How Does Anne Frank Mature

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

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 third change in Anne's emotions happens when she rejected her mother for her father. We see that from the beginning, she always loved her father more than her mother and she didn’t have any interest in loving her mother. One night, she started to have a nightmare and woke up screaming. She disturbed the whole house, or annex, and her mom came to calm her down. Anne lays down and her mom tries to comfort her but she rejects her mom. She requests to see her dad and her mom walks out and starts to cry. Later Anne felt guilty for doing it and at the end of the story,

love with Anne; "Peter loves me not as a lover but as a friend and

A demonstration of this change in the relationship between the characters is “ I think your just fine...what I want to say...if it wasn't for you around here, I don’t know. What I mean…” this impacted the drama because there is now less stress and tension going on in the Annex as finally Anne and Peter realize they at least have someone to talk to and spill their feelings to that can relate to what they are going through. The direct quote I have to show this change in relationship between the characters is “Then suddenly Peter grabs her awkwardly in his arms, he kisses her on the cheek.” (Hacket, Page 174) This supports my thesis because throughout the story Peter and Anne dont get along. As time goes on, they are able to find common ground as they both struggle to survive in this terrible situation. They start to get closer and closer and finally Peter kisses Anne on the cheek and they start up a relationship. This clearly showcases the changes in the inner relationships between the characters due to the historical events taking

van Daan also had a difficult relationship with Anne. From the start, Anne and Mrs. van Daan did not get along. Mrs. van Daan constantly told Anne how she had been raised incorrectly and had a big mouth. Anne described Mrs. van Daan as, “exceedingly pushy, egotistical, cunning, calculating, and perpetually dissatisfied. She’s a thoroughly despicable person”. (pg. 114-115) She liked to refer to Mrs. van Daan as Madame quite often, and also commented on how flirty she acted around men. Mr. and Mrs. van Daan fought numerous times and it was frequently related to monetary issues. The screaming and bickering both terrified and annoyed Anne. In December 1943, Anne reported much of the fighting had ceased except for Mrs. van Daan regarding the potatoes. She started a fuss and this caused the occupants to divided up the potatoes, along with many other food items. (pg. 155) As Anne continued to mature, she began to view the van Daans in a different light in January 1944. “I’ve stopped looking at all the discussions and arguments from my family’s biased point of view.” (pg. 169) Anne also admitted that Mrs. van Daan may not have been her favorite, but as long as you didn’t provoke her you could talk with her. Later in 1944 after Anne and Peter had grown closer, Mrs. van Daan became incredibly jealous of their relationship. Peter was confiding in Anne and not his mother. Mrs. van Daan questioned Anne if she could trust them upstairs alone or not. Anne

Towards the beginning of the play, Peter and Anne have a teasing and kind of playful relationship. They don’t totally like each other, but they’re also very different. Anne is closer to her father than anyone else, but she doesn’t really enjoy her mother. Anne and Margot are fairly close, but Anne seems pretty jealous of Margot and her looks. Mrs. and Mr. Van Daan seem kind of rude to her.

She even makes a gift for Mr. Van Daan, whom she doesn’t always get along with. In scene 5 of the Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, the families celebrate Hanukkah. During this scene, they light the menorah as Mr. Frank prays, and when he finishes, Anne says it’s time to open presents and calls everyone to the couch. Before Mr. Van Daan opens his gift, Anne says, “I wanted to write a poem for all of them but I didn’t have time.

Peter Van Daan Coming of Age In the play The Diary of Anne Frank, by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, Peter Van Daan goes from having emotional responses to intellectual responses. During the first months of hiding, Peter is shy and reserved and only talks to his cat Mouschi. In Act 1 Scene 3, Peter refuses to go downstairs for dinner because he just wants to be alone with his cat. Anne offers to feed Mouschi dinner.

During this time, the Franks went into hiding with the Van Daans with the help of Miep and Mr.Kraler. Over the course of two and a half years Anne changed tremendously with her behavior and her feelings. In the beginning of the play Anne is silly, optimistic, and of thinks of her time in the Secret Annex will just be a long vacation. Over time, she starts to realize this

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

In her text Anne has demonstrated on how much she has matured in her approach to her studies but she has also matured in her relationship. Anne shows great development in her romantic relationship with Peter . An example of how Anne describes their relationship

Dislikes Mr.Dussel the most because he is old and she does not like Peter, she thinks Peter is weird and shy. Anne acts like she is innocent when she takes Peter’s shoes from underneath their table. Anne had to write a story because she talked too much in school. After Anne Frank had became mature; she thinks more about life and

Mrs. van Daan takes her opinions a little too far a majority of the time. Anne goes to sleep most nights with these thoughts in her head, “Then I fall asleep with the strange feeling of wanting to be different than I am or being different than I want to be, or perhaps of behaving differently than I am or want to be” (Frank 72). Anne writes about the tears she has shed and the emotions she feels when this old bag speaks to her. Another member of the annex that tends to get on everyone's nerves is Mr. and Mrs. van Daan’s son Peter. Anne and Peter appear to be near the same age which means they can only read books that their parents deem appropriate for their age.

After months of disagreement, Anne and her mother finally start to get along. Anne becomes more sympathetic to her mother, and realizes that some of her past entries about her mother were very cruel and hotheaded. Now, Anne does her best to care for her mother and also keep her mouth shut at times. She tries not to take things as serious, as well. She does her best to mature when it comes to her and her mother’s relationship.