...Have you ever wondered about how hard and miserable Anne Frank’s life was since she only lived up to a 16 year old girl? Did you ever think about her childhood? Was her life the same as it was in the Annex? How Anne almost lived her dreadful life in the concentration camp? Anne Frank was a strong and determined girl. Who changed mankind’s point of view through her diary. Anne Frank was born June 12, 1929. According to the book, “Anne Frank the Diary of a Young Girl” was the second daughter of Otto Frank and Edith Frank-Holländer. She had a sister named Margot who was three years old at the time of her birth. Anne was a German Jewish teenager who was forced to go hide in a secret Annex during the Holocaust. “Her family and two other families, spent over two years, during World War II, hiding in an Annex of rooms which was above her father’s office in Amsterdam”, as written in the article ”Who is Anne?”(1). Since her diary was first published in 1947, Anne’s diary has become one of the most powerful memories of the Holocaust. Its message of courage and hope in the face of adversity has reached millions. Anne Frank’s story is especially meaning full to young people today (Thomas). As written in her diary Anne Frank’s life was difficult because Anne was always tempted to walk outside in the sunlight instead of being in an Annex all day. On July 13, 1942 (seven days after the Franks arrived in the Annex), the Van Pels family (called the Van Daans in Anne's published diary)...
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...Otto Frank returns to a secret hiding place in which he and his family have lived during the first part of the Holocaust in Amsterdam. His friend, Miep Gies, has saved a diary that his daughter Anne kept during that time. Otto begins reading the diary aloud, and the play follows Anne's thoughts and actions, as well as those of the others hiding in the Secret Annex. In the play, you can see their daily struggles such as their fear of existence and fear of the Nazis. Throughout the play, you can tell how the struggles their family went through made them closer. They all hope that they can make it out alive but they know that their chances of survival are very slim. Even though they are afraid that they will burn to death or be brutally slaughtered...
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...Annelies Marie Frank, author of The Diary of a Young Girl, focuses mainly on the idea of loneliness of adolescence. This book was originally written as a diary then later published by Frank’s father, Otto Frank, to fulfill his daughter’s wish after she passed away. Because this book was written in first person point of view and falls under the non-fiction category, I believe that the strongest things about this book is that it is able to leave an impact to the society as well as a dark past that the youth should educate themselves on. Other than that, I was able to connect to the writer’s story, as it felt very realistic never minding the fact that it is indeed a relic of history. Written by Anne Frank, this book tells a story of self-discovery, isolation, survival, suffering, and death during the World...
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...Anne Frank was a Jewish teenager who was forced into hiding at age thirteen during the Holocaust. She hid in a secret annex located behind Anne’s father’s office. She lived in the annex for about two years with her immediate family along with four others. During this time she wrote in her diary about her thought and experiences. The annex was mentally and physically detrimental due to the lack of nutrition, bad living conditions, and constant exposure to tension. The Diary of a Young Girl is the translated version of Anne Frank’s diary. It gives insight of what life was like through the eyes of a mature teenager. In her diary, Anne has a list of rules and conditions of the annex in which she is staying in. She called it the “Prospectus and...
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...In The Diary of Anne Frank, Anne explains how she wants to live even after she dies. She wants to share her personal stories about the war and how she got through it. The Diary Anne wrote has been published all over the world, and I think that her whole life and her family's life in the diary would be different if Anne and her family would have all survived. Anne Frank has indeed lived after her death. The story was published and millions of copies were distributed so everyone knew how Anne lived her life in hard times. Even though, Anne died in a concentration camp very weak, she will be remembered as strong for enduring the Germans and staying with Margot until she died. When the play was shown in Germany many people came to watch it. They...
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...Where you can not make sound during the day, or you risk getting caught. Well that is what life was like for 8 jews hiding in the Secret Annex hiding from the Nazis. The members of the Annex were the Franks, the Van Daans, Mr.Dussel, and also Mr. Kraler and Miep are two people who worked with Mr. Frank who risked their lives to help them while they were in hiding. Anne is the daughter of Mrs. and Mr. Frank. Anne shows courage by being bright, even when her relationship with the others were lacking in support, and could not do what she longed to do. Anne’s relationship with everyone in the Annex differed from each other. Anne’s relationship with her mother was not the best. Anne believed that her mother did not understand her. Her mother did not like the way Anne acted while they were in the Annex. Anne wrote down in her diary that she did...
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...Each page of a “Diary of a Young girl,” consists of Anne Frank’s resilience. Her bravery has been known throughout the world for over 70 years. The three crucial ways Anne was resilient during times of desperate measures was she was very flexible from day one, she had perseverance to overcome her challenges and she used creativity to produce inspiring thinking. Anne Frank was a jewish girl who wrote a diary documenting her life while she was hiding in the secret annex. She is the most well known victim from the Holocaust because of her diary. From 1942-1944 Anne and her family spent their days hiding in the attic of the building her father worked in, until they were betrayed in August 1944. Although she did not survive the Holocaust, the mark...
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...relationships between dramatist . Anne Frank is known as the girl who wrote the most famous diary of the century during World War II and she was the was most affected out of all the people living in the annex. Right after Anne’s thirteenth birthday they immediately went into hiding, but once they hid they never came out the same. When Mr. Dussel was first introduced to the annex, he told everyone what was happening outside, that hundreds of Jews were being exiled every day just like the Native Americans walking the trail of tears. This is when it all started with Anne. Firstly Anne had horrid nights in the annex, her dreams were turning into nightmares. At first she didn't know what was going on and why they moved into the annex....
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...Anne Frank was the most influential person of the 20th century because of the way she explained what was going on of World War II. Her diary explained how Jew’s was going through a horrible experience. Anne Frank influenced people learning how discrimination was affected during the 1940’s. Anne Frank gave people by giving a little knowledge about her life was, emotional impact, history how Nazis treated the Jew’s, her showing her bravery, and Anne Frank helped the world understand that 6 million Jews was killed in the Holocaust. By Anne famous diary, Anne Frank helped the world understand that 6 million Jews was killed in the Holocaust. Since the persecution of Jew’s in the Netherlands was extremely similar to the early persecution of Jew’s in Germany, the Franks could foresee that just like it had for the Jew’s in Germany. Anne Frank gave people by giving a little knowledge about her life emotion impact. Anne and her family lived in the secret Annex for three years with 8 people; 1994 all 8 people had been arrested sent to Auschwitz and was all split up. Anne was 13 years old when she and her family went in hiding. That did not stop her from being who she was very strong and brave. She also influenced people about Nazis conquering. She helped teach people that the Holocaust died in that camp, it was a horrible thing. Without her diary the world would never know the intensity of the pain and suffering abused during this time. Anne Frank was born in 1929...
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...that’s still left in an around you and be happy.” This quote is by Anne Frank, a girl of Jewish descent who experienced first hand the harsh realities of the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a catastrophic event that shook the entire world, as Adolf Hitler demanded the execution of several million European Jews. Hitler deemed the Jews as those of an inferior race who served as a threat to purity of the German community according to history.com. On biography.com it indicated that Anne’s real name was Annelies Marie Frank. It also stated that she was born on June 12, 1929. She was born in Frankfurt, Germany but as anti-semitic pressures increased in their home country they moved to the Netherlands. Anne lived with her two parents and her sister, Margot, in Amsterdam in the time leading up to Nazi Occupation preceding WWII. During World War II, Anne Frank and her family went into hiding along with another family when she was thirteen as to avoid persecution by the Nazis. They remained in hiding for two years, during which Anne documented her thoughts and feelings into a red-checkered diary that she received for her 13th birthday. This diary became the famous work we know today as The Diary of Anne Frank. The Frank family’s hiding place was discovered when she was fifteen and her entire family was shipped to the Auschwitz death camp. Her family was then separated and sent to different concentration camps. Anne...
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...Anne frank was a Jewish girl who went into hiding for two years, in fear of being sent away to a camp, or suffer a slow, painful death in a gas chamber during the Holocaust. Was she captured or kept hidden away? This is her first person experience of the Holocaust based on her diary “The diary of Anne Frank “. Anne Frank was a young, adventurous, and religious girl born on June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany. She was mischievous and curious. But soon Germany became a dangerous place for Jews, and , Margot, Annes sister, received a deportation letter and her family figured out that if they hide in Otto’s(Anne’s dad) annex behind his office workplace, they can stay alive and together for a few more years. Thusly, on her 13th birthday, Anne...
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...What would it be like to be kept hidden and protected from a war zone, yet you still know what’s going on outside? Could life on the outside of a safety zone affect how life is on the inside? Anne Frank and the people from the Secret Annex were hidden from the outside world, but they still knew what was happening, and knowing what was going on caused them to change. The Historical Events from the Holocaust shaped the character’s feelings and caused people to do unnormal things in the play of Anne Frank. Character’s Feelings were changed by the historical events that happened during the holocaust. Anne Frank’s feelings of safety were changed by her fear of the Nazis. {Pg. 130- Mr. Dussel brought this information} “You don’t realize...
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...own life. In the Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, a girl named Anne Frank gets a diary and writes about her life during the time of World War 2. She is hiding in this place called the Secret Annex. Along with her parents. Also, another family arrives with them, the Van Daans. Along with their son Peter and their cat Mouschi. During the story, Anne will show a lot of her being positive, but mostly with Peter and his father Otto Frank. Anne remains positive in this environment by wanting to dance with Peter. She remains positive so she can get distracted and not worry about what's going on outside of the Secret Annex. She also acts positively because she is an innocent person. “Peter, where are you going? Come dance with me.” (230). Anne tries to provoke Peter so he can get angry. Also, so Peter can get in trouble and Anne won’t. Anne turns happy after she gets frustrated for a while. In the story, there is a scene when Anne see’s Peter for the first time. Anne gets’s excited because Peter has a cat. Anne is all happy because she had a cat before she went into hiding. But Peter shows Anne a bad attitude because he doesn’t really like Anne....
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...Imagine a war was happening in your city and all you heard were bombs and missiles, this is was the life of a brave 13 year old girl. THE DIARY OF A YOUNG Girl by Anne Frank is a Nonfiction diary which is about a girl named Anne Frank, she tis 13 years old and is hiding from the Nazi’s, who want to take her and her family to the concentration camps which will eventually kill her, but she is was being brave. Anne Frank’s purpose is to document her experience in the annex and what she was doing to stay optimistic. Anne Frank is being brave in the secret annex, where she was hiding to not get found by the Nazie who want to kill her because Hitler wanted “the perfect commentary” and that didn’t include Jewish people, ”Oh, kitty the best part of...
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...Anne throughout her journey in the secret annex has changed in many ways that have shaped her personality and her perspective towards things, that help her become a young woman even at the age of fourteen. When she envisions herself , how she is different from her old self, and how she is different from the image of her mother. Frank quotes “That is all I was-a terrible flirt, coquettish and amusing.”- “I know quite well that the circle around me would be much smaller.”(Frank 178). The author uses these quotes to show that the Anne in 1942, was a girl who had many friends, and one that was amusing. Now she would have fewer friends if she wasn’t in the annex because she has matured. The author shows how different Anne and her mother are by...
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