Anne Frank, the writer of the diary first begins writing on her thirteenth birthday, June 12, 1942, and ends shortly after her fifteenth. The diary was the most famous personal account of the Holocaust. The diary of Anne Frank was written in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Anne and her family were a Jewish family, originally from Germany. The Franks had moved to the Netherlands in the years leading up to World War II to escape persecution in Germany. After the Germans invaded the Netherlands in 1940, the Franks were forced into hiding. With another family, the van Daans, and an acquaintance, Mr. Dussel whom was a dentist, they moved into a small secret annex above Otto Frank’s office where they had stockpiled food and supplies. The employees from …show more content…
Anne Frank’s diary was written during the years of her adolescence. She struggled with many typical teenage problems, learning of her own space away for her own identity in an enclosed space with little privacy. Anne Frank had started dealing with her own identity as soon as she had to go into hiding with her family. Anne had started questioning herself over and over about the type of person she is: How should I feel about those who are outside, suffering? Am I selfish? What does it mean that Germans despise me simply because I am a Jew? Even though Anne finds no answers to any of her questions of herself, she uses them to define who she is and who she wants to be. Anne’s exposure to the question of Jewish consciousness comes mostly through her discussions with young men. As in when Peter Van Daan tells Anne that when the war is over, he intends to keep his Jewish heritage a secret. Anne is different and stuck in between showing whom she is through her heritage or hide just as Peter plans …show more content…
Anne writes her first entry and says “I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, and I hope you will be a great source of comfort and support.” (Frank, 1995, p. 1) at the time, she feels that she does not have any true friends or people, which makes her feel lonely and misunderstood. Having a diary, which she addresses as “Kitty,” like a friend, then enables her to express her thoughts without fear of being criticized by others. Anne’s relationship with her diary helps comfort her through her insecure, lonely, and fearful time in hiding. Even though Anne does feel bad but insists on trying to remain cheerful. “I get cross, then sad, and finally end up turning my heart inside out, the bad part on the outside and the good part on the inside, and keep trying to find a way to become what I’d like to be and what I could be if . . . if only there were no other people in the world.” (Frank, 1995, p. 332) This is Anne Frank’s last diary entry, written on August 1, 1944. Anne does not intend to end her diary at this point: to her, it is just the end of a regular day of hiding in the annex. This turns out to be her last entry because the Germans arrest her and her family just three days
Since Anne Frank died at an early age of 15, her early life was basically all of her life. Anne was born on June 12th 1929 in Frankfurt Germany. Her parents Otto and Edith Frank had one other daughter before Anne whose name was Margot Frank. Anne and her family had to go into hiding due to Germany, which was led by the Nazis, invaded the Netherlands. On July 6th 1942 Anne and her family hid in a secret annex of a building. Since Anne had to hide she had ample time to write in her diary.
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.
“There's only one rule you need to remember: laugh at everything and forget everybody else! It sound egotistical, but it's actually the only cure for those suffering from self-pity.” (Frank 321) Anne Frank was a young Jewish girl who went into hiding during World War II to avoid being captured by the Nazis. She and seven other people had to hide in a secret annex Prinsengracht 263 in Amsterdam. Anne received a diary on her 13th birthday and wrote about all the little things that had happened to her throughout the day.
The Diary of a Young Girl is a well written diary formated book by Anne Frank who is a victim of Jewish Persecution during the holocaust. Anne Frank was born in Frankfurt Germany in 1929 but, most of her journal entries took place in Amsterdam, Netherlands where the Secret Annexe is, there hiding place. The Diary covers the time spent in hiding for two years as well as the time spent in the concentration camp where she died in March 1945. Eventually someone told the Nazis where they were at and they got arrested leaving the diary behind in the Secret Annexe. It was later found by the office cleaner. Anne and Margot got shifted around through three different concentration camps, in the last camp they both died in Bergen, Belsen. A few weeks
Anne Frank, the Frank Family, and the Van Daan Family surviving in the attic. They are assisted by
Anne Frank wrote diary entries during her hiding. They are a different way to show how texts help us remember and honor victims of the Holocaust. In “Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl”, the diary entries show how each person in the Holocaust lived. In an entry in her diary, Anne says, “I don’t want to jot down the facts in this diary the way most people would. I want the diary to be my friend.
Anne Frank was a Jewish/ German girl who was born in 1929 on June 12th. While in hiding, Anne kept a diary of her time spent in closed quarters trying to survive with seven other people. In the diary, she recorded her growth emotionally and all the stress that was put on her. After two years in hiding they were captured by the Nazis. While they were being captured, the diary was scattered on the floor. The Nazi’s took it and preserved it until the war was over. The pages of the diary were given to Anne’s father, Otto Frank, the only person to
Anne had a heart filled with hope and had a bright future ahead of her, as the war progressed she began to see the suffering of the people around her. Everyone did love her personality. She was very curious, talkative, and playful and was lots of fun to be around. Anne had a hunger for knowledge and was very optimistic. Writing was always her favorite thing. It calmed her from the rages of the world, she could just write and be herself. When she went into hiding she lived in a place called the Secret Annex. A Secret Annex was a building that was placed between two buildings. The first floor was Otto Frank's business and the second was the hiding spot. The real name in Dutch meant behind or back, so in the diary, they used the term Secret Annex. For over 2 years she lived in the secret home, and that is when she got her journal at the age of 13. Almost every day she would write about her current life and the things going on around her. She would write about how much she missed her friends from school and often missed being outside out in the open air. When the Van Pels moved in they had a son named Peter, Anne would play around with Peter, take his shoes and hide them. She thought it was very amusing, Peter didn't quite think so.
Lots of people have took the time to read her diary that is so thoughtfully written. 'The Diary of a Young Girl' was published June 27th, 1947. The people who worked with her father found the diary and gave it to him. He soon had it published. It was originally written in the Dutch language but was translated into many others when published. Anne wrote in her diary all the time. She said it gave her something to do with all the time she had on her hands. She also addressed her diary as
From her perspective, Anne Frank, a young girl, displays her fear of being discovered by writing down her experiences. Her diary gives insight on what it was like to be a Jew and in hiding, during the time when the Nazis sought to kill all Jews. Although written from a subjective point of view, the diary is considered reliable as it is a personal type of writing, thoughts the owner of the diary would not disclose to another. However, as the first edition of the diary was published after the death of Anne Frank on the 25th of June, 1947, and having it edited by her father, Otto Frank, it does not display an accurate representation of the two years Anne wrote in hiding as his father decided what would be published.
At the beginning of the diary, Anne writes about trivial things involving her friendship with other girls, her crushes on boys, and her academic performance in school. These are typical entries for a girl who has yet to learn more about life. As the story progresses, the author admits that even if she has grand
There were many Jews to suffer and die during World War II, under the rule of Adolf Hitler. Although all the victims of the Holocaust matter, there was one in particular that many people still read and learn about everyday. This “one” was a young girl named Anne Frank. She and her family suffered along with many others. Some even lived to tell about it. Although she did not live, she still lives on through her diary.
Throughout her time in the “Secret Annexe,” (what she called their hiding space) Anne grew from a hot-headed child into a smart young woman. In the beginning of the book, only 2 months after going into hiding, she writes that feels grateful that her and her family have been spared the fate of some of her friends, however this also makes her feel guilty, because she can’t save those who didn’t get the chance to go into hiding. In her diary, on November 19, 1942, she wrote,“We’re so fortunate here, away from the turmoil. We wouldn’t have to give a moment’s thought to all this suffering if it weren’t for the fact that we’re so worried about those we hold dear, whom we can no longer help. I feel wicked sleeping in a warm bed, while somewhere out there my dearest friends are dropping from exhaustion or being knocked to the ground.” (paragraph 5 pg 55)
“Anne Frank is a Jewish girl who has to go into hiding during World War Two to escape from the Nazis … After more than two years in hiding they are discovered and deported to concentration camps … After her death Anne becomes world famous because of the diary she wrote while in hiding” (annefrank.org). Anne Frank was a young girl who had a bright future, but it was taken away from her by the Nazi’s and Holocaust. Before the Holocaust, Anne Frank was just the typical young girl. During the Holocaust, she had to adapt to a dangerous situation. Then, after her death, she has left a legacy that has impacted the hearts of many. Through Anne Frank’s early childhood years, the years during the Holocaust, and the years after her death she has left
In the first chapter of the Diary of Anne Frank, from dates June 14, 1942, to July 9, 1942, she starts to first talk about naming her diary “kitty”(page 3). She then goes on to talk about how she enjoyed her last weeks of freedom and why her father decided to go into hiding. This was all started when the family received a letter requesting the presence of her “sister in a concentration camp” (page 16). Her father realizes it 's a trick to put her into a concentration camp and forces them into the secret rooms behind the bookcase where Anne family and friends would begin hiding. These first few entries are staring to describe the family 's struggles and how joyful and willing Anne really is.