Maturing In Anne's Relationship With Her Mother

Anne Moody was always determined and very misunderstood by her family. In her younger years, Ms. Moody would ask questions about race and her mother would ask her why did she want to know so much. Despite her being misunderstood, she worked hard to help her mother stay afloat. When she was nine years old, she got her first job that paid two nickels and clabber milk. As she grew older, her determination to be better than what her mother is grew as well. In the book, she went so far as to say

Anne's was a life filled with significant events. The trial and home confinement of her father was the most significant of her childhood. The education she received from her father at this time would prepare her well for her own trial. She had a deep confidence in

Anne faces many problems and struggles while she is at the Annex , but one big problem is her mother. She has many disputes with her mother. It all ends though when Anne takes the bigger side of life and matures. Anne shows that she is matured by questioning her past decisions , understanding her mother's point of view , and she is understanding all of her emotions more thoroughly.

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

Over time, Anne Frank has matured in her style of her writing by using more advanced vocabulary and subject matter. One example in the beginning of the book where she has not fully matured is when she writes, “The baby ducklings were bitten to death by Father because the chattered too much” (Frank 7). Anne was assigned a paper and did not take it seriously. Her immaturity kicked in, and she decided to make a joke about it. Anne was a chatter box that spoke all of her thoughts out loud but over time, she realized that everyone does not agree with her opinions and decided to keep her thoughts to herself as she said, “I talk more to myself than to the others at mealtimes, which is to be recommended for two reasons. Firstly, because everyone is

At this point, Anne found herself searching for answers. Not only about racial tensions but about her developing body. She was entering a new phase in her life, where

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

Anne is maturing because she realizes that hate is not a good thing.One day she was bored,so she decided to look through her diary and found many things that mentioned hate about her mom.When Anne saw this she started to have self pity and started feeling bad about having hate against her mother.She is showing that she is maturing in this example because she feels bad about hating 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.

Catherine again notes Anne Marie's swift recovery. She comes alive outside, and names everything she can. Additionally, she becomes more aware of Daniel. One day, as Michel sits in Catherine's lap, Anne Marie comes over to shove him off, showing sibling rivalry, which is another good sign of recovery. On another evening, Catherine and Anne Marie are outside at dusk, when Anne Marie starts giggling and looking down the street. Catherine realizes Marc is coming down the road. When she lets Anne Marie down, she runs into her father's arms. Catherine begins using modeling and prompting, as well, and has much success. Bridget teaches Anne Marie more about how to play and interact with the world, and Catherine begins to teach her how to try different foods, and different activities. In this way, the therapy introduces change as a desired aspect of life. She begins to force her into different situations. In one example, Anne Marie whines near Catherine's father at a plate of crackers, clearly wanting to try one. Catherine takes Anne Marie's hand, and places it on the crackers, showing her she can take one without someone else getting it for her. The family then praises her animatedly. Between them all, they begin to shape Anne Marie's behaviors.

When Anne was depressed she would always scurry to her dad. She even nudged her mom away once. It’s mostly because she would treat Anne like she was a young girl again. That’s not what a 13 year old girl would want. Her dad has always stayed by her side and just agreed with her. When she was frightened by the bombs, she would go to her dad make him protect her. She wouldn’t want her mom. Her parents both would compare her to Margot a whole lot. She loved them both dearly though. Even when her mom would make her frustrated, gloomy, or yell at her; there is always a special place for her family in her heart. Her relationship with her mother ended up getting stronger, especially after Anne and her dad talked about her attitude towards her mother.

these arguments could have been easily avoided and that she had a share in the blame. Anne believed that “parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands,” (Frank, 1944). Throughout the novel, she certainly embodied those wise words from her father. Her development is best displayed when she re-reads older entries in which she spoke about her mother. She explains that, “I have been trying to understand the Anne of a year ago,” (Frank, 1944). This hints to the fact that she has changed so deeply it is almost as if another person wrote those things. She then aims to understand but also self-evaluates. “I suffer now- and suffered then- from moods which kept my head under water (so to speak) and only allowed me to see the things subjectively without enabling me to consider quietly the words of the other side, and to answer them as the words of one whom I, with my hot headed temperament, had offended or made unhappy,” (Frank, 1944). Anne then continues to evaluate the situation even more strictly, and she realized her mother truly did love her but Anne hid “within herself,” (Frank, 1944). Many of the arguments were sparked due to stress from the situation. While she still assigns blame onto her mother, she accepts it as well.

Based on her writing and what she has revealed about herself I feel her level of maturity in “very pronounced;” this is possible because of the character-building role the people in her life play; the unusual event she is in, and the lessons she learns from it. Though she was a normal girl this changes when Hitler and the Nazi are quickly thrown into power. With Hitler in power, the lives of Jews everywhere changed. This scares many especially the Jews who are hated for their differences. This hatred drives Anne and her family to live in an annex, “the secret annex.”

As a young child growing up with Matthew and Marilla, Anne began life with a temper and couldn’t stop accusing others of hurting her and making

My attitude to Anne is positive. Reading this extract I understood that she is good-natured and modest person and treats with respect to other people. What about the text itself? Unfortunately we don’t know the continuation of the story, but