In Bad Situations Hope Will Be Present: The Diary of Anne Frank In The Diary of Anne Frank, written by Francis Goodrich and Albert Hackett—readers are introduced into the life of a teenage girl facing some seriously tough times during World War II. It's not just a regular diary; it's like a secret portal that takes readers back to a time when things were undoubtedly messed up. Even in the middle of all that chaos, the people that are hiding in the secret annex manage to find hope. Readers can prove that it's a story about the members hiding in the secret annex, that even in the worst situations, they can find hope that shines through. Now, discover how The Diary of Anne Frank teaches readers that there's a light at the end of even the darkest …show more content…
You can’t expect.” (Goodrich and Hackett 307). Mr. Van Daan is representing that he has hope for the Franks to arrive since Mrs. Van Daan is thinking of negative things, and saying that she thinks that they got captured, but Mr. Van Daan still thinks they will eventually show up since they will take a long time, including that it will take longer since the Franks have to walk 2 miles to find their destination of the secret annex. Furthermore, as the play continues, Anne states, “I’m sure it will be all right” (Goodrich and Hackett 329). This shows that there is hope present in humans while dealing with troubling situations since while Anne was talking to Dussel, she told him that it would be alright when Dussel said that he could obtain asthma when near fur-bearing animals, but Anne had hope that Dussel would not catch his asthma while around Peter or his cat. Without a doubt, in Act II, individuals in the annex believe that hope can bring positive changes in their minds in a time of destruction. While arguing with Anne, Mrs. Frank states, “Think how lucky we are”
Jews. He took it upon himself and Miep to give the two families in hiding
In Bettelheim's essay, The Ignored Lessons of Anne Frank, he criticizes Anne Frank's father because of the way he had his whole family hiding out in the attic of one family. Bettelheim claims he is not criticizing Mr. Frank, he just wants his readers to reexamine the way we read history. In his essay, Bettelheim concinced me that we, as readers should look again at the text and realize all the possibilities that the Franks had.
How would you feel if you were a Jew in World War II? Anne Frank was a Jew in World War II. The play we read was called the diary of Anne Frank. She said, "In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart." According to the diary she believed in the quality in people even after hardships her family has endured. Anne Frank had to go into hiding from Hitler because he wanted to kill all of the Jews. He thought that they should not be allowed to practice their religion. Because of this, she had to go into hiding for two years. Here are some ways she showed her belief that people were good at heart. The first reason is she thought of different ways to make her family happy in the darkest of times. The second reason is Mr. Van Daan stole bread to feed himself. The third reason was she found someone to talk to even when she was trapped for two years. She was believing in everyone else as they were breaking down in fear.
Anne Frank was a 13-year-old Jewish girl who was thrown into one of the worst periods in the history of the world; the Holocaust. Though she went through awful things that many people will never experience, she always kept the faith that there was still some good in everyone. She once said, “Despite everything I still believe people are truly good at heart.” Her diary, which she kept while her family was in hiding from the Nazis, shows the triumph of her spirit over the evil in the world even through the pain of adolescence. The Franks and Van Dans were hiding and they suffered many hardships, mentally and physically. Many people in Anne’s situation would have become bitter and resentful, but Anne never would despair.
Have you ever read the play “The Diary of Anne Frank?” She wrote in a book during the Holocaust. She hid in a place called the “Secret Annex” Mr. Kraler was the man who let the Franks and Van Daans stay in his attic. The theme was “Which characters contribute to them theme people are good at heart.” In the play “ The diary of Anne Frank”, the theme people are good at heart is developed through the characters Miep Gies, Mr.Kraler, and Anne Frank.
Survival is being willing to do anything, defying all odds, to make it through a situation no matter how hopeless it seems. An example of survival in our own world today, is the people in the Philippines. Although the people in the Philippines didn’t experience a holocaust, they are still struggling to survive after a super typhoon ripped apart their lives. One of the most intense battles for survival in our history is the Holocaust, where Nazi Germany persecuted the European Jews. Two of the greatest survival stories during the Holocaust are the stories of Anne Frank and Gerda Weissman Klein. Both, Anne Frank and Gerda Weissman Klein’s horrific experiences during the Holocaust exemplify their outstanding courage to try and survive during one of the worst times in history.
Anne Frank also known as Annelies Marie Frank was a sixteen year old girl who got murdered during the Holocaust. She was born in the city of Frankfurt in Germany to her parents Otto and Edith Frank. Anne Frank had an older sister who was three years older than she was and her name was Margot Betti Frank. The Franks were known as a very liberal family who were also classified as a middle class family since their ancestors lived in Germany. In 1933 the Franks decided to move towards Amsterdam since Germany was being overruled by the Nazis. While the family had adjusted to Amsterdam, Otto Frank was really focused on his business since he was new into the city. Anne and Margot were also getting adjusted to the school system and when they were well adjusted they started to have friends who were Jewish and non Jewish. Six years later which was in 1939, Anne’s and Margot’s grandmother decided to join them in Amsterdam as well and be reunited with her two beautiful nieces. In March, 1940 a horrible trajedy happened Amsterdam which was that Amsterdam had been attacked by the Nazis who overrul...
In the Diary of Anne Frank we see how the people in the annex still held onto the idea of hope. Mr. Frank, Miep, Mr. Kraler, and Anne showed bravery and faith in the smallest and biggest ways during their struggles as shown above. They had faith that things would get better and the courage to fight against the odds. In the Diary of Anne Frank hope and courage is a crucial element to have during hardships as shown through the Franks, Miep, and Mr. Kraler. What would have happened if they didn’t have these factors with them, would they have survived as long as they
Sina Salemian Salemian 1 HS English 2;Period 3 Ms.Matthews January 10, 2014 Anne Frank During The Holocaust Anne Frank is a strong young girl that lived during the Holocaust in Amsterdam, Germany. She lived in a very bad time during the Holocaust, where she either had to hide or go to a concentration camp. Anne Frank is a normal girl that should be going to school and not be in hiding from the Nazis and should not have to take the sacrifices of having no friends, no ability to be free and to express her religion. I consider Anne a hero because of all the dedication to staying free and not having to be under a dictatorship.
In the sources used, the situations that are experienced seems like there is no hope to be found, only fear. Fear will protect us, we hope. Nevertheless, hope is everywhere no matter what. For World War II in The Diary of Anne Frank, Anne Frank is the secret annex’s hope. Anne Frank is a 13-year old girl that has the most hope of surviving the Nazi Invasion. All you can think is, “Ah, the Nazi’s are coming! Run for your lives!” That is what went through many minds during this time period, fear. Fear is a strong ally to have. You can worry all the time and no one will stop you. But, hope can be an even stronger ally, if you believe.
“I Want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people even those who I’ve never met, I want to go on living even after my death!” (from a Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank). This quote has a lot of meaning because she wanted to be remembered and I am now writing and telling about her eighty one years later. Anne Frank is a hero because she was a spirited young Jewish girl that had to go into hiding at the age of thirteen.
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank is now a world renowned diary written during The Holocaust in the annex by a thirteen year old girl. The Holocaust was a very depressing time during World War II when many people were killed. During the war, Adolf Hitler rose to power in the German government and started the genocide (mass killing) of Jewish people, Gypsies and other groups of people as well. The Frank family and other Jews feared for their life so they hid in a secret annex for twenty-five months. Despite the hardships Anne faced in the annex, Anne remains hopeful, honest and loving throughout her diary.
The Holocaust was a time in which millions of people were persecuted and mistreated: people banned together and stood up against prejudice and discrimination by actively and passively opposing the Germans. Citizens that actively resisted used violence and force to directly attack the Nazis in attempt to save their life. Those that preferred, prepared to resist passively by not using physical brutality, but instead continued their daily lives out of the sight of the Nazis. In “The Diary of Anne Frank,” we see how Meip, a Dutch Citizen resisted the Germans passively, by hiding the Frank family and four other Jewish families in a secret annex above Anne’s father's business premise during World War Two. They resisted without risking anybody’s life,
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The Diary of Anne Frank Summative Assessment Lara Kenyon 03/15/2024 3rd Period The Diary of Anne Frank - Informative Essay During the 1930s-1940s there was heavy discrimination against anti-semitism, segregating them, harming them, and putting them through concentration camps. Those who were defined as Jewish by the German government (You were considered Jewish if you practiced the religion and if one of your grandparents was Jewish). were persecuted by the police.