Nadine Schabert
Mrs. Hearron
English
12/13/16
The Relationships in the Secret Annex Consider being confined to a crammed living space for over two years. Imagine the experience you would endure. While hiding in the Secret Annex, eight people suffered together for more than two years. Everyone plays a different role in the Annex; some take charge, chores, cooks, and cleans, but each person brings a variety of skills to the table. They all depend on one another. Their relationships continued to grow till the day they left the Secret Annex. Tensions quickly arise as time goes on amongst the eight people who live in fear of being discovered. Otto Frank decided to ask Miep Gies, a well trusted friend and business partner if he would contribute
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Miep describes Fritz as “fair minded, friendly, charming, handsome, and always finds comfort in faith” (Beyond the Diary). Anne shares a room with Fritz, which causes immense tensions between the two. At first she finds him funny, thoughtful, and loved hearing his stories; although her feelings quickly change. “Now he shows himself in his true colors; a stodgy, old fashioned disciplinarian and preacher of long drown out sermons on manners . . . to share my bedroom a small one with his lordship” (Beyond the diary). Anne discusses how he makes her feel during the time they shared a room together. Anne is constantly complaining about Fritz in her diary and to her sister Margot. However, towards the end of their time together, they made peace with one …show more content…
“. . . but we had not considered how many difficulties would arise due to the combination of characters and opinions” (Stichting). He though it would be easy living in the Annex, but with everyone’s emotions, feelings, and opinions it reveals to be not so easy. Anne adores her father, she looks up to him, and they have a very special relationship. She still heavily relies on him, since they had a good relationship before the Annex, they got along with each other and knew how to handle their emotions towards each other. “I still haven’t got over my fear of everything related to shooting and planes and I creep into daddy’s bed nearly every night for comfort” (Beyond the Diary). Even after being in a confined space, Anne still relies on her dad for comfort and love, but like everyone else, this eventually fades away. As Anne grows older she begins to distance herself from him. When Anne confesses her feelings towards Peter, her father does not approve, but Anne does not listen to him. That shows no matter how close you are with someone, under certain circumstances your relationship will slowly
Many of them had the same goal of protecting the Jews, but had different methods to do so. The helpers, Miep and Kraler from“The Diary of Anne Frank” shared some similar goals in helping to hide Jews as other helpers during this time did. Mr. Kraler stated, “This is what we call . . . helping all of the hundreds and hundreds who are hiding” (Goodrich and Hackett 285), meaning that his intention was to help with the cause of hiding Jewish people. Similarly, Jeannine Burk from “Survivor Stories” realized that the woman who helped her did the best she could to hide Burk from the Nazis because “if it were not for her, [Burk] would not be here.” Rolf Joseph from Allan Hall’s article acknowledged that helpers’ necks would be put “on the block of the guillotine” if caught helping Jews, describing that the consequences of getting caught helping Jews would be immediate death. In “The Diary of Anne Frank” Mr. Frank mentioned that the helpers, Miep and Mr. Kraler would face the same fate the people living in the Annex would if they were caught. In the end, it was revealed that Anne’s family was sent to different concentration camps, so if Miep and Mr. Kraler were caught, they would be sent with them. The difference between Anne’s helpers and Burk’s helpers was their relationship to the people they were helping. Anne’s father knew Miep and Mr. Kraler personally, while Burk didn’t “know who [her helper] was.” Even though both Anne and Burk did not establish relationships with their helpers initially, through the play, Anne eventually got to know Miep. Burk, on the other hand, did not “have a clue” about her
On an early morning in July of 1942, the Van Daans and Franks meet up for the first time at the annex. All of them are covered in layers of clothing to carry as much to their new home as possible. They are all introduced to each other. Living in the secret annex is Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan, Peter Van Daan, Mr. and Mrs. Frank, Margot, and Anne Frank. Mr. Van Daan is a selfish, greedy man. Mrs. Van Daan likes the finer things, thinks pretty highly of herself and adores her husband. Peter is shy, quiet, and just truly doesn’t say much. Mr. Frank is a kind, caring, leading man. Mrs. Frank is motherly, caring, and sweet. Margo does as others say and tries to keep a low-key profile. Anne is wild and unique. She doesn’t let others push her around, and she is very independent. Everyone in the annex is very different.
Occurring in 1942, the Germans believe they have built an ‘escape proof’ camp in which they plan to house their most troublemaking prisoners. What they do not realize, is that they have put all of their greatest masterminds in one place and allowed them to speak to one another. If unable to escape, the prisoners believe it is their job to make the German officials pay as much attention to their confinement as possible and away from other military expenditures. Unlike previous escape plans from the past, Royal Air Force Squadron Leader, Bartlet, plans a massive escape of 250 men through a series of tunnels.
Between Night and The Hiding Place, comradeship, faith, strength, and people of visions are clearly proved to be essential in order to survive in these death camps. Corrie, Elie, and other victims of these harsh brutalities who did survive had a rare quality that six million others unfortunately did not.
Wisps of burnt-out curtains drape over shattered window frames, fluttering helplessly like a bird with injured wings. Pieces of wood collapse snapping once they hit the ground. Smoke swirls around in the wind. No sound can be heard except for the occasional sobs escaping the chapped lips of people visiting what is left of their homes. The once busy city of Amsterdam is now nothing but a city of forgotten souls. In 1942, the Franks and the Van Daans moved into a warehouse located in Amsterdam to escape the perilous world outside, where the Holocaust was taking place. Jews like the Franks and the Van Daans had their rights taken away from them. The Gestapo, the police working for the Nazis, rounded up people to be sent to concentration camps, where people worked to death. Margot Frank was one of them. Many Jews had to leave the country to escape, while the two families, and later on a man named Dussel, lived on the top floor of the warehouse called the Secret Annex. Living in such a small space and having sparse food with so many people was not easy. On weekdays, not a noise was to be made otherwise the workmen below would hear them. Food and other items had to be brought in by Miep and Mr. Kraler, who risked their lives to help the members of the Secret Annex. To keep herself company, Anne Frank wrote in her diary almost every day. Later on, her diary was published, and two authors decided that they would write a play based on the published diary, named The Diary of Anne Frank. Goodrich and Hackett created memorable characters in their play. Among these people, Otto Frank stood out, who emerged as a good leader because he put himself before others, made rough decisions when problems rose, and stayed positive and optimistic even dur...
This extract emphasises the lonely, outworld feeling that would have been felt living in such settings. This puts into perspective the feeling that will be felt during the coarse of the plot development.
The documentary, “Dear Kitty” revolves around Miep Gies, and her recollection of helping Anne Frank and her family go into hiding. Miep, was a dutch citizen who was hired by Anne’s father, Otto Frank. In the summer of 1942, Mr. Frank had initially hired Miep to be the secretary of the business he managed, but with the Nazis ceasing all the Jews from Holland, he would soon need her help with hiding his family. Miep, along with the other four staff members, agreed to help. The Frank family hid in an attic above the business where both Miep and Mr Frank worked at. Miep and the rest of the workers acted normal during regular work hours so they would not look suspicious. Unfortunately, Anne and her family, besides her father, were found and taken
Mrs.Johansen is Annemarie’s mother, she is a very strong, determined, and smart woman “Friends will take care of them. thats what friends do. ”she helps the roses by hiding ellen and pretending that she is their daughter. Mr. Johansen is Annemarie’s father, he is the same as her mother but more courageous and brave. ” we don’t know where the germans are taking the jews and we dont know what that means we only know that its is wrong, and it dangerous and we must help”.
I'm sure that she had the Nazis in mind when writing it, along with her experiences with certain people she was living with. Her relationship with Peter over the years was an indication of her feelings in the quote. She despised Peter when first getting to know him, but as time progressed she began to appreciate him. In the beginning of the play, Anne bellowed at Peter, "You are the most intolerable, insufferable boy I've ever met!" on page 295 of The Diary of Anne Frank." Leading up to her frustration portrayed in this quote, Peter had been calling Anne "Mrs. Quack Quack" and would repeatedly quack at her to annoy her. Her feelings towards Peter showed the same meaning as the statement in her diary. "In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart." Early in the hiding period, she thought Peter was just another annoying teenage boy. He was always making rude comments and jokes, furthermore just being a pesky roommate. As time passed the two of them had grown older and became used to each other. Anne was beginning to realise that maybe Peter wasn't as bad as she had thought before. One scene in the play hinted that Anne may actually have feeling for Peter. In the play based off Anne's diary, she confesses, "I must be honest, I must confess that I actually live for the next meeting. Is there anything lovelier than to sit under the
In the beginning of the story, two characters, Miep and Mr. Kraler, showed how they were very good at heart. Both of them helped all the families in the annex and were loyal and unselfish. Miep and Mr. Kraler tried their best to help the families live and survive the war. They brought them food, news, supplies, and kept them secret and safe throughout the story. They also kept Mr. Frank’s store running. “ Miep or I, or both of us, will be up each day to bring you food and news and find out what our needs are.” This piece of evidence explains how they helped the Franks, Van Daans, and Mr. Dussel. Miep and Mr. Kraler were good at heart because they took others needs before theirs and risked their
In Night, he informs his reader of many examples on how a myriad of good people turn into brutes. They see horrific actions, therefore, they cannot help by becoming a brute. They experience their innocent family members being burned alive, innocent people dieing from starvation due to a minuscule proportion of food, and innocent people going to take a shower and not coming out because truly, it is a gas chamber and all f...
and Mrs. Frank’s different personalities, it results in different actions and relations with other characters in the Annex. An example would be shown through how their relationship with their daughter, Anne. Throughout the play it is clearly revealed that Anne favors her father over her mother, pushing all aid and comfort of her mother aside. For instance, in scene four of Act One, Anne has a horrid nightmare and wakes the whole Annex. When her mother attempted to console her, the text states, “ I’d rather not talk about… You don’t have to. Will you please ask Father to come?” (Anne 360) Anne persistently rejects her mother and shuts her out. Though her relationship with her father is completely different. In the text it said, “I run to you like a baby… I love you, Father. I don’t love anyone but you.” (Anne 361) Anne is surely exaggerating her emotions about only loving her father, and feels an urge to rebel against her
“Then suddenly Peter grabs her awkwardly in his arms, kissing her on the cheek.” Anne Frank and Peter Van Daan mature as the play The Diary of Anne Frank documents their lives from when they go into hiding to their deaths. Anne (ages 13-15) and Peter (ages 15-18) both experience many changes, physically. mentally, and spiritually, as they grow closer to each other. On this topic Anne says, “There is one great change, however. A change in myself.” (Act II, Scene I, Page 600)
There are many examples where there have been disagreements in this play. To start off, the home lives have shown the siblings’ rivalry. The conflicts between adults, marriage problems, and “favoritism” between parents and children have proved that there have been problems at home for an immense part of history. This play also shows greediness for many adults today. There are many assumptions that the only problems of this depressing time period is where people only worried about Nazis. Falsely understood, there was much more to worry about; such as money, food, safe places, families, and health. The Diary of Anne Frank has shown many home lives relatively
...an only find true happiness in marriage with someone who shares similar manners and treasure people’s qualities over their look and status. This is when Anne’s sensibility allows her to disregard her family’s persuasion and become determined to fulfill her love with Wentworth.