Examples Of Figurative Language In The Diary Of Anne Frank

Figurative Language was used couple times in The Diary of Anne Frank. Referring back to the diary, conflict was used couple times either person vs. person, self, society, or fate. The Diary of Anne Frank used the conflict person vs. person explaining how a character was against another character. For example, Anne writes, “ (Mr.Frank) I’ve come to say good-bye… I’m leaving here, Miep. (Miep) What do you mean? Where are you going? Where? (Mr. Frank) I don't know yet, I haven’t decided. ( Miep) Mr. Frank, you can’t leave here! This is your home! Amsterdam is your home. Your business is here, waiting for you… You’re needed here… Now that the war is over, there are things that… ( Mr. Frank) I can’t stay in Amsterdam, Miep. It has too many memories for me.

Everywhere there’s something… the house we lived in… the school… that street organ playing out there… I’m not the person you used to know, Miep.

I’m a bitter old man. Forgive me. I shouldn’t speak to you like this… after all that you did for us… the suffering…”(Goodrich and Hackett, page 702). This quote right here is an example of conflict because Mr. Frank wants to leave Amsterdam due to all the bad memories and Miep is trying to convince him to stay because that’s his home and where his business is. Looking back at The Diary of Anne Frank, the diary uses many examples of conflict. The Diary of Anne Frank used the conflict person vs. person once again to show how a character argues with another character. For example, Anne writes, “ (Mr. Frank) … Mrs. Van Daan, you and your husband will be upstairs. I regret that there’s no place up there for Peter. But he will be here, near us. This will be our common room, where we’ll meet to talk and eat and read, like one

family. (Mr. Van Daan) And where will you and Mrs. Frank sleep? ( Mr. Frank ) this is also our bedroom. (Mrs. Van Daan) That isn’t right. We’ll sleep here and you take the room upstairs. ( Mr. Van Daan ) It’s your place. (Mr. Frank) Please. I’ve thought this for weeks. It’s the best arrangement. The only arrangement.” (Goodrich and Hackett, page 707). This quote explains how the two families were so nice that they wanted the best for each other, but Mr. Frank was so congenial that he let Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan sleep upstairs in their own room, he also told them that Peter will sleep with the Frank family because the Van Daan’s room wasn’t that big. The Diary of Anne Frank showed couple examples of the conflict person vs. person, where two characters are arguing either in a good or a bad situation, there are also a lot of other types of conflicts including person vs. person, self, society, and fate.