Anne’s Relation to Modern Music
A multitude of people nowadays choose their favorite songs because of how they sound and the attractiveness of the singer. However, some people select their favorite songs because of its appeal by relating to their personalities and feelings. Just as songs can relate to people, they can express countless similarities with stories as well. When it comes to the story, The Diary of Anne Frank, there are a variety of characters and events that songs can relate to. The songs “Chocolate Rain”, “The Last Goodbye”, and “Lost Cities”, verbalize numerous commonalities with The Diary of Anne Frank. Expressing the discrimination African Americans faced, “Chocolate Rain” relates to the Diary of Anne Frank because they both display the unfair treatment of a type of person. A verse within this song reads, “Say it publicly, and you’re insane,” refers to the ill treatment the Africans faced, but can just as well relate to the Jews. Particularly, while under persecution from the Nazis, the Jews’ political and moral beliefs were disregarded by everyone around them. Additionally, this lyric can also relate to how Anne acts with adults. An example of this occurs within the first scene of the second act when Anne says, “What’s the good of that? What’s the good of thinking of misery when you’re already miserable? That’s stupid!” Oftenly, the adults will see these thoughts as insane and respond as Mr. Van Daan does, “She talks as if we started the war! Did we start
Ever played a game of hide and seek? Well it was slightly like that for the Franks (A Jewish family living during the Holocaust) except they were forced to play, and if caught the consequences were deadly. The theme of Anne Frank is human growth involves pain, this is the theme because life can’t flow smoothly without a few bumps, there's always a few things you have to get past first. Anne Frank and her family were forced into hiding because they were Jewish, and Jewish people were discriminated against and killed in concentration camps during the Holocaust.
Anne Frank utilizes her profound gift of words to create multiple tones and moods within her diary. As well as a multitude of metaphors and similes that help depict her emotions and circumstances. An instance of this is shown when Anne describes how it is living in hiding, “ I see the eight of us in the Annex as if we were a patch of blue sky surrounded by menacing black clouds...We’re surrounded by darkness and danger, and in our desperate search for a way out we keep bumping into each other.” (Frank 145). Within this passage, Anne’s use of metaphors is brought to reality. In addition, it is noted that Anne also uses many descriptive words that succeed in illustrating the dark mood she was hoping to portray. Given these points, we can observe
Many, many people suffered during the Holocaust war. The Jews in particular were in grave danger. The drama ‘Anne Frank’ outlines so many ways that this historical event caused a shift in the mood of the characters and their relationships. Before the Holocaust, Anne Frank was just an ordinary Jewish girl living in Germany. A German leader named Adolf Hitler developed a plan to destroy the Jews and to rule over the specific places where they lived. What Hitler did to these poor Jews, and the sheer terror they endured at the hands of this Nazi leader is purely unfathomable.
The Diary of Anne Frank, by frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, is about a young girl named
Anne Frank 's life has impacted the lives of others because, her family background, Anne 's time in hiding, and what she expressed in her diary. Without Anne we would never know what life was like in the holocaust, from a personal standpoint. It came from the pages of a diary belonging to a young Jewish girl, Anne Frank. The Diary of Anne Frank has been read by hundreds of millions of people around the world since the end of World War II.
Anne Frank’s Diary has been a national phenomenon since 1947, when it was published. Anne’s story has inspired millions of people around the world with her story of hope and growth through dark times. When she was 13 years old, Anne’s family was forced to go into hiding.
In the late 1930s and early 1940s the world experienced very traumatic events. Adolf Hitler comes to power in Germany. He banned all political parties, except the Nazis. Two of the families that were affected by his changes were the Franks and the Van Daans. Anne Frank was a member of the Frank family. Her family and the Van Daans experienced what was happening personally. During the time that she was forced to go into hiding, she kept a diary with her. The diary has become very important item for learning about the events that happened. Historical events are reflected in the play “The Diary of Anne Frank” by showing how what’s happening in the outside world affects the families that have had to go into hiding.
Anne Frank was a young Jewish girl who was forced into hiding during the second world war to escape the Nazis. On her 13th birthday, when she received an autograph book from her father, she vividly records her experiences through a life lived in the shadows of Nazi genocide.
The play of The Diary of Anne Frank tells the story of her family going into hiding from the Nazi’s in world war two. In this play, Anne journals and tells her story about the war that is going on and her struggles. In another book called Night it tells the story of a teen whose name is Elie having to struggle to live in a concentration camp in world war two. Although Elie Wiesel and Anne Frank had different views on the holocaust, both had a strong relationship with their father, and a religion to get them through the holocaust.
In the play version of The Diary of Anne Frank we follow a young teenager named Anne struggling to grow up. As she is growing up the holocaust starts and she is forced to go into hiding for a few years. A similar novella titled Night follows Elie Weisel during his struggle during the Holocaust. This book is straight from Elie many years after the Holocaust, where he writes about all the pain and torture he went through as a teenager in concentration camps. Although Anne Frank and Elie Weisel didn’t go through the same torture and had different focuses, both felt value in their father and strength because of him.
“The Diary of Anne Frank” is a great story that comes straight from the journal written by a young girl named Anne Frank. “The Diary of Anne Frank” has multiple themes demonstrated throughout the book. However, the most common theme is Good vs. Evil. For example, society during World War II was very much looked on as good vs. evil. You had the Germans, and you had the prisoners. The eight people hiding in the small annex from the Germans were also demonstrated as going through good and evil times. Finally, Anne is a young girl that just wants to have a normal life. Having that dream, but not being able to chase it has had a really
In “The Diary of Anne Frank” the tone is sad because the theme of the adapted play is acceptance. During World War II, Jews are not accepted by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis; in fact, hundreds of Jews are being killed daily. Anne and her “family” realize what is going on when Dussel joins them in hiding, “Hundreds are being deported . . . people that you and I know . . . the Hallensteins . . . the Wessels . . . ” (Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, 727). The “family” begins to notice how lucky they are to have been in hiding, how different it will be for them if they survive, and also how dangerous it is for the rest of the Jewish society. Survival for the Jews had been difficult because the Nazis wanted all Jews dead; in relation,
Anne Frank and her family were in hiding for two years in an attic. Anne was suppose to go work at a camp in Germany, but they made an escape and said they flew out somewhere else but actually they went to hide in an attic behind a store it was a secret door hidden behind a shelf. While living in the attic Anne Frank wrote everything in a diary. “On August 4, 1944, the Gestapo (German Secret State Police) discovered the hiding place after being tipped off by an anonymous Dutch caller” (Holocaust 1 ).They were discovered and were taken to the camps. Bergen-Belsen concentration camp was the camp, she and her sister were taken to. Anne Frank was deported to Auschwitz on September 5, 1944.eight weeks later, in late October 1944, Anne and Margot
After Mr. Frank realizes that being alive is enough to celebrate, “‘Come on, Anne.The song! Let’s have the song!’” (Goodrich and Hackett 543). Few minutes before, the inhabitants of the Annex found out that a thief knew of their whereabouts. This discovery is a threat to their safety as, if they are found, they would be sent to concentration camps where the residents would be beaten, starved, or worked to death. Although they’re in a life-threatening dilemma, they are still light-hearted; Mr. Frank encourages them to sing a song about Hanukkah and they do. Their setting and conflicts project all loss of hope but they accelerate forward and find faith in small traditions, such as singing during
“The Diary of Anne Frank” is about the life of a 13 year old girl Anne Frank.Anne is forced to go into hiding when Hitler tries to eliminate all Jews in Europe.She is forced to live in a confined space with her family,and 4 other people.Anne is maturing in regards to her relationship with her mother by discovering her flaws,trying to fix them,and changing her ways.