Anne Frank and Peter Van Daan’s Relationship Evolution
Through their ups and downs, Anne, a talkative and highly opinionated teenager and Peter, an outspoken, nonchalant young adult, fell head over heels with each other, while in hiding. Furthermore, Anne Frank and her family escaped to the Secret Annex at age thirteen, and Peter Van Daan with his family at age sixteen. At first, their relationship was friendly and distant, which is why they hardly interacted and even saw each other on a daily basis. However, as time passed locked away from the rest of the world in the annex their love towards one another kindled. Although the two Holocaust victims had extremely diverse childhoods and personalities, Anne and Peter both felt the same way about
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each other as well as their parents. Moreover, Annelies Marie Frank and Peter Van Daan, eventually fell in love, despite their plethora of differences. For, Peter did not believe and care for his religion, while Anne was completely committed to her faith. Additionally, Anne the dare-devil, who wasn’t afraid of anything, was always a hard busy worker, but Peter, was exceptionally quiet, shy, and lazy, which is the polar opposite of Anne. On the other hand, Anne and Peter felt the same amount of hatred for their parents, because of their diverse views on the way that they should live their lives. Also, after one and a half years in hiding, they started to overflow with affection with one another. On July 15, 1944, Anne wrote, “I know very well that he was my conquest and not the other way around. I created an image of him in my mind, pictured him as a quiet, sweet, sensitive boy badly in need of friendship and love! I needed to pour out my heart to a living person. I wanted a friend who would help me find my way again. I accomplished what I set out to do and drew him, slowly but surely, toward me. When I finally got him to be my friend, it automatically developed into an intimacy that, when I think about it now, seems outrageous.” What Anne wrote resembles how her fondness for Peter evolved over the period that the two spent in the secret annex. Peter and Anne’s relationship shows us today, that even if two people who contrast exceedingly and seem to have nothing in common can still attract one another. In the beginning of the couple’s stay at the undercover annex, their thoughts and emotions for each other began to alter significantly.
When they first started to live together, Anne did not favor nor fancy Peter and Peter was ever so shy, causing him to hardly communicate. For on August 14, 1942, Anne remarks “ Peter arrived, the Van Daan’s son, not sixteen yet, a rather soft, shy, gawky youth: can't expect much from his company.” Strangely enough, when about one and a half years went by, Anne enjoyed seeing and spending her days with Peter, even if her father disagreed with her being up in the attic with him so much. This caused Peter to break his shell and to finally talk to Anne, which led him to promise Anne that he will never fight with her and steadily shows her tenderness for the young adolescent. Anne writes to Kitty, “In the meantime, things are getting more and more wonderful here. I think, Kitty, that true love may be developing in the Annex. All those jokes about marrying Peter if we stayed here long enough weren’t so silly after all. Not that I’m thinking of marrying him, mind you. I don’t even know what he’ll be like when he grows up. Or if we’ll even love each other enough to get married.” , on March 22, 1944, which bears resemblance for her transition of heart for Peter. Unfortunately, we will never know if Anne Frank and Peter Van Daan ever married each other, because, on August 4, 1944, they were caught and sent away to two different concentration camps, where they would soon die. Anne and Peter’s sudden reversal of feelings for each other, lead to them spending more and more time with each others company and presenting their intimacy but were never got the opportunity to take each other's hand in
marriage. In conclusion, Anne Frank and Peter Van Daan set aside their dissimilarities and bonded on their similarities, which lead to their confusing and affection relationship. For, Anne's first believed that Peter was no good and just an extra mouth to feed and body to give shelter, when Peter was never able to speak out about his feelings, due to his shyness. Once a year and a half passed, their sentiments for each other took a u-turn, which involved Anne and Peter talking, kissing, and admiring each other's presence. Even though Anne Frank and Peter Van Daan seemed to originate from two different worlds, they pulled off a successful dating life with each other. As a result of the two’s appreciation for one another, they experienced love, which Anne, Peter, and almost every Jewish person living through the Holocaust, never got to feel again.
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to live during World War 2? Life during World War 2 was torture if you were jewish, especially if you were a kid. Felix Salingar from Then by Morris Gleitzman and Anne Frank both knew what it was like. Their stories both describe the lives of jewish children hiding from the Nazis, in fear of being taken and killed. Throughout both of their stories, many character traits were discovered about them that show how they are similarly affected by the events in their stories. Anne Frank and Felix Salingar have many similarities, some of which stand out more than others.
On an early morning in July of 1942, the Van Daans and Franks meet up for the first time at the annex. All of them are covered in layers of clothing to carry as much to their new home as possible. They are all introduced to each other. Living in the secret annex is Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan, Peter Van Daan, Mr. and Mrs. Frank, Margot, and Anne Frank. Mr. Van Daan is a selfish, greedy man. Mrs. Van Daan likes the finer things, thinks pretty highly of herself and adores her husband. Peter is shy, quiet, and just truly doesn’t say much. Mr. Frank is a kind, caring, leading man. Mrs. Frank is motherly, caring, and sweet. Margo does as others say and tries to keep a low-key profile. Anne is wild and unique. She doesn’t let others push her around, and she is very independent. Everyone in the annex is very different.
“Then suddenly Peter grabs her awkwardly in his arms, kissing her on the cheek.” Anne Frank and Peter Van Daan mature as the play The Diary of Anne Frank documents their lives from when they go into hiding to their deaths. Anne (ages 13-15) and Peter (ages 15-18) both experience many changes, physically. mentally, and spiritually, as they grow closer to each other. On this topic Anne says, “There is one great change, however. A change in myself.” (Act II, Scene I, Page 600)
...nt for it to actually happen, both revisors stayed true to Anne’s diary. Though there were differences in Anne and Peter’s love life and how Margot and Peter progressed to only be friends, I would assume it was a difficult task to convert the diary to this format. The similarities like Anne giving the presents were the more heartfelt moments to show where Anne grew and made sense to include them in both. Both were heartbreaking to know that the Franks, the Van Daans, and Mr. Dussel had to endure this terrible time. Anne, Margot, and Peter having to endure it as children. Knowing that it is not fiction and this actually happened to not just them, but others is unfathomable to me and I will never be able to grasp it unless I am ever unfortunate enough to go through it myself. Maybe not even then.
Van Daan bolstered her negative characterization amongst the families within the Secret Annex through her consistently antagonistic, pessimistic, and reactive behavior. Such can be found throughout the entirety of her time in hiding, as, in the words of Anne Frank, “‘Mrs. Van Daan [didn’t] need an opportunity to be unpleasant.’” (Page 756) One of the most incriminating events to support this concept of Petronella’s fondness for deliberate hostility occurred as Anne went to Peter’s room for a private discussion, fully prepared to ignore the older woman’s heckling based upon prior experience. Mrs. Van Daan stated, “‘My God, look at her! I don’t know what good it is to have a son. I never see him. He wouldn’t care if I killed myself.’” (Page 756) Anne then assured her mother of her good behavior, before asking Mrs. Van Daan for permission to continue on. Despite the respect Anne showed her through this action, Mrs. Van Daan refused to abandon the conflict, stating, “‘Are you asking me? I didn’t know I had anything to say about it.’” (Page 756) Mrs. Van Daan, in this circumstance, seemed to be purposely attacking Anne in a failed attempt to invoke the teenager’s retaliation, as well as spiting her son in the pursuit of sympathy. This hostility, in their situation, only served to worsen the overall mood and quality of life within the Annex, once again proving Mrs. Van Daan to be the most problematic of its
Although, this video does not specifically show the communication between both parties. The only segment on the family pertain to Peter’s humming habitats when he is happy about something.
Anne’s thoughts and perspectives of stuff she encountered with, or the struggles she endured weren’t shown in depth in the film. Her curiosity and wonders of countless stuff weren’t shown to the best of ability. Anne was a young girl figuring out many new things in life, in the film however her thoughts aren’t really elaborated. Making the film less interesting, considering the book is a diary full of her encounters of war and the disruptive life that she constantly envisaged throughout her life. She says, “What does that matter? I want to write, but more than that, I want to bring out all kinds of things that lie buried deep in my heart. (20 June, 1942). This quote accentuates the way she wants to write stuff, in the film however she doesn’t
The settings of two very similar stories can make them seem completely different. In a similar way, Sonia and Anne from the novel I Promised I Would Tell by Sonia Weitz and the play The Diary of Anne Frank by Albert Hackett are Jewish girls in the Holocaust who are struggling to survive. Both of their lives are at risk each day and throughout both of the stories, the girls are put in many difficult and dangerous situations and settings. Although these girls are both living in fear of losing their lives, Anne lives in a somewhat comfortable room for the first couple years of her struggle while Sonia is living in a horrifying Concentration Camp.
I'm sure that she had the Nazis in mind when writing it, along with her experiences with certain people she was living with. Her relationship with Peter over the years was an indication of her feelings in the quote. She despised Peter when first getting to know him, but as time progressed she began to appreciate him. In the beginning of the play, Anne bellowed at Peter, "You are the most intolerable, insufferable boy I've ever met!" on page 295 of The Diary of Anne Frank." Leading up to her frustration portrayed in this quote, Peter had been calling Anne "Mrs. Quack Quack" and would repeatedly quack at her to annoy her. Her feelings towards Peter showed the same meaning as the statement in her diary. "In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart." Early in the hiding period, she thought Peter was just another annoying teenage boy. He was always making rude comments and jokes, furthermore just being a pesky roommate. As time passed the two of them had grown older and became used to each other. Anne was beginning to realise that maybe Peter wasn't as bad as she had thought before. One scene in the play hinted that Anne may actually have feeling for Peter. In the play based off Anne's diary, she confesses, "I must be honest, I must confess that I actually live for the next meeting. Is there anything lovelier than to sit under the
Annemarie's whole life circled around the lie about Aunt Birte, plus others. Her life changed, her relationship towards the adults changed, and last but not least, she learned the meaning and the way of
Imagine what it would have been like to be cooped up in an attic during the Holocaust,with only very little space eight people in one little attic. For the Franks and the Van Danns it was eight people and a cat for most the time. With no one to talk to they have to keep everything in, unless they write it. In “The Diary of Anne Frank” the two families live this way. Anne and Peter were two of the characters who experienced this. Anne is a teenage girl who has a sister and lives during the Holocaust. Anne also had a lot of friends so she was popular; she loved to read and write in her journal. She was very loud and obnoxious. In Act one Scene two ,Peter says “I was always by myself, while you were in a big crowd of people.” This shows that Anne was very popular and is used to people; while Peter was not used to as much attention and people. Then in Act one Scene three, Mr.Van Dann says, “ Why can’t you be more like your sister Margot?” This proves that the Van Danns like Margot more than they like Anne ; it also proves they think Anne is obnoxious.
The Diary of Anne Frank has many themes including love, youth and isolation. Anne loves Peter, but she is a young girl and she is naive and gullible. She tries to experience something nice in a time of sadness and darkness. She is young, a thirteen year old trying to survive the Holocaust. Also there is isolation, her ‘family’ is living in an attic in the middle of Europe.each day for about twelve hours she can't talk, or use the restroom, because if she does they would get caught and probably die.’’ About the noise. While the men are in the building below, we must have complete quiet... So, to be perfectly safe,from eight in the morning until six in the evening we must move only when it is necessary, and then in stockinged feet. We must not speak above a whisper. We must not run any water. We cannot use the sink, or
Caring: Peter always takes cares of his little sister Kaitya and also takes cares of the animals he owns, for example Peter taught her little sister how to write.
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In the play, The Diary of Anne Frank, the main character Anne was a dynamic character, changing from being self-centered and naive in the beginning, to being caring towards the end of the story. Anne interacting with the other characters and developing the theme of the play showed proof of these traits of her personality, emotions, intellect, and ethics. First, Anne shows her initial trait of being self-centered, partially because of her naiveness. One example of this is when she has a nightmare, then when her mother comes to comfort her. Mrs. Frank says, “But I’d like to stay with you… very much. Really.”, then Anne responds by saying “I’d rather you didn’t”. Anne deeply hurt her mother by making her feel unwanted and useless, showing that