...In the story, The Diary of a Young Girl: Anne Frank, Anne compares the eight occupants of the “Secret Annex,” to a piece of little blue heaven. I feel that Anne is referring to the black rain clouds around them are the Nazi’s coming closer to finding them. Anne notices the fighting in the streets and how Nazi’s are taking away people every day which worries her more. She starts have nightmares of what might happen, and how she might be taken away from her family. I feel that Anne compares the families to the little blue heaven because she feels safer with them in the annex, and their “...circle which separates us from the approaching danger closes more and more tightly,” (Frank 115) shows how they come closer and closer to being found each day. Anne becomes more and more afraid that they will be caught. Anne goes into a deep state of depression because she feels there is not a living person she can talk to about her problems. She has nightmares of being shipped off away from her family, or of the “Secret Annex” being on fire. Anne tries hard to occupy herself with books and education, but it won’t help her to have her fears go away....
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...one of the greatest true perseverance stories of all time? The Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank, is an amazing and oddly enough, beautiful journal. As young as Anne is she writes a descriptive, and a little bit sarcastic, log of her day to day events. On her thirteenth birthday, she receives a diary from her parents. Even though she has a pretty good social life, she feels misunderstood by everyone around her. Within a month of Anne starting to write her journal, her entire life changes. Anne and her family have a plan to move into a secret annex. Hidden behind a bookshelf in her father’s business, to attempt to outlast World War 2 and Hitler's rath. In the diary the main theme is to be hopeful and optimistic even if times seem incredibly tough. This quote proves this theme. “Be brave!...
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...possibly considered to be “too adult” in nature for children to understand, even if they were written with the audience of a child in mind. There is one book that comes to mind that provides an in-depth education to what life is like from the eyes of a child, being told that she’s too young to understand some events and discussions, in spite of living through them on a daily basis. That book is Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl is a partial biography of Anne Frank who had received the gift of a diary for her 13th birthday in 1942 (Frank, 1967). The pages in the diary are written in a two year period, beginning on June 14, 1942 and ending with the last entry of August 1, 1944. Anne was a Jewish girl living in Amsterdam Holland whose life, along with her family and most of her friends, was turned upside down simply for being Jewish. Yet, when one reads her diary, it is clear that we could almost be reading the diary of any 13-15 year old girl when the circumstances of war are ignored. For the most part, Anne is a typical 13 year old girl when she starts writing in her journal. As Frank (1967) stated “It’s an odd idea for someone like me to keep a diary; not only because I have never done so before, but because it seems to me that neither...
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...Directly following the Bible; Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl is one of the best-selling nonfiction books throughout the world. With over thirty-one million copies sold, the diary has been translated into sixty-seven different languages making Anne Frank a symbol of the six-million Jews killed throughout the Holocaust (Langer). The engaging story of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl contains well-written passages filled with articulate and vivid descriptions of life in the Secret Annex, written by, Anne Frank. While Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl contains few controversial elements; it is an enduring classic that portrays a young girl’s response to her changing life, relationships, mind and body, during the extreme circumstances that constantly surround the world around her. The Diary of a Young Girl begins while following the life of a typical teenage girl, who receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday. Like most teenage girls, it seems Anne’s life is solely surrounded with gossip about boys, friends, and school. However, it is in an early entry, where Anne reveals her desire of a true friend to have conversations of value and to be her trusted confident. After the Germans invaded the Netherlands in 1940, the Franks were forced into hiding. The family moved into a small building above Mr. Frank’s office known as the Secret Annex. For the next two years, the Frank family, the Van Daan family and Mr. Dussel all lived in the Secret Annex while being cut...
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...In a coming of age novel, the main protagonist goes through experiences, events, and realizations that puts them into an adult mindset. The framing of historical events to fit a coming of age novel are the perfect way to discuss a difficult event and show how people throughout the time had to grow. The Diary of Anne Frank is a coming of age novel that describe a young girls experience throughout the holocaust and how she overcame great difficulties. Throughout The Diary of Anne Frank, the loss of innocence is expressed through the difficulties she went through during her adolescents. The novel starts with Anne receiving her diary on her birthday in 1942. As the novel continues, young Anne is forced to follow the new rules put in place for...
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...important, there is one person who deserves their own holiday just as much. That person is Anne Frank. She is an extremely inspiring and influential individual who has moved millions of people all around the world. Anne was not only in hiding for two years but she believed people were still good and because of that, is an inspiration to people all over the world. As you will see, she was such an important and inspiring girl to so many people world wide, she needs a holiday to celebrate her hope and optimism. The first reason she deserves a holiday is because of her extreme situation during the holocaust. Anne...
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...One cannot fathom the difficulty a young girl would face growing up during a time of war and chaos. In the autobiographies Persepolis and The Dairy of a Young Girl, the reader is shown that both main characters Marjane Satrapi and Anne Frank lived similar yet different lives. Their lives, as told in their autobiographies, consisted of adversity, cultural conflicts, and political issues, while after their novels were published both Anne and Marjane rose to fame. Anne, born on June 12, 1929, in Frankfurt Germany, shares her personal experiences and first-hand encounters during World War II in her novel. Anne along with her upper-middle-class family; which included her mother Edith, father Otto and sister Margot, fled Nazi persecution of Jews and went into hiding for two years. Her...
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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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...because of the way the Jews were treated. The Jews were treated unfairly and their rights were taken away. The Jews could only go to places they were wanted, for example, Jews were only allowed to go to Jewish shops (Anne Frank The Diary of a Young Girl page 214). The Jews were segregated from everyone else. The Jews were only allowed at Jewish schools (Anne Frank The Diary of a Young Girl page 214). The Jews had to follow rules that the others didn’t and it was talking about how they could not come in contact with christians. My cites support my reasons because they explain how the Jews were treated unfairly, but then things got even worse. Although the Jews were being persecuted their lives still went on in spite of everything that was happening....
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...The Diary of a Young Girl showed that a 13 year old girl can have heroic qualities and furthermore that anyone, with the right personality and attitude can inspire others and be a hero. This young girl’s actions are inspirational to many types of people in different situations in helping them get through their troubles. Furthermore, her writing is effective in positively affecting people to be able to handle the trials in their life. This young girl was Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank. Anne Frank endured hiding out through the holocaust while remaining positive, patient, courageous and full of spirit. Anne Frank was an average teenage girl whose thoughts and actions proved her to be heroic and inspirational. She was a German Jewish girl born in 1929 who suffered through the Holocaust. During the Holocaust, there was a Jewish genocide where approximately 6 million Jews died at the hands of Nazi Germany. These Jews were not only killed, but abused and tortured as well. Nazi’s were taking Jewish people from their homes and sending them to concentration camps full of horrors. To prevent going through this, Anne and her family went into hiding in...
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...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) arrived at the Secret Annex...
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...am here to tell you about a young girl who lived through one of the most tragic events known to mankind, and who’s legacy is still talked about to this day. I would like to start off with a quote “I don’t think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains. My advice is: go outside, to the fields, enjoy nature and the sunshine. Think of all the beauty 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...
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...Anne Frank is one of the most important people in our world’s history because of her life before she went to concentration camps, her time she spent imprisoned at the camps, and her diary and legacy. Annelies Marie Frank was born on June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany to her parents Otto and Edith Frank (Source #3). When World War II broke out, she and her family moved to the Netherlands to escape the it (Source #2). In school, she was a good student who loved to read and had a dream of becoming a writer one day (Source #2). One day Anne' sister, Margot, received a deportation notice. Otto Frank was not letting his daughter go, so the Franks immediately went into hiding. They’re hiding place was a secret room in the attic of Otto Frank’s business building, the door was a moving bookshelf. They called it “The Secret Annex” (Source #3). About a week after the Franks went into hiding, the Van Pels joined them. They were a family of three, Hermann, Auguste, and Peter (Source #2 & 4). Soon after the Van Pels moved into The Secret Annex, Fritz Pfeffer also joined them. Pfeffer and Anne shared a room and Margot joined her parents in their room (Source #2 & 4). While the Franks were hidden in The Secret Annex, they...
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...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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...Merveille Priscila THE LIFE AND TIME OF ANNE FRANK. Thesis: this research will explore the life of Anne Frank, the Jewish girl who managed to find hope and goodness in the midst of one of the saddest moments in the history. The holocaust was a terrible event in the history of the world. Millions of stories of sadness came from World War II, however, brings a message of goodness, the story that came from the pages of a diary belonging to a young Jewish girl, Anne Frank. The diary of Anne Frank has been read by millions of people around the world, since the end of World War II. Most Americans read the play that was made from Anne’s diary while they are in school. Aside from her diary and the play that was written, one might wonder who was Anne Frank? This research paper will explore the life of Anne Frank, the Jewish girl who managed to find hope and goodness in the midst of the saddest moments in history. Anne’s Birth and Childhood. Annelies Marie Frank was born in Frankfort, Germany on June 12, 1929. Her parents were Otto and Edith Frank and she had an older sister named Margot Frank. The Frank family was Jewish. For many years, Jewish people lived in Germany without any problems, but when Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party were elected in 1933. Life became difficult for German Jews. Because of the trouble with the Nazis, Otto Frank moved to Amsterdam in 1933 to set up a new company with some friends there. Anne lived with her grandparents for a while...
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