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What Is The Relationship In The Diary Of Anne Frank

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Some parents love and cherish their children, but don’t understand them. Most do what they think is best for their kids, and aim to be admired by their children, but Mr. Frank is different; he and Anne have a special bond that will last a lifetime. In the play, The Diary of Anne Frank, by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, the Franks, the Van Daans, and Mr. Dussel go into hiding during Holocaust because Jews are being persecuted more and more in Germany. They are sent to concentration camps to die, and are suffering other versions of torture. Mr. Frank is Anne’s father, the man in charge of the annex, and he is a leader and someone who always looks out for others. Mr. Frank understands Anne is a teenage girl that need her father the listen to her. First of all, Mr. Frank understands Anne because he grants her a gift she desires, a diary. The diary is a major symbolism to display how much Mr. Frank understands her: all she wants is a dairy to map and write down her thought. For example, in the play, Mr. Frank announced Anne, “There are no walls, there are no bolts, no locks that anyone can put on your mind” (379). Mr. Frank knows Anne so well, that he perceived that she would go insane without talking or moving, Anne couldn't even stop laughing at what she continued to writing in her diary. …show more content…

Frank understands Anne because he gave her the pictures (movie stars). Even though they could take so little into the annex Mr. Frank realized that Anne would have a longing for her movie stars that he brought them. For instance, in the play, Anne shrieking to Mr. Frank, “Father! My movie stars! I was wondering where they were! I was looking for them this morning...and Queen Wilhelmina! How wonderful!” (379). Mr. Frank and Anne absolutely have close of a bond because what father would bring movie star into a hiding place just so his daughter could be comfortable. Therefore, Mr. Frank understands Anne so well that he give her movie

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