Goodrich/Hackett's Characterization In The Diary Of Anne Frank

Robert shows power as he says, “‘Strength through discipline. Strength through community’” (Strasser 24) This is the foundation of power for The Wave. The Diary of Anne Frank is a play by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett about two families and a man who go into hiding to keep safe from the Green Police and Hitler.

The play, “The Diary of Anne Frank” tells the story of a girl named Anne Frank and the events that occur during her time hiding from the Nazis in the Holocaust with her family, the Van Daans, and Mr. Dussel. While the two families were in hiding, they all suffered tremendously with limited food portions and the need to remain quiet in order to not get caught. During this period, if a person were to be not fit in the Aryan race, which consists of blonde hair, blue eyes, and tallness, then they were to be sent to concentration camps or be killed. Although all of the characters were put into the same circumstances, Mr. Van Daan drastically took advantage of the rest of the Annex. He was portrayed to be selfish and gluttonous because of the fact that he would do anything in order to obtain cigarettes and because he has been given or taking a significant amount of food that is supposed to be for the whole Annex. .

In the popular book and story of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl there are many themes present throughout her journal. It’s a touching piece of literature that puts things into perspective about family, warfare, loneliness, and selfishness. Her diary gives insight about people who are actually living in those circumstances from Anne’s point of view, resulting in a more factual story than fictional novels loosely based on true events. Anne goes through a lot during her time in the Annex, including tense arguments with her family, bombings, thieves, Peter, and Dussel moving in. The events may not seem like that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things, but to a young girl, it’s a huge change of events. It shows a lot from her in the way she acts, Anne’s selfishness proving that stress and war can change people to be more selfish.

The holocaust was a horrible time in people's lives and it killed six million people. Even though this happened to so many people Anne Frank was someone that so many people look up to because of her diary that she wrote during this time. Anne Frank, her family, and the Van Danns all spent 25 months in the secret annex. Dussel was someone that came in later so it was very tight for 8 people to be living under certain circumstances for that long. They hoped to stay hidden until they were liberated but they were caught and sadly the only one that lived through the concentration camps was Mr.Frank. Many historical events took place in Anne Frank. Even though most of these things occurred while they were in hiding, it still changed the characters mood and relationships.

There are many characteristics of Mr.Frank that you can figure out just by reading the script and imagining what these quotes describe about him. You can tell that Mr.Frank is kind beucase they share a secret annex with another family. Here's a quote to show my proof in the story where it says “My wife , Edith. Mr and Mrs. Van Daan… their son , Peter… my daughters Margot and Anne” (Goodrich and Hackett 705). Mr Frank takes a lot of time and effort taking care of both families to hid and get along.

Don’t you hate it when your family and strangers treat you in a harsh way. Anne Frank was treated harshly by some people in the secret annex people would yell at her call her spoiled lazy and was always telling her what to do. But some people treated her nicely like Peter VanDaan and her dad in a way that made her feel loved by some people around her. Anne was a twelve year old girl when she was forced into hiding because she was a Jew in Nazi territory during WW2. Anne is treated by the people in the annex in many ways and that effects her character in such a way that changes her character.

During WWII, many European Jews had to face the fear of being send to the concentration camps. A lot of them tried to leave the country but some went into hiding to escape the fears of being captured by the Nazis. In the play, Diary Of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. Two families had found their new home after going into hiding once the German took over Holland. As you can imagine living with new people for almost three years can really bring out aggravations with one another.

Leadership “Because power corrupts, society’s demands for moral authority and character increase and the importance of the position increases.” - John Adams. When the importance of a position is high, increasing power and character is vital. In the play, “The Diary of Anne Frank”, written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, a group of Jews are in hiding as the Nazis are taking them away. As these eight people are living in an attic during the years of the Holocaust, 1942 - 1945, Mr. Frank was chosen to be a leader.

The theme, identity was a significantly shown throughout the play. Anne Frank specifically, had many personality traits that goes along with her identity. Her identity is displayed through her independence, her relationship with others, and her conflicts that make her who she is.

The qualities of Otto Frank throughout the play, “ The diary of Anne Frank” by Francis Goodrich and Albert Hackett. Shows how he can be considered a good leader. Qualities of a good leader include integrity, patients, and passion. For example, Otto has shown great order and patients by constantly setting order in place with 8 people including him living in a small place. He also showed integrity by making the decision to let Mr Dussel stay even though he tried to steal some food when everyone was sleeping. Leaders are people that strongly believe in their beliefs and know what is best for everyone. Being a good leader also includes being able to lead other people and to have enough courage to do so. The pandemonium that took place with the

Anne Frank was the daughter of Edith Frank and Otto Frank, Otto Frank was a German-born Swiss businessman. She also had a sister named Margot. Anne Frank prized the diary that her father gave to her because she said the paper never judged her and she felt comfortable with sharing her feelings in it. Although, everyone needs someone with whom to share life’s experiences, you could disagree by examining how introverts liked being secluded. I think this is the theme of Anne Frank because even though the holocaust was going and and they were in hiding they all shared moments together.

The Author came out with a strong out look on the situation of Anne Franks Development. Anne Frank was a little girl who lived in Amsterdam with her Father, they lived a normal life until the Holocaust took place and for forced Anne into hiding. Sadly the Nazis found out about the Franks hiding and who they were staying with, Otto Frank was they only one who survived. Anne Frank knew that she would even be living a sad and scary life. "Anne’s Voice. I expect I should be describing what it feels like to go into hiding. But I really don’t know yet myself. I only know it’s funny never to be able to go outdoors . .

The two most memorabla charasters in the story are Anne Frank and Kitty. Anne Frank is a loney girl. Anne is a loney girl this is because in her diary she worte down that,“I don’t have a friend.” This suuggests that she had friends,but her friends are not the people that can ingratiate themselves with friends. Also, in the diary she created a virtual person who called Kitty and Anne told all the things to Kitty. This shows that Anne is loney and she don’t have a friends. This makes her need to create a virtual person who can let her share all the things and feelings.She is the most memorablae charasters in the story because she wrote this diary and this diary is all about her life. In addition, Kitty is a virtual person who created by Anne Frank. Kitty is willing to listen to what Anne talk to her and she is silent. This is because she didn’t talk in the diary of Anne, she is a listener. Eventhough she is virtual , her exist is the power to support Anne continue to wrote the diary.

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.

At first, Anne was terrified to go into hiding but her positivity and hope showed and taught many people lessons on how you should look at life. Anne had such a big influence on the people who read her diary. The play that was constructed off of her diary writings really lets us understand how and what Anne was feeling along with the others in the house. The Franks in addition to their friends, had people who helped them out while they were in hiding. This is one reason why Anne would have thought that people were really good at heart. One prime example is Miep Gies. She helped the Franks even though she was not faithful in the Jewish religion. Meip replenished everyone in the group by bringing them what they needed. She had a well thought out tactic that helped her be able to bring supplies to the secret annex. She never gave up on them and helped them through their entire hiding. This shows that people may not believe in the same things as you, but deep in their heart, they are willing to help anyone in need. The group of people hiding in the secret annex was in need, they had no way of getting food or any other supplies. This is where Miep came in to help them. She brought them the food, plus all of the supplies that they needed, therefore, making them live much longer than they should have. In the play, you could tell how happy the family was to see her. On page 326, we read, “Thank you, Miepia. You shouldn’t have done it.” this was