What Was Anne Frank Life Like In Hiding?

Over the two-year period she was living in hiding, Anne Frank’s thoughts, feelings, and experiences about the other occupants of the Secret Annex changed drastically. A total of eight people hid in the Secret Annex and the close proximities annoyed Anne to no end. Even though she was often irritated with everyone, having to go into hiding enabled her to learn more about some of the other occupants. Through her diary entries, we can understand her thoughts, feelings, and experiences regarding the van Daans and Albert Dussel.

To begin, Anne was a selfless, outgoing, and positive young girl that had to live in hiding. Anne was always positive during the time of the war,

Survival is living on the hope that better things are yet to come in your life. Right now in our country people survive because of hope and the belief that people are good and they will help them out. People survive when they are homeless on the streets only because of the people who are good at heart and give them food or money to buy clothing for the winter. Gerta survived because of her family and friends. Anne Frank survived because she believed that “Despite all the evil going on in the world I still believe that all people are good at heart.”

By June 12, 1942, Anne Frank had been alive for thirteen years; as a gift, she received a diary. Her thirteenth birthday present was used to record her thoughts and emotions built up over the two years that she and the others stayed hidden away in the secret annex after her sister, Margot Frank, was called to a German concentration camp. This, an excerpt from Anne Frank 's diary, displays the horror that was felt: “I was stunned. A call-up, everyone knows what that means. Visions of concentration camps and lonely cells raced through my head.” A normal teenage girl shouldn’t have to endure these types of things. It was courageous of Anne to even write in the diary. She is truthful about the horror of this historical event. She could have left out the gruesome details but if

What is the best way to respond to conflict? Is utilizing violence really the way to settle dispute? Because of violence, numerous people did not survive brutal and persistent disagreements, but their stories of courage still arouse millions today. One case of a motivation is Anne Frank’s story, Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, which depicts a firsthand account of her and her Jewish family’s life both some time before and after being forced into hiding. Another story that inspires millions, is Dear Miss Breed, by Joanne Oppenheim. This book is compiled with real-life letters from children in the Japanese internment camps, such as Poston Relocation Center. Finally, the speech “Blood,Toil, Tears, and Sweat,” given by Winston Churchill, Prime Minister, proposes his positivity in winning the war against Germany. As proven by the sources, the best way to respond to conflict is through having a positive viewpoint on the situation.

Anne had a heart filled with hope and had a bright future ahead of her, as the war progressed she began to see the suffering of the people around her. Everyone did love her personality. She was very curious, talkative, and playful and was lots of fun to be around. Anne had a hunger for knowledge and was very optimistic. Writing was always her favorite thing. It calmed her from the rages of the world, she could just write and be herself. When she went into hiding she lived in a place called the Secret Annex. A Secret Annex was a building that was placed between two buildings. The first floor was Otto Frank's business and the second was the hiding spot. The real name in Dutch meant behind or back, so in the diary, they used the term Secret Annex. For over 2 years she lived in the secret home, and that is when she got her journal at the age of 13. Almost every day she would write about her current life and the things going on around her. She would write about how much she missed her friends from school and often missed being outside out in the open air. When the Van Pels moved in they had a son named Peter, Anne would play around with Peter, take his shoes and hide them. She thought it was very amusing, Peter didn't quite think so.

Anne Frank was born to Otto and Edith Frank in the late 1920’s, alongside her older sister, Margot Frank, who was born three years before Anne. This small family of four were just ordinary working class people trying to make a living like everyone else. Both Anne and Margot lover school and their friends. They both also really enjoyed writing, which included diary entries every day. Both girls, particularly Anne, wrote down every event and feeling she experienced. Which lead to the famous diary we now know to be of Anne Frank’s life during the Holocaust. Anne Frank’s spectacular ability to remain joyous and courageous through her outstanding struggle are displayed through the three main point of her life before the Holocaust, living in

“There's only one rule you need to remember: laugh at everything and forget everybody else! It sound egotistical, but it's actually the only cure for those suffering from self-pity.” (Frank 321) Anne Frank was a young Jewish girl who went into hiding during World War II to avoid being captured by the Nazis. She and seven other people had to hide in a secret annex Prinsengracht 263 in Amsterdam. Anne received a diary on her 13th birthday and wrote about all the little things that had happened to her throughout the day.

Anne Frank was a young girl that was Jewish. She was normal and had an entertaining life. When Hitler came into power the Frank family was in Amsterdam. Anne's sister, Margot, got a call-up notice. That meant Margot had to register with the goverment where she lived. Otto Frank, their father, then took the family into hiding. They lived in a spot Anne called the secret annexe. Also there was another family that eventually lived with them, and an elderly man eventually came

Anne Frank faced adversity from her own family and the people who she had contact every day in the Secret Annexe. She was misunderstood and rejected from giving her opinions in the adults’ conversations just because she was just a teenager. She was probably more mature and thoughtful than Mrs. Van Daan. Her actions were always compared to her sister’s, which was unfair because she was expected to meet the near-impossible expectations

Readers around the world today can still connect to Anne Frank’s feelings and her experiences. Anne Frank was, above all else, a normal teen. Or at least she was trying to be one. And that is what so many people can relate to. She had many battles with her mother, just like a normal teen. She even tried to have dates with Peter, like a normal teen. And she did all of this in the Annex with her family and friends around her, for two years! Most of the world could not do what Anne did.

Otto, her father, cares for Anne very much. Mr. Frank was completely loyal to Anne. Mr. Frank also protected her and took care of her in the Annex. Edith, her mother, cared for her also. Mrs. Frank tried to be the

Anne and her family were forced into hiding after her sister, Margot, got called up: “Margot told me that the call-up was not for Daddy, but for her” (14). They immediately rushed to the attic in a building that contains her father’s office. Anne describes her “beautiful Secret Annex” (18) and depicts where everyone’s room and living area is. There are many things for the family to get used to, such as the chiming clock, “Daddy, Mummy, and Margot can’t get used to the sound of the Westeroren clock yet, which tells us the time every quarter of an hour. I can. I loved it from the start…it’s like a faithful friend.” Anne doesn’t feel right at home, but she does love the chime of the large clock.

Anne Frank had trouble with her parents but she also had some things she could compare both parents. For instance they both did not care whether her reports were good or bad as long as she was well and happy. They both made her mad at times and they are both her parents whether she likes it or not. Each parent had their own way of viewing Anne and each one of them cared for Anne at least a little. It also seemed like they each had a favorite child Anne’s mummy had Margot as a Favorite it seemed and it also seemed as if Anne’s Father’s favorite was Anne.

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.