of her favorites. Towards the middle of the diary Anne forgets about Peter, until the end of the middle. On page 141-142 (24 January 1944) Anne talks about her and Peter playing with Boche together.. In the 13 February, 1944 entry Anne says “ To my great

In Anne’s diary her hideout, also the setting of the book, is a big reason why the diary is how it is. Because of their setting, it shows how the theme of war is all around the Franks and they are lucky not to be caught. For example, because they shared their home with an office building, the Franks witnessed some attempted robberies. On March 25,1943,  Anne states, “ Mr.Van Daan got up and put on his coat and hat and followed Daddy cautiously downstairs, Peter took up the rear, armed with a large hammer in case of emergencies. The gentleman reappeared five minutes later and told us all was quiet in the house. The excitement had affected most of our tummies, you can imagine the atmosphere was like when we had each paid a visit in succession”. The burglaries in Anne’s diary remind us that every day they had to be worried about something. It kept the readers wondering what will happen next.

The relationship between Peter and Anne has changed so much throughout the play and the diary. At the beginning of the book, Peter thought Anne was just so annoying because Anne would always wear Peters stuff like his hats or shirts, or she would steal and hide his shoes. Towards the beginning of the play Anne and Peter talked about school and the war, but they never really talked in depth like they do now (Goodrich 312). In the beginning, Peter was always so shy and he never came out of his room and when he did it was a miracle. Anne would sometimes say “He came out of his shell” (Frank 37). In the play, Anne took Peter's shoes and she ran with them trying to hide from Peter. According to the play Peter was asking for his shoes and Anne was