Character Changes InThe Diary Of Anne Frank And The Devil's Arithmetic

Anne had always maintained a close relationship with her mother. She respected her work ethic and her determination to raise her family the best she could. Yet most young women face a time in their lives when their relationship with their mother is strained. This somewhat natural occurrence took place, but was intensified by Anne's own discovery of how the world really worked, in terms of race relations. I think that Anne always found her mother's lack of communication, regarding the race situation, as a weakness. This created more distrust for her mother at an already vulnerable time in her life.

In addition, Anne says she was, “Nervous and irritable.” and that her mother made it no better. Also, Anne states that her mother

The first part of the diary starts with her being a regular girl having fun and turns into a girl going into hiding with seven other people. In addition, she has to deal with relation problems with her mom, sister, and the people she is in hiding with. The problems begin when eight people are confined in a small area and everybody begins to irritate and annoy one another. Anne was especially concerned with herself and with her attitude towards the others in the group. She's mainly concerned with her mother who always treats her like baby. Mr. Frank tires to ease the quarrels between them by telling Anne to help out more around the house, but Anne stubbornly declines preferring to concentrate more on her studies. She especially gets plenty of confrontations with Mrs. Van Daan who thinks she is a spoiled little girl. Mrs. Van Daan constantly tells Anne’s father, “ If Anne were my daughter.” Anne’s respond to this in her diary was, “Thank heavens I’m not!” Of course

There are many ways that Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett use to characterize all of the people in “the Diary of Anne Frank”. One way they do this is by showing how Anne is a girl who is interested in everything. “she is thirteen, quick in her movements, interested in everything, mercurial in her emotions.” (Hackett and Goodrich 705). This shows us exactly how Anne’s personality is. Another character that they tell the reader about their personality is Peter Van Daan. “ he is a shy, awkward boy of sixteen…” (Goodrich and Hackett 704). This tells the reader about Peter and how is shy, quiet, and how old he is also. These are a few examples of characterization in the story “the Diary of Anne Frank”

The Diary of Anne Frank shows the changes in behavior and maturity for the main character, Anne, as she stays in the annex for two years.In Act I, Anne was more energetic and playful as a thirteen-year-old. Act I Scene 3 highlights Anne’s playful and clumsy behavior by talking about her pranks. On page 552, it states “Anne: Who cares if it’s dignified? I don’t want to be dignified. Mrs. Frank: [To Anne] You complain that I don’t treat you like a grownup. But when I do, you resent it” (Goodrich and Hackett 552). This shows that Anne is not ready to be treated like an adult. She dislikes when her mother expects her to be mature and she has a teenage mentality. She does not care that her behavior is not dignified and mature. She wants to have fun and frolic, much like what a child would want. Therefore, in the beginning of Act I, Anne acts childish and immature. However, in Scene 4 of Act II, it mentions how Anne has matured. “She is no longer a child, but a woman with courage to meet whatever lies ahead” (634). This quote shows that change that Anne has gone through as a

Anne is shown in multiple scene of the play to be or wanting to be independent. An example would be when they first arrived in annex and Edith, Anne’s mother, babies her. Anne becomes displeased that her mother won’t treat her as an adult. Even though Anne wasn’t as mature at that time, she wanted to be treated as if she were an adult. Adults are seen to be independent, which prove her want to be independent. Another example would be, when Anne stood up for herself to the Van Daans. Afterwards, her mother tells Anne that she should be more like Margot. Anne tells her mother that the Van Daans would walk over her if she was. This

Anne’s relationship with her mother is very different then with her father Anne has a very good relationship with her father she always wants him around when there is a problem. Anne thinks that her father understands her,Anne doesn’t think her mother understands her,she thinks that she is wrong about the things she says. Anne rejects her mother usually. Anne always listens to her father. In the play Anne pushes her mother away when she try’s to comfort her when she had a bad dream. Anne i think secretly loves her mother the way she is she just doesn’t admit it.

Mr. Frank, while reading her diary, realizes how pure and unbroken she is. In the last scene of the play, it is made very clear how torn apart Mr. Frank is. He can not even live in the same place anymore because it kills him to be reminded of his family every day. His spirit was broken, the fire inside of him was put out by the Nazis and what they did to his family. After spending years in the attic rooms, her life forced to a screeching halt, Anne was still stubborn and loud and playful and happy.

Anne Frank is a dynamic character in The Diary of Anne Frank. A dynamic character changes over time, whether it’s in real life or fictional or if the change is sudden or was expected because of the stories plot. Three reasons why Anne is a dynamic character is because of the way she puts herself together at the beginning and by the end of the book, I’ve noticed and how much she has changed, how she reacts to the same situations, and the way she expresses herself differently throughout the diary. An example that shows how she changed while living in hiding is how her opinion of Peter changed drastically. She didn’t like Peter at all

Have you ever read a book that stands out to you? Well I have and it's called the diary of Anne Frank it's a story about a jewish family caught behind Nazi lines and territory. it tells about all the struggles and different complications the Jew's faced during world war two. So when the Nazi rose to power they started to invade foreign land and fight for that land. Then because of this it started World War Two. Because of this the franks when into hiding. But the Nazi's didn't let any jew leave the land they took over or own anything. Now that's why the franks went into hiding. Then the discrimination started to happen, the Nazi's would make all jews report into the police at that city. Then if they did the Jews would have to go to the causation camps to work to there deaths. If they didn't report into the police or german officials the Jew's would be wanted and fined for not reporting into

“The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die” - Friedrich Nietzsche. Has an event ever changed you in a large way? In ways such as your personality or mind-set on important topics? People always change even in invisible ways. Both “The Diary of Anne Frank” and “Freedom Writers” have characters that change for the better even through the tough events that happen in their lives, however the characters change in different ways.

Anne’s identity can be shown within her desire to be independent. One example of her desire to be independent is when she was with Peter and refused to burn her Star of David in the line, “It’s funny, I can’t throw mine away. I don’t know why”. This shows how Anne is independent because she chose not to burn her star instead of being convinced by Peter to do so. Throughout the play, Anne is often tired of being treated like a baby by her mother. She often believes that she is much more mature than what others may think about her. This expresses how Anne breaks away from what people think of her, which is just one more example of how she is truly independent. The last example of Anne’s desire to be independent is in the line “I’m sorry, Mother. I’m going to Peter’s room. I’m not going to let Petronella Van Daan spoil our friendship” because she chose to go to Peter’s room whilst her mom told her not to. She chose this decision on her own instead of having others, like her mother, decide everything for her. Although many people called her out for this, Anne always made her own decisions which comes to show how independent she honestly is.

In the play “Diary of Anne Frank” Anne has dissimilar relationships with her father and mother. She and her dad's relationship is very close and means the universe both. In the play, you can tell Anne and her father's relationship is very close because Anne says “ I model myself after father, and there is no one I love more. “ Also you can tell Otto Frank Is invested in Anne's education and her attitude to make sure she grows to be a responsible and respectable woman. Anne and her mother's relationship is just as vital to her growth as her father's relationship. In the play her mother is very hard on Anne and wants her to turn out like Margot, you can tell because in the play Anne said “ We were brutally robbed when my mother and I were shoved

Imagine the horror of your whole family going into hiding for 2 years from people who can bring you a lot of misery. “The Diary of Anne Frank”, written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hacket, is a play about 2 families disappearing into hiding during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands to avoid the harsh punishments of being a Jew. Unfortunately, after 2 years they get caught and sent to the concentration camps. Historical events are reflected in “The Diary of Anne Frank” through dialogue, stage directions, and Anne’s diary passages.

Anne Frank is the main character of the book because the book is the diary of her life that she wrote. I think she is mentally strong, smart, and courageous. Anne is mentally strong because she was getting bullied in the house by everyone- even her own family. They are always picking her saying that she is boy crazy and that she is a little girl. Even though she gets picked on and bullied, she writes, “I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart,” (Frank 237). After everything that everyone does and says to her she still believes that they are good people. It takes a strong person to still see the good in a person. Anne was also very optimistic she always tried to be happy and see the best in every situation. To make herself and the others happy, she wouldn’t talk so much she made herself happy by doing this because they would stop picking