The Diary of a Young Girl written by Anne Frank takes the reader on a journey through the life of a young girl during the ruling of the Nazis. Anne was given a diary on her thirteenth birthday and she documents her day for three years. All through the book, Anne had to face many obstacles which helped her mature while she starts to fall in love with another housemate; this also helps Anne figure out who she is as a person. Anne Frank is: optimistic, funny, and sympathetic, theses are some qualities I look for in a friend. On Tuesday, 29, 1942 Anne writes, “Extraordinary things happen to people in hiding.” (Frank 35) This quote shows us as readers that Anne makes the best out of every situation, and as a friend you need someone who can make …show more content…
The internal conflict is how the Franks and Vandals must stay together in a small attic and tolerate each other. The conflict is man to man, and the conflict is not resolved by the end of the diary. Anne is forced to stay in the attic with seven other people, during this time Anne is during to develop as an adolescent. However, living in such tight corners does not give her the privacy to do so. Anne tries to be serious at the end of the book but nobody takes her seriously so she turns her seriousness into a joke. During Annes last diary entry she writes, “you’re uncharitable, you look peevish, people dislike you” (Frank 267) This shows how Anne starts to become self doubtful and self conscious. Anne doesn't see the good in herself and Anne needs someone to reassure her, but living in an attic with only eight people did not help her in this situation. No one was going to tell Anne she was going to be alright, the only person that made her feel appreciated was Peter. Anne also wrote that the impact of Hitler's anti-jewish laws made her family anxious and fearful. (Frank 3) The ruling of Hitler had a large impact on the jewish community and this is shown in the diary. They had to hide and make sure that they were being as secretive as they could be so nobody would find them. And at the end of the story they were still in the annex and Hitler was …show more content…
On Saturday, 1 May, 1943 Anne realizes that even though she is trapped in the annex, not allowed to go outside or be seen by pedestrians and they only have a small amount of food to eat. And then Anne realizes that she is very luck to be in hiding,while other Jews are in concentration camps being tortured. (Frank ) This shows that Anne is still staying optimistic while her world is being flipped around. She has not forgotten how she is been given such an amazing opportunity to stay safe from the outside world. Friday, 20 November, 1942 Anne know how bad the situation is outside for all of the Jewish community, but she knows that she has to keep everyone happy to avoid her family from becoming a depressing enviorment. (Frank ) This diary entry shows how Anne sees the light at the end of the tunnel and she figures out that her jokes is what keeps the family happy. Anne writes, “I’ve found that there is always some beauty left-in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help. Look at these things, then you find yourself again, and God, and then you regain your balance. And whoever is happy will make others happy too. He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery.” (Frank 152) Anne has realized that she has become a better person while being in the annex, and believes that it is better to be positive than
In 1933, the nazi took power in Germany, which cause depression to a lot of people. At the beginning, Nazi defy the Jews, Gypsies, and the disabled. In March 1933, the first concentration camp was built and later on more concentration and death camps were made. A family named the Franks went into hiding with the Van Daans in Amsterdam. In “Anne Frank” the characters face adversity and conflict like man vs self, man vs nature, and man vs man that makes the “Diary of Anne Frank” a wonderful story.
This evidence shows that no matter how long or how difficult it was to live in the Annex, Anne didn't lose hope. She has always been a lighthearted and fun girl even during hiding and through tragic events that occurred. Anne has effected many people such as her father and the
Adolf Hitler was a horrible man, and he made Jew's lives horrible. Killing and torturing more than 6 million, just because they’re Jewish. The drama by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett shows that Anne Frank and 7 others crammed themselves into a secret annex building for 25 months straight. Little did they know, their few month hiding place became a few year hiding place. Hiding from the Nazis, the 8 always lived in faltering hope that the Allied Forces would come and save them from Hitler’s reign of terror. The historical events in The Diary of Anne Frank changed the behaviors of the characters as well as the relationships between characters.
People can only imagine the terrors that the Jews and other ethnic groups had to go through during the Holocaust in World War II. With Anne Frank’s diary, people can finally put themselves into the scene and captivate all the feelings and sentiments that Anne Frank has poured onto the pages. Anne Frank, her family, and their friends were known for hiding from the German Nazis in the Secret Annex for two years from 1942-1944. Innocent and naive,
Even though Anne Frank was being hunted by Nazi's she still believed that some of them are good at heart.This quote is from her diary, "In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart."Anne has been probably one of the nicest girls you will ever meet . During her ordeal Anne Frank wanted to stay positive. Anne visually perceived glee in everyone, she wanted to stay optimistic. Anne Was saccharine and nice, and she wanted to be positive. I would not want to be miserable while in concealed, that would be terrible. Imagine having sadness and the extra sadness gets piled on top of that, that would suck. So she did all she did to keep herself happy so she didn't feel down all day.
As today’s teenagers connect less and less to the past and its lessons, it is necessary to reflect on the commonalities that our generation has with past generations like Anne Frank’s because we are more alike than it seems. Anne Frank went through many of our present-day problems that teens today face every day.
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank is organized in chronological order and include the dates important to the Jewish author. On Anne’s thirteenth birthday, she receives a diary she calls “Kitty,” and this is where she records events that happened to her. Anne includes writings about her brief normal life and the life in the “Secret Annex.” She and her family are hiding from the Gestapo during WWII. As the story progresses, more Jews join the Franks. There is great conflict between Anne and the rest of the residents, though sometimes her father is “darling.” After a little more than two years in hiding, the German police discovered the secret Jews and sent them into labor camps, where Otto Frank was the only survivor. Anne matures and finds Peter at her side, even though there is tension between the other Van Daans and herself. Not only is there conflict between Mrs. Van Daan, but with Anne’s own mother and her roommate, Mr. Dussel.
“I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.” This is a famous quote, written by Anne Frank in her diary. Anne’s story is a beautiful, yet heartbreaking one. It is accounted over multiple adaptations and languages, including a movie, Anne Frank: The Whole Story, and a play. The two of these showed Anne’s life in the secret annex, but more lessons can be learned from the movie.
Even though Anne lived in confinement and in such circumstances she didn’t give up on herself and was still optimistic. This shows that Anne Frank is a strong person, at an early age she was able to not lose hope and still believed that people are really good at heart. She continued to grow as a person and still had positivity in
comparison I can think of is when I moved to middle school. I was the
As this quote “In spite of everything, I still believe people are really good at heart” and many others construe, Anne has said many influential and philosophical lines to help her during this time. To follow up on that, the way Anne began to behave also relates to the terrible situation she was in. As she knew that thinking negatively during this catastrophe, would only add insult to injury. In addition, Anne’s diary containing all of her personal thoughts and experiences while in the Annex support the fact that she behaved in this manner and point towards her reason for being the way she is. In conclusion, Anne had a philosophical way of seeing things as well as a positive and hopeful attitude in order to keep everyone calm or at least make the terrible and horrifying situation less tense for herself and the
Throughout the entire book Anne remains hopeful that her life will get better. Ever through starvation, boredom, and fear, Anne is still hopeful at heart. When the family arrives at the annex and tries to make the best of the situation by saying, “I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains” (171). Earlier on in the novel Anne had chosen to focus on the beauty beneath the fog of war and death. She keeps telling herself that There is still beauty in the world. Later in the story Anne makes a mature comment, she said, “It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals,
"The Diary of Anne Frank" tells us a story about how her life as a Jew was drastically changing during the Holocaust and the start of World War II (WWII). She was a very intelligent young woman that had hopes and dreams. Anne was a normal teenager trying to find her way in life. All of that changed when the Nuremburg Race Laws were formed. Her father who was a World War I fighter hid his family and friends in a Secret Annex that was blended in with a normal neighborhood. As she lived for months in the Secret Annex, Frank had written her diary, full of her experiences in the Annex. Everything changed though, when she reached the end of her times in the Annex. Hitler's men had found Anne and her family and friends. This memoir adds in to the
Many people were hurt by Adolf Hitler's plans and one thing he achieved was killing six million Jewish people including children. Anne Frank and her family were one of them. They lived in a secret and tiny annex where Otto used to work. They started off just going to stay there for a few months till the Allied Forces could invade Holland but that didn’t work out. In the drama wrote by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett eight people crowded into annex for 2 long years not being able to go outside. Many historical events were impacted in the drama Anne Frank. Even though these problems took place outside of the secret annex it changed the mood and relationships of the character.
Anne was optimistic. In the play The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, Anne’s character says, “I have often been downcast myself… but never in despair. I can shake off everything if I write. But… and that is a great question will. I ever be able to write well? I want to so much. I want to go on living even after my death.” this quote shows that Anne is optimistic. She was able to find hope through writing and reflecting on her