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Anne Frank: Are People Really Good At Heart?

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The Holocaust was a tragic event in history. It never should have happened, but it did, and the consequence of that was over 6,000,000 Jews and “inferior” people lost their lives. Those people who murdered the Jews seem evil in most people’s eyes, but not a young Jewish girl named Anne Frank. She said a quote that really amazes me. That quote was “In spite of everything, I still believe people are really good at heart.” In spite of all of the tragic events and the terror that was going on with Jews and Nazis and all of the rest of the world, she still sees, somehow, that everyone is good at heart, and not as evil as they seem to be. I agree with Anne, because of Miep, when she risked her life for the Franks, Van Danns, and Dussel to help them survive and hide in the Annex, even though she was Christian, not Jewish. Even though I still stick by my claim that people are good at heart, I can see how some people might disagree with me, based on Mr. Van Dann’s actions when he stole the food that needed to go to the children and the rest of the people, in order to survive. Even though there were many acts of kindness and love all throughout this book as we read it, there was one specific character that stood out the most, and convinced me to agree with Anne. That character was Miep when she risked her life for the JEws to help them live and hide in the Annex without the Nazis knowing. On page 4, this dialogue takes place: Mr. Frank: Forgive me… after all that you did for us -

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