...that hides in the annex along with the Franks and who had worked with Otto Frank in Amsterdam. He shows his talent as an herbal specialist when the family receives a large amount of meat. According to Anne, he is intelligent, opinionated, pragmatic, and somewhat egotistical. Anne considers him to be an insufferable know-it-all, though she reserves the majority of her ire for his wife. Mr. van Daan is temperamental, speaks his mind openly, and is not afraid to cause friction, especially with his wife, with whom he fights frequently and openly. Mrs. van Daan - Mrs. van Daan is one person that Anne can’t stand. She’s belligerent and selfish, always instigates fights, and rarely helpful. She is a fatalist and can be petty, egotistical, flirtatious, stingy, and disagreeable. Mrs. van Daan frequently complains about the family’s situation—criticism that Anne does not admire or respect.Her character does not seem to change over time. She is jealous of Anne’s relationship with her son, wanting Peter to confide in her rather than in Anne. However, Mrs. van Daan does have a few strong points. She occasionally can be reasonable and backs down from fights, is generally neat and tidy, and is often easier for Anne to approach than her own mother. Peter van Daan - Through Anne’s eyes at the beginning of her diary, Peter is lazy and has a weak character. He’s also shy and extremely awkward. But a year and a half after they’ve been in hiding, Anne suddenly starts to notice that Peter...
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...How people react to conflict shows how they really are, their deeper personality. When people show certain traits while going through conflict it can depict if they are more of a leader, or if they are too scared easily. In two books, the hint of conflict brings out the characters personality for the reader that almost helps the reader understand who they are. In the Diary of Anne Frank, she goes through the conflict of her family having to be in hiding during the Nazi invasions. During these times she writes in her diary about what she does. She tries to lighten up the mood in where they hide, keeping a happy personality on her at all times even though she is going through a very rough time. Since she is trying to make everyone in the...
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...someone who carries the same persona as Mr. Frank. In the play "The Diary of Anne Frank" we are introduced to several main characters, two of whom I chose as my least favorite and favorite character. These characters include Mr. Frank and his daughter Anne Frank. Initially, as we read through the lines of each main character the reader can visualize that both characters greatly differ in personality. On one hand, Anne Frank is a disrespectful person who has an annoying personality; whereas, Mr. Frank is very caring, respectful and considerate even with the living conditions that he underwent. Thus, all things considering, Mr. Frank...
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...up to eight people in a secret annex. They were under pressure and scared to be taken by the Nazis. They started out in the hiding for a few months and then that turned into years. As the time passed the historical events that occured changed the moods of the characters and changed the characters themselves. Soon as the Jewish rights began changing slowly for Anne and her family they knew the Nazis were looking for the Jewish. They used to live like normal people until they found out and went into hiding. According to Mrs.Frank, “The invasion has come!” “We’re going to be liberated!” (Hackett ,180) What's happening is Mr.Frank and them are scared that they are going to be taken which makes them all apologize for everything while they can. “We’ve all done things we’re ashamed of.” (Hackett , 181) This shows the characters change because Mr.Frank and everyone else start to apologize. Now that they know the invasion is coming they are scared. Before the invasion came they were somewhat...
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...As time past many historical events that occurred outside the annex influenced the moods and relationship of the characters. It changed them in more than one way,how they think, how they act, how they feel. Their lives were shaped a completely different way due to the wrath of Adolf Hitler's rule. And his massive plan to generate the aryan race and completely take over. As the characters thrived throughout the experience of being secluded changed the personality of the characters. As Anne Frank went through the secret annex her personality changed completely. As in paragraph 83 scene 2 it shows her personality as very enthusiastic and caring. “A darling little cat. But they made me leave her behind.i left some food and a note for the neighbors to take care of her.” but as she goes on she gets more gloomy and depressed. “I'd like to go back to it for a few days, or a week. But i know i'd be bored to death.”...
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...There are not a lot of people that I could live with in such a small place as the Secret Annex. In the play The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, we learn about Anne Frank and the people she was in hiding with such as Mrs. Van Daan. I find Mrs. Van Daan hopeless and theatrical. Anne Frank was a positive and optimistic teen. My favorite character in the play is Anne, while Mrs. Van Daan is my least favorite. I chose Mrs. Van Daan as my least favorite character because she was overly dramatic. She is hard to take when she was so dramatic about things and I would find it very hard to live with her. When no one had heard from Miep in three days, everyone was sitting around worried that something had happened. Mrs. Van...
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...I recently watched a movie, and read a play about Anne Frank. In the beginning, Anne, and her family moved into a Secret Annex. The Secret Annex was a place for their family to hide from the Nazis, because they were Jews. Anne was introduced as a spoiled thirteen year old who got what she wanted. By the middle, the Van Daan family joins the Frank family in hiding. Also, a character named Mr. Dussel moved into the Secret Annex. At the end, the Secret Annex was found after two years of hiding, and everyone had to quickly pack up a bag, and they were all sent to concentration camps. The movie version of Anne Frank was a lot more impactful than the play version. Although both versions, teach a lot about Anne Frank the movie was easier to understand....
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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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...Anne Frank and her diary have become an international wonder; people feel like they truly know the eight Annex members. I have the tragic luck being able to say I knew all of them so well. The van Pels parents always stood out to me when I visited the Annex. They were so ill-natured and could easily stop a crowd. In this case, Mr. Hermann van Pels was the vulgar personality I wanted to try to show more of. Hermann wasn’t brought up much in Anne's diary. Unless, of course, when he was fighting with his wife or trying to appease her. He said, “Are you suggesting that my wife is wrong?!” when discussing who would cut cake. He also had consuming arguments with her over the littlest details. After one particularly disgusting argument, Hermann...
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...BOOK REPORT Title : The Diary of a Young Girl Author: Anne Frank * Annelies "Anne" Marie Frank (12 June 1929 – early March 1945) was one of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Her diary has been the basis for several plays and films. Born in the city of Frankfurt am Main in Weimar Germany, she lived most of her life in or near Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. Born a German national, Frank lost her citizenship in 1941 when Nazi Germany passed the anti-Semitic Nuremberg Laws. She gained international fame posthumously after her diary was published. It documents her experiences hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II. The Frank family moved from Germany to Amsterdam in 1933, the year the Nazis gained control over Germany. By the beginning of 1940, they were trapped in Amsterdam by the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. As persecutions of the Jewish population increased in July 1942, the family went into hiding in the hidden rooms of Anne's father, Otto Frank's, office building. After two years, the group was betrayed and transported to concentration camps. Anne Frank and her sister, Margot, were eventually transferred to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where they both died of typhus in March 1945. Otto Frank, the only survivor of the family, returned to Amsterdam after the war to find that Anne's diary had been saved, and his efforts led to its publication in 1947. It was translated from its original Dutch and first...
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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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...The Diary of Anne Frank Would you family have the strength to sacrifice everything to stay together? The Frank family did. On July 5,1942 Margot Frank, a shy, sixteen year old was ordered to report to a work camp in Germany. To keep his family united Otto Frank decided to go into hiding in a secret annex located in Amsterdam, Holland with his wife Edith and his two daughters Margot and Anne. The Franks were later joined by the Van Daan Family, which included Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan and their son Peter. Then, Mr. Jan Dussel was the last person to live in the secret annex. These eight people had to live together for more than two years. They had become one big family. The main character Anne, an out-going, loud, sociable, thirteen year old found support to get through the two long years from her father, her older sister Margot, and Peter Van Daan. A father and his daughter have a relationship that nobody and nothing can break. A father and daughter relationship is made up of love, respect, and trust. These three words are the key attributes that make Anne and her father’s relationship so special and unbreakable. Many scenes in the play led to conclude that one of the reasons Anne had the strength to keep a positive attitude and never lose hope during the two years in hiding is because of her father. In Act 1 Scene 2 Anne received a special present from her father. Something that she had always longed for, a diary. This diary was extra special to her because it was given to...
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...Courage is a word to describe a brave person, and can also describe Anne Frank perfectly. Today, in our generation, many people live negative lives, but Anne Frank was not one of those people. Anne Frank was a Jewish teenager at the times of the Holocaust, and although she was sent to a concentration camp at the age of 15, she was exceedingly positive and always tried to find the best in everyone. Prior to, Anne, her friends and family needed to stay in a crunched, secluded annex in an attempt not to be caught. Their lives were quite difficult, and they were required to be as silent as possible in their hiding spot during many hours of the day. To make it all better, no one could use the bathroom in a certain time period. Her character could...
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...The Diary of Anne Frank written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett is a play that showed anger in a very relevant way. Anger is a very important universal theme that is showcased in much of any scenario. For one to cooperate with others during tough times, anger must exist. To commence, Mrs.Van Daan, mother of Peter, showed anger when Anne had spilled milk on her precious fur coat. The anger shown towards Anne came through a lot this scene all because of the milk spill. “Now look at what you’ve done… you clumsy little fool! My beautiful fur coat my father gave me…”(Goodrich and Hackett 721). This outraged statement made by Mrs.Van Daan showed how angry the Van Daans got in the closed confinement over the smallest things. After this occurred the relationship between Anne and Mrs.Van Daan improved greatly. This overall proves the theme that anger is essential during gr ueling times....
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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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