“When you're young you don't know anything, but you have lot of energy to express yourself. So you make a lot of mistakes and you stumble, but you also get a lot of truth from within.” Said Gilbert Hernandez. This idea shows when one is young it is necessary for that person to express their emotions to deal with any complications they might encounter. In the play, “Diary of Anne Frank" Anne is a teenager dealing with the challenges of the Holocaust. Due to this her family goes into hiding. Throughout their experience conflicts start to come up between Anne and the other residents. When facing these conflicts she turns to her father, a sixteen year old boy named Peter, and her diary. It is in this play that the author uses Anne Frank’s relationship with her father, Peter, and her diary to demonstrate the theme of expressing feelings can help cope one with societal challenges beyond someone’s control.
One way Anne coped with societal challenges is talking her father to express her feelings. In the play Anne and her dad had a very strong relationship. She would go to him first as someone to share her feelings to for example Anne says “I’ve been thinking about it for a long time. You’re the only one I love." By saying this Anne shows that she does not feel comfortable opening up to other member because they do not understand her the same way as her father does. Anne having her father to open up to gives her a feeling that she is not alone and she has someone worth staying hidden for. In the event when Anne had a nightmare; Her mother was the first to come in to calm her down. But Anne would not tell her why she was so scared. She told her mother that she wanted her father. When her father arrives she explain that her nightmare wa...
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...w much she missed her friends showed her real feeling toward being stuck in hiding and this made Anne feel relieved that someone cared about her worries.
Throughout the whole played Anne made a subtle change that made a large difference. In the start of the play Anne stayed to herself she never told anyone how she felt she just kept to herself. When she kept everything to herself the only thing she had to express her feelings was to her diary. But as the play went on she started opening up to people and telling them how she felt. For example she talked to her dad more about how she felt about being in hiding. Then toward the end of the play Anne would talk and be with Peter when she could. She learned how to cope and express her feelings with other people instead of keeping everything to herself to deal with societal challenges.
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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.
and Mrs. Frank’s different personalities, it results in different actions and relations with other characters in the Annex. An example would be shown through how their relationship with their daughter, Anne. Throughout the play it is clearly revealed that Anne favors her father over her mother, pushing all aid and comfort of her mother aside. For instance, in scene four of Act One, Anne has a horrid nightmare and wakes the whole Annex. When her mother attempted to console her, the text states, “ I’d rather not talk about… You don’t have to. Will you please ask Father to come?” (Anne 360) Anne persistently rejects her mother and shuts her out. Though her relationship with her father is completely different. In the text it said, “I run to you like a baby… I love you, Father. I don’t love anyone but you.” (Anne 361) Anne is surely exaggerating her emotions about only loving her father, and feels an urge to rebel against her
As a young girl, Anne’s first “teacher” was her very own mother. Anne was a curious little girl. With her curious ways and always wanting to find out what is happening around her, her mother wouldn’t give her any information. Her mother mostly told her to keep quiet and act like she doesn’t know what is happening. Besides
I told you why Anne had felt this way during her ordeal, and what this reveals about her character and her views about life. Anne is a strong and heroic young girl who has a heart for others and she is very compassionate towards others. Which is a great quality to have in that time period she was going through? No one could have done it better than Anne. She helped people look at the good in the situations she was never the one mention the negative things. You think how you would react to this situation. Would you be buoyant? Or would you be colorless in this and always look at the crummy never say anything positive. All quotes can be found in the collections book pages
“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)
Character analysis Annemarie is a normal young girl, ten years old, she has normal difficulties and duties like any other girl. but these difficulties aren’t normal ones, she’s faced with the difficulties of war. This war has made Annemarie into a very smart girl, she spends most of her time thinking about how to be safe at all times “Annemarie admitted to herself,snuggling there in the quiet dark, that she was glad to be an ordinary person who would never be called upon for courage.” (4.60) even though shes going through a lot she still controls it very well.
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
Many historical stories and poems led us to where we are today; although history appears to repeat itself, it speaks to us in several different ways. One of many examples of history speaking to us is the “good” and the “evil” in all people portrayed in the dramatic representation in The Diary of Anne Frank, by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. The worldly impacts of this drama have shown the reality of many home lives today, for example: siblings’ rivalry, marriage problems, and relationships between mothers, fathers, and children. There are also many discrimination problems today, just like past events. Many historical events have led us to where we are today, even though history tends to repeat itself.
Frank began to read the diary, it flashed back to July 1942 in an attic in Amsterdam because this was where the people were hiding and represented the type of place that Jews all over were living. The most important part of the play were the people who were acted out. They gave the play a sense of flavor and realism. Anne, a young German girl was particularly amusing because of the scuffles she and everyone around her seemed to have. Anne's Mother was a woman who was more traditional than anything else and wanted Anne to be more like a lady. One such person was Margot.
Then Anne says “i have intuition”. meaning that she is feeling something for peter and she feels like her mom is holding her back from hanging out with peter. because her mom thinks her and peter are doing thing that she does not approve of. Because Anne’s mom is still treating her like a baby. “ Aren’t you afraid you’re disturbing him?” “i have intuition”Anne does not really care what her moms says she only listens to her father and when anne’s mom was just trying to keep anne away from peter because she thinks that she is never going to see her daughter anymore because she is always in his room so she tries to talk her out of going to talk to peter but when anne puts her mind to doing something she will eventually get to it.
The Nonfiction Drama The Diary of Anne Frank written by Frances Goodrich, and Albert Hackett is about a thirteen-year-old girl— Anne-- who experiences her time hiding in Amsterdam during the holocaust with her family— the Franks—and the Van Daans. They are hiding in an Annex-- a attic place on overhead-- where her dad, Mr. Frank has his own spice shop. During the drama, Anne keeps a diary of which she keeps all her experiences during her time in hiding. In each excerpt, each person shows some sort of sacrifice. Every minute the “family” is living in the Annex, the longer their lives are in danger trying to live through the war. Therefore, sacrifice puts one in danger, but keeps others safe.
The diary showed one of Anne’s dreams, which was being a writer. This helped her get one step closer to her dream job, but going to a concentration camp was the only part that stapped her from achieving her goal. Having a diary, Anne wrote all her feeling and everything that happened in the annex. The words she wrote in the diary showed her youth and immaturity. As time passed her writing style changed showing us that she is not immature and young. Since her writing became symbolic, she expresses her dreams through her own expressions. This quote shows how much she wanted a diary,” A diary! I’ve always longed for one.” This quote is important because this was the start of where Anne had wrote her feelings. Writing her feelings down, she knows how to control it a bit. Clearly, the diary has made a huge change in Anne’s
Anne could not relate to any one in her family, but her dad. She struggled to relate to her mother and sister, so she began to write her diary. Her sister,Margot, was said to be “perfect”, and everyone wanted Anne to be more like her. As their time in hiding became longer and longer, more relationships formed. Anne and Peter became closer, and eventually were in a relationship. Anne and Peter had a lot to relate to. They talked about their hopes and dreams as well as their family difficulties. This create a strong bond between both Anne and Peter.
Anne explains in this quote that she always lowered herself below other people, but never thought of herself as low as hiding and lonely. She knew that she wasn’t better than everyone and everything, but never as low as she was then. She was now sad in despair, terrified, and basically awaiting death to take her. She can barely move around or talk loudly, and she says in her diary she doesn’t know the last time she was able to shout.
Experiences of an orphaned child are never pleasant and Anne has it no different. Being only three months old when both parents die due to a fever is devastating on a child on its own, but being reminded constantly is what makes bearing that pain even harder. Before Anne’s arrival at the Green Gables her attitude towards the problems life threw at her was always pessimistic, causing her self-esteem to be at the lowest level possible. “You see, nobody wanted me even then. It seems to be my fate.” (Montgomery 52) this quote shows exactly how Anne perceived her life as; that she is meant not to be loved. This also leads on during the first few months of Anne’s arrival at the Green Gables, and is seen at its peak at two major occasions. F...