People associated with Anne Frank

Sort By:
Page 8 of 18 - About 180 essays
  • Good Essays

    police. Mr. Frank is one of the eight Jews who went into hiding in the Secret Annex in the Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. This play is about Jews gone into hiding, and lives a hard life. Mr. Frank, one of the Jews, is a welcoming, helpful, and a problem solver who helps the group to stay together and get over with hard times. Welcoming means to be gladly accept other people. Mr. Frank has shown this trait throughout the play. In Act 1 Scene 1, Mr. Frank welcomes Van

    • 569 Words
    • 3 Pages
    • 1 Works Cited
    Good Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Thousands of people died, including the Frank family. Anne Frank once said, “In spite of everything, I still believe people are really good at heart.” Anne and her family had to go through a lot of tough times during the holocaust, but I agree with Anne, people are still good at heart. Reading this book, I noticed that there are a lot of kind hearted actions in this book. I am agreeing with Anne and her actions are what prove this quote right. However, I could see where some may disagree. People like Mr

    • 739 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    a Pulitzer Prize and was made into a movie. I think Anne’s diary and her story attracted so much attention because it shows you a glimpse of a young Jew’s life in hiding during the Holocaust. People are able to relate and identify with her diary because it shows you her teenage life in the Secret Annex. Anne explains how her life is in the Secret Annex and how she felt during her time there. She goes through all the things a teenage might go through. She fights with her parents, falls in love, wonders

    • 339 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Anne is an especially optimistic and whimsical girl who wants everyone to be cheerful, spite the numerous conditions she has gone through. The play ”The Diary of Anne Frank” ends with the statement, “In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” This quote is by Anne Frank and reveals that Anne still has hope that World War II will end soon. I believe Anne asserted this on behalf of lifting everyone's spirits with hope. Also, Anne wants to stay strong and continue

    • 833 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    thousands of people are awakened and stirred into action?” - Last words of Sophie Schroll before her execution by the Nazis. During the Holocaust, having courage was needed if you wanted to survive. Without courage during the Holocaust, one wouldn’t have the strength and the hope to continue believing that everything would get better and that they would be safe. As a result of social injustice, the character that displays the most courage is Mr. Frank for The Diary of Anne Frank. Mr. Frank shows courage

    • 737 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    My book, Anne Frank: The Diary of A Young Girl, is an Autobiography written by Anne Frank. Anne Frank: The Diary of A Young Girl, was published in 1947, after the translation from Dutch. II. Setting Anne Frank: The Diary of A Young Girl takes place in an old warehouse which is used as a store in 1942. There is a front door, and inside the front doorway is a second doorway which leads to a staircase. Anne Frank and her family, along with some friends, hide in an attic called the “Secret Annexe”

    • 860 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Good Essays

    People are not truly good at heart “In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.” These words were spoken by Anne Frank. She wrote these words in her diary in the attic of her father’s business. She was hiding from the Nazi’s, and hid among several other people in a confined area. Anne thought that everyone was truly good-hearted. She sadly died in a concentration camp about a year later.The truth is people are not good at heart. People are selfish, they are

    • 1721 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Argument Essay Are people aware of their own good nature, are others aware of their good nature? Anne Frank’s statement, that people are truly good at heart, is true.The current generation and the past generation has had its faults, it’s troubles and events. For instance, the Holocaust and the recent Florida school shooting. Yet, there is always good in the world, no matter the tyrant. People will sacrifice their own for others. They have the ability to change their mind from the worst, to the best

    • 1300 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    typically a protracted one” (Dictionary.com). For years and years, people have been facing conflict because of who they are, what they do, their cultures, and how they look. The problem is how they face the conflict that they are shown. If people are responding in a negative way to conflict, then the situation won't get better; but if people respond in a positive way, the situation can turn around for them and get better. In Anne Frank: A Diary of a Young Girl and Night both of the main characters in

    • 599 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Good Essays

    Throughout The Years Adolf Hitler is a name most all know and have learned about while in school. Another name associated with Hitler as well as his time of power is Anne Frank. “...But I 'm not sorry, memories mean more to me than dresses.” From Anne Frank’s first diary entry (Simkin, John.) that simple sentence speaks volumes to what kind of person Anne was. From books, plays, movies and her diary about her life they have captivated so many for years. A child who grow up in a time that would

    • 985 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays