Anne Frank; the story of a normal young girl, ruined by a war which she was helpless towards. To me, this story is an example of a regular teenage girl who was living her life to its limit while being trapped inside a bunker by forces bigger than her. Her story begins on the 12th of June, 1942; this is her 13th birthday, the day she receives her diary as a gift. Her diary contains the full story of how she and her family went into hiding, were joined by other people. Her diary contains her deepest secrets and most vivid emotions, all of which have affected our world today.
Anne Frank’s diary starts on June the 12th, 1942, her 13th birthday. Anne lives in Amsterdam, Holland, with her mother, father, cat, and sister. Her sister Margot received call-up orders from the German Army. To escape this, her family goes into hiding in Anne’s father’s attic of his office building, which they name the ‘Secret Annexe’. There they will hide for the next 2 years until they get found by the Nazis. They are eventually joined by the Van Daan family and Albert Dussel, a dentist. The Van
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Daans came one day early, on the 13th of July, 1942. They were scheduled to come the next day, however call-up notices were being sent out more and more by the Germans, which unsettled them. The Van Daans told the Franks what had happened after their disappearance. They had spread the rumor that they had left to Switzerland, and apparently everyone believed that, fortunately for the Franks. Soon, they settle into the Annexe. A father of one of Mr. Franks’ co-workers, Mr. Voskuijl, installs a bookcase in front of the Annexe door to completely hide them. Ms. Van Daan did not have a very good relationship with Anne or her mother, and they tended to argue a lot. Peter Van Daan, Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan’s son, was a hypochondriac, and annoyed everyone with his tendencies (although later he and Anne have a relationship). Anne complains much about Ms. Van Daan, stating that she criticizes her, even though Anne is not her daughter. Anne and the others in the annex have to take turns when bathing and using hot water. Whenever the plumber visits the building, they must sit completely still. Anne is terrified whenever the doorbell rings because she thinks it is the Gestapo. Life in the Annexe is suspenseful, stressful, and terrifying for Anne at the moment. Anne keeps busy studying about her French, Mathematics, History, and shorthand writing. She mentions in an entry around October to November, 1942, that she is getting along with her mother and sister better, although her relationship with Mrs. Van Daan is still the same. Also during this time, a carpenter comes to fill fire extinguishers without warning. This gives the residents quite a scare, as they hear someone laughing and banging on the bookcase. Eventually they find out that it it Mr. Kleiman, a man who helped them hide, trying to move the Annexe door as it was stuck. Miep Gies, one of the Annexe Residents’ helpers spends a night in the Annexe along with her husband, Jan. Miep describes it as a terrifying experience, although Anne enjoyed having the visitors. Later in that week, Mr. Frank becomes sick, but the family cannot afford a doctor. Bep Voskuijl, another worker in Mr. Frank's’ office, stays in the Annexe. Also around this time, Anne writes about her growing more mature. In 1944, two years later, she writes about how she believe her ‘childish innocence’ from this section. She calls her descriptions ‘indelicate’, also mentioning how for the whole time she has been hiding in the Annexe, she has longed for ‘trust, love, and physical affection.’ Anne also reports on some of the successes of the British in Africa. She puzzles over Churchill’s famous quotation about the war being at “the end of the beginning”. In the next week, Mr. Frank recovers from his illness, and Peter Van Daan turns 16. The residents also agree to welcome an eighth person into the Annexe, which excites Anne. The newcomer arrives, and his name is Albert Dussel. He is a dentist who is engaged to a Christian woman. Mr. Dussel was excited when Miep told him of the shelter, and although he asked for a few extra days to put his business into order and treat some last patients, he arrives. Mr. Dussel was surprised to see the Franks, as he thought that they were in Belgium. He is given a set of rules by the Van Daans upon his arrival. He shares a room with Anne, which she does not enjoy. He talks about the terrors outside, which include the murders of thousands of innocent civilians. Anne feels very lucky that they are in hiding, and she despairs over the suffering of her friends, and what they must endure only because of their religion. Anne is very upset about this, but she believes that she cannot spend all her time crying. She also writes that the loneliness of the attic upsets her. The Annexe Residents exceed their ration of electricity because they use too much. This is around the end of November of 1942. Anne feels that Mr. Dussel is strict and too disciplinary, and has too many harsh feelings about etiquette. She writes about how it is very hard being the “badly brought-up centre of attention in a family of nitpickers.” Hannukah and St. Nicholas Day are on the same day, so the residents hold two celebrations. They only light the candles for hanukkah for ten minutes, as candles are a short supply. Mr. Frank hides a basket full of presents and a mask of Zwarte Piet in a cabinet. Mr. van Daan tries to preserve the meat they have bought by making sausages. Anne has a close relationship with Peter. They continue living in the Annexe.
Around this time, March 14th, they have been living there for two years. Anne reflects on her growth, and how she has become more mature and began to feel more emotionally independent. She notes how life in the Annexe is boring her. Her relationship with Peter is no longer as close. Previously, the helpers who provided them with food were arrested, and Mr. Voskuijl was diagnosed with cancer, with little time left to live. Things seemed to be going drastically downhill. Near the end of July, 1944, Anne writes about an attempt to assassinate Hitler. Anne writes about how she hopes that this proves that the Germans want the war to end too. The last sentence that she writes in her diary is how she thinks she could become the person she wanted to be, “if only there were no other people in the world.” Her diary ends abruptly, although other events were recorded
after. The end to Anne’s life was definitely unfortunate. It gave me a new opinion on World War Two, and watching the movie representation made it feel even more real and vivid to me. The ending was tragic and unfortunate. Anne’s diary ends abruptly, without completely finishing the thought. In my opinion, her diary and thoughts themselves are incomplete, but the book itself perfectly captures the world that Anne lived in. If Anne had survived, she would’ve most definitely done great things. Nevertheless, she achieved her dream of being a writer, and her legacy still lives on, among with all the other Jews who were murdered in the war.
Anne Frank was a thirteen year old Jewish girl who was forced into hiding in 1942. Her family and another family, the Van Daans, hid in the back of her father, Otto Frank's office building in what they called the "Secret Annex" for the next two years, until they were discovered by a Nazi group called the Gestapo and arrested. It was during her time in the Secret Annex that Anne wrote in a diary that she had named Kitty, telling it of her experiences in the the annex, reported the position of the war and its most memorible events, and shared her personal feelings on the situation. The diary became an outlet throug...
There are many stories, diaries and books from the time of The Holocaust but arguably the most famous of them all is the story of Anne Frank. Anne Frank was a teenage Jewish girl who went into hiding in her fathers offices in Amsterdam, The Netherlands when the Nazis called up her older sister, Margot (Anne ??). Just before the call up, Anne had started to write a “diary” which she continued to write when she went into hiding with her family. Throughout the book Anne writes that her worst nightmare is to be discovered (Anne ??). The Franks when into hiding in 1941 in the Annex of the Opekta offices and were arrested by the Nazis in ???. After such a long period of time in hiding there are many suspects for who betraye...
Anne Frank was my age, 15, when she was murdered by Nazis during World War II. I can’t even fathom what she must have gone through in the months before her death. Through her diary, one can understand the hardships of the Jewish people in Nazi Germany occupied countries
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.
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.
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.
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl narrates the journey of adolescent Anne Frank during World War II. The diary allows insight into the changes Anne went through during the war after going into hiding to avoid persecution. Over the course of her time in hiding she matured, and used her diary to voice her innermost thoughts and desires. Anne’s diary shows how she came to terms with change as a result of her circumstances, and how she herself changed as a result.
“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.
Three weeks before they were found Anne wrote in her diary: “Day and night during every waking hour, I do nothing but ask myself have you given him enough chance to be alone? Have you been spending too much time upstairs? Do you talk about serious subjects he’s not yet ready to talk about...?” (Frank 212) They were discovered after two years of hiding and were deported to concentration camps. Her father is the only one of the eight people to survive in the concentration camps. She is an inspiration to many people around the world to have gone through all that at such a young age. Through everything she went through she had kept a diary. Anne Frank had a crazy, but scary childhood, but a good family by her side every step of the way, she died at a young age, and kept a diary which was published into a book.
The name “Anne Frank” is synonymous with hope, optimism, and belief in human good, even in times of relentless evil. Although she only lived to be fifteen, Anne is known and respected throughout the world for the humanistic light her work shed on an infamous time. Born June 12th, 1929, in Germany, she spent her early years in a middle-class Jewish-German family. However, the tranquility of the Frank family and 522,000 other German-Jews’ would be shattered by one of the most nefarious events in history, the Holocaust. Anne’s diary became an influential resource in understanding historical and emotional aspects of the Holocaust. Although she was young, Anne Frank is the greatest diarist of European history because she preserved a critical time in history, her work captured the human experience of the Holocaust, and her ideals of hope and optimism remain influential throughout our world today.
Anne Frank was a German-Jewish diarist. She was known for the diary she wrote while hiding from anti-Jewish persecution in Amsterdam during World War II. Her diary describes with wisdom and humor the two difficult years she spent in seclusion before her tragic death at the age of 15. Since it was first published in 1947, her diary has appeared in more than 50 languages. Perhaps more than any other figure, Anne Frank gave a human face to the victims of the Holocaust.
The Diary of Anne Frank is about Anne Frank’s life in the Secret Annex hiding from the Nazi’s. The diary shows how the members of the Secret Annex help each other keep hope in spite of dark times.
In the events that happened during the holocaust were very graphic and very displeasing to lots of families. One of those families were Anne Frank’s family. In the research paper you are going to see what it was like for Anne Frank’s family. The general information, when and where they were hiding, and how they all died during the holocaust, will all be stated in the paper.
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl was a very distressing yet amazingly written book. Who would have thought that such a little person could have such a huge effect on the world? Anne?s father lived for many years after the war and made sure that Anne?s diary was published. Her diary was published in 1947 and was then made into a film. This diary helps people remember what Jews had to go through and hopefully reminds them of how lucky they are. By remembering, it is hoped that something like this will never happen again. This book was intriguing while incorporating many life lessons. Discrimination, unfair judgment, and racism are only a few of the many lessons that this book has to offer. With that, after reading this book, we have learned to not take the things we have for granted because in a matter of seconds, days, months, or even years, it could all be gone. As Anne said in her diary, ?In spite of everything, I still believe, people are truly good at heart?.
Anne believes that “Paper is more patient with people” and expresses her longing for a confidant to which she may share her deepest desires. Moreover, she also confides a typical girl’s affections for girl friends and boy crushes. Contrary to the light and amusing tone of the first few entries of Anne Frank, her revelation of her family background uncovers sneak-peeks to the Jewish life in the Second World War, including the restrictive laws implemented by Nazis against the particular group of people. Prior to Anne’s first diary entry, the Franks, namely Otto, Edith, and their children, Anne and Margot, had emigrated to Holland from Germany to escape Hitler’s propaganda of Anti-Semitism; however, soon, they realize that they had not been liberated yet from the claws of discrimination when Anne’s elder sister, Margot, was summoned by the S.S., the elite Nazi guards, for a call-up, implying that she would be sent to a concentration