How Does Anne Frank Mature

Anne Frank has matured over a period of time in regards to her relationship with her mother. She has matured in regards to her relationship with her mother by saying she does not hate her mother, and that she excuses herself for being irritable, she also pitied herself.

    A young girl, Anneliese Marie Frank, receives an empty jar of a diary for her thirteenth birthday, amidst much political strife in her new home country of Netherlands. As a German-born Jew in hiding, Anne will eventually fill her diary with over 2 years of experiences of the Secret Annex. Initially, she makes use of her newfound outlet to exhibit her growing interest to become a writer. The diary, for Anne, acts as her personal confidante before her family goes into hiding, and becomes even more valued to her during their ordeal. Eventually, in 1944, Anne will hear of an opportunity for her work to be published after the war, and sets out to revise her entries.

Anne Frank was a Jew during WWII. She was born June 12, 1929 to Edith and Otto Frank. She had a passion for writing and wanted to start her own novel. She was given a journal for her thirteenth birthday on June 12, 1942. Her first entry was June 14, 1942. A few pages into Anne’s journal Anne states, “It’s an odd idea for someone like me to keep a diary; not only because I have never done so before, but because it seems to me that neither I-nor for that matter anyone else-will be interested in the unbosomings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl. (1)” The rest of the book is about her experiences in the “Secret Annex”.

On the thirteenth birthday of Anne Frank, her parents presented her with a diary. This comes to be a gift that Anne treasures over most other things in her life. Anne was known to be a very social teenager, as she was a very outgoing, talkative person, however, she felt that she is misunderstood by all of the people in her life. At first the diary started as a place where Anne would write about everything that happened in her daily life such as her thoughts, grades, and other daily events. Within the month of her thirteenth birthday her life started to become anything but normal. Anne’s family, being Jewish in the German occupied country of Holland, were forced to go into hiding. The family lived in the top of the Franks father’s office building behind a moving bookcase for two years. The Van Daan’s and their son, Peter, accompanied them in this secret annex. Then in a few months Mr. Dussel made an addition to the group. Mr. Dussel was an elderly man who was a dentist.

Anne Frank was a 12 year old Jewish girl when she went into hiding. In 1942, Anne and her family moved to a secret annex behind a bookshelf in an office building. At that time, Hitler ruled Germany and wanted to extract the Jews and ship them to concentration camps. Here, they were forced into labor and then they were eventually murdered. In their two years of hiding, Anne showed many positive characteristics, despite the Jews going through such a harsh and deadly time. Sadly, Anne passed away at a concentration camp after two years of hiding on March 12th, 1945. However, her diary has inspired many people around the world. One of Anne's characteristics is optimism. She was always hopeful for the future and confident.

You can tell that Anne was very unhappy living in the rundown office building. She was crowded with all of the people living there, and they considered her “annoying”. Anne did not try to be annoying, but she was also one of the youngest in the building. She took lessons on reading and writing, and got better with writing in her diary. She named the Diary “Kitty” and kept it hidden from the rest of the people in the “Secret Annex”. She could only stand by while other Jews were taken and killed in concentration camps. She lived a very sad life in hiding before they were tipped off. (“Diary of”)

Throughout Anne Frank’s diary, the author and her fellow housemates feel a strong sense of mistreatment towards themselves along with the rest of the Jewish people. A large part of that persecution came from having to be literally silenced in order to stay hidden. Everyone living in the Annex was on constant lookout for any sign of someone trying to intrude. This brought on a fear for the future, and for their lives. But despite such conditions, Anne had faith, and believed in a brighter tomorrow. She knew that there were people out there willing to fight for them and their people, and never lost hope in the face of something as traumatizing as the Holocaust.

Anne matures throughout the course of her diary entries, moving from detailed accounts of basic activities to deeper, more profound thoughts about humanity and her own personal nature. “I know what I want, I have a goal, an opinion, I have a religion and love. Let me be myself and then I am satisfied. I know that I’m a woman, a woman with inward strength and plenty of courage.” This shows that Anne matures through the course of her diary, she considers herself as a woman rather than a young girl and sets goals for herself that she wants to achieve. Anne becomes more optimistic even after she feels misunderstood by everyone and feels completely alone.

The Diary of a Young Girl documents the story by Anne Frank that talks about her life before and during hiding from the Nazi. She talks about the inhabitants of the annex, listing her mother, sister, father,a dentist, and family “friends” as others living in the Annex. They were Jewish and were being persecuted by the Nazi. To escape them they went into hiding, but they never expected to stay in there for over two years. The abhorrent situation in the Secret Annexe caused the inhabitants to suffer through emotional and mental challenges which ultimately affected them both positively and negatively.

"We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same. " These are the wise words of Anne Frank. The diary, Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl, follows the journey of Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl, and her life as it transforms from being a normal girl to being forced into hiding during World War II. Anne Frank spends two years living with the van Daans, another family, and Mr.Dussel in the secret annex above her father's office in the Netherlands before they get arrested by the Nazis in 1944. Her diary details the constant struggles of living in confinement and the observant realizations she develops about herself and the world around her.

Anne’s diary entries show how she feels about the war and life. She writes her thoughts, and feelings and how even if she doesn't survive the war she needs to appreciate her chance. Most jews were immediately sent to camps and had to be separated from their families. Anne and her family were lucky enough to have the annex to stay in until the war was over. “Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.”(www.goodreads.com) Anne notices and appreciates how lucky she is to be given a chance at survival. Anne’s optimism lets her see the bright side of life. Anne isn't stuck in a annex, she gets to live in the annex. Without the annex she wouldn't be alive. “I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.” She

Anne Frank is the author, main character, and protagonist of the diary, which she began to write after she got it for her thirteenth birthday, on June 12, 1942. This book is famous for the story of Anne’s life as a young Jewish girl in World War II hiding from the Nazis. Clearly, the major theme of the book is coming of age narrative as her life of adolescence was strongly recognized when she went through a lot of growing up both emotionally and physically. Although Anne was under extraordinary circumstances, emotions expressed by her are universal, which majority of teenagers goes through during their adolescence. Anne continued to question herself and spent most of the time trying to figure out about her identity.

    “It’s an odd idea for someone like me to keep a diary; not only because I have never done so before, but because it seems to me that neither I--nor for that matter anyone else--will be interested in the unbosomings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl.” (Frank, 2) In this section of Anne’s diary which was written on June 20, 1942, Anne admits and hints that her thoughts and writings are not of great importance because she is just a teenager with

Anne Frank envisions herself as a mature young woman, since living in the annex she has realized how she wants to act. “ I wanted to change in accordance with my own desires. But one thing that struck me even more was when I realized that even Daddy would never become confidant over anything. I didn’t want to trust anyone but myself any more.” (Frank, 170) In this quote from Anne Frank she writes that in the past she was very dependent on her family, but now that she has lived in the annex for a while, she has grown into an independent young woman.

Anne Frank, The Diary of a young girl, this book is about the ups and the downs of hiding in a secret annex. The book has quite a bit that people today can relate to, even though they are not in hiding. One of the main things in this book had difficult times. Each character had his or her own struggles. Anne and her mom do not get along and she does not get along with Dussel (her roommate) Anne’s father, Otto Frank, is relaxed when things are calm but stressed when the place becomes tense. Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan are the people who have to have things their way, but when something goes wrong they panic. Living in secret seems very limited and stressful. They have different rules for each day and night, and when there are people are downstairs working because the workers do not know about the secret annex. Being locked up each person has different household jobs for each day and each family gets a limited number of food rations or food coupons. Some of the rules included; they get up at a quarter to seven and clean everything they slept on because the beds took up all of their days to day living space (Wednesday, 4 August, 1943), at half-past twelve each person goes off to do his or her own thing because of the warehouse workers have left (Thursday, 5 August, 1943). Nowadays, people go insane because they are used to being able to communicate in many ways. Although the older would be fine because they grew up without the many ways of communicating that we as the younger