Anne Frank Book Vs Movie

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Our class recently read the play and watched the movie on The Diary of Anne Frank. In the beginning, Anne Frank and her family along with her families friends go into secret hiding from the holocaust. By the middle it’s clear that living in a confined space in secrecy is very difficult. At the end, the Nazi’s find the secret annex and Anne and and all of the characters die in concentration camps except her dad. Mr. Frank publishes the diary that Anne had written in the 2 years they spent hiding. Many variations have been reproduced based on her diary. After watching the movie and reading the play, I believe that the movie was more impactful than the play. There are many similarities and differences between the play and the movie. One similarity …show more content…

One difference between the play and the movie are the characteristics of Anne. The play explains her as a normal young teenager, lacking a little self confidence in her physical appeal. The movie however, shows her as a very popular girl who is occasionally rather full of herself. Another example of a difference between the play and the movie is the way that Mrs. Frank acts. In the play, she seems like a normal mother (besides her relationship with Anne). In the movie on the other hand, Mrs. Frank is shown as losing her mind a little bit and emotionally going crazy because of the conditions. This may have been eliminated from the play because it was probably hard to word and describe the way Mrs. Frank acted. Finally, one last difference between the play and the movie and possibly the most significant one is burglar scene. In the movie, Peter is downstairs and forgets to close the door to the offices. Once the burglar gets into the building, Peter and Mr. Frank go down to see if he left. They retreated when they heard the burglar though, and hid in silence. The play describes it very differently. In this version, they are hiding when Peter breaks a lamp and it crashes onto the floor. This probably was heard by the burglar and could have cost them their lives. I don't quite know why the play and the movie differ so much but my best guess is because

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