This paper will examine the speech and dialogue that characterizes the Diary of Anne Frank. The relevance of Frank's descriptive first person narrative, her creative use of language and powerful words generates images that runs the gamut and evokes images ranging from subtle beauty to shades of war. There is a constant reminder in the journal entries of her innocence and a poignant curiosity as she takes flight and expresses all of her hopes, dreams, desires, fears, and uncertainties all from the vantage point of an adolescent teenager. What began as the writings in a journal culminated into a universal phenomenon, spanning the course of more than seven decades and published in over 50 languages. Frank’s diary is a reflection of her …show more content…
She says she is grateful to God for giving her the ability to write and express herself. Anne longs for the day when she and her family will be seen as human beings and not only as Jews. Anne says that God has allowed the Jews to endure affliction but that He will also lift them up again. God has never deserted the Jews, Anne says. In addition, Anne believes any type of religious belief will keep a person morally accountable for their actions. I intend to discuss pertinent aspects of the research used to support Anne’s perspective. Furthermore, this paper will examine language used in the Diary of Ann Frank, as it pertains to Historical Truth. The language used is an example of her strength and maturity for a teenager well beyond her years, and included various linguistic features used to introduce her reader to the sufferings of people as they cope in war and come to terms with the idea of mortality. "...but the minute I was alone I knew I was going to cry my eyes out. I slid to the floor in my nightgown and began by saying my prayers, very fervently. Then I drew my knees to my chest, lay my head on my arms and cried, all huddled up on the bare floor. A loud sob brought me back down to earth..." - April 5, …show more content…
Is the diary a reliable source of objectivity? Is it possible to journal objectively and still remain unbiased? It is true that some of Ann’s most beautiful narratives were penned from her misery. Anne wrote, "Outside, you don't hear a single bird, and a deathly, oppressive silence hangs over the house and clings to me as if it were going to drag me into the deepest regions of the underworld.... I wander from room to room, climb up and down the stairs and feel like a songbird whose wings have been ripped off and who keeps hurling itself against the bars of its dark cage." (Frank, p. 377) Juxtaposition repeats itself throughout the diary in sections where descriptions of nature is used to represent the longing to escape confinement. Major outcomes of the research include how Anne’s perception of the world is shaped and reshaped by her own experience while in hiding for 25 months in the Annex of her father’s office, before being discovered by the
Despite several notable contrasts between Anne Frank’s life presented in the play, “The Diary of Anne Frank,” and other accounts of Jewish people in hiding during World War II, the lives of these Jews had more similarities than differences. These people were similar in the way that they lived the same schedule every day. Anne and the other Jews relied on their helpers, who risked their lives willingly, to provide food and other human necessities for them, as well as tried to include aspects of their old lives before the Holocaust into their new lives in hiding. The Jews lived with fear of getting caught by Nazis in the back of their minds. Even though Jewish people may have had different
To start off, Anne Frank stayed optimistic while she and her family were in hiding away from the Nazi Army. She writes in her diary, Kitty, about her experience in hiding. On Saturday, July 11, she writes,”Father, Mother, and Margot still can’t get used to the chiming of the Westertoren clock, which tells us the time every quarter of an hour. Not me, I liked it from the start, it sounds so reassuring, especially at night. You no doubt want to hear what I think of being in hiding. Well,all I can say is that I don’t really know yet. I
Knopf, Alfred A. Anne Frank in the World. New York: Knopf, 2001. Print. 06 Feb. 2014
The story of Anne's childhood must be appreciated in order to understand where her drive, inspiration, and motivation were born. As Anne watches her parents go through the tough times in the South, Anne doesn't understand the reasons as to why their life must this way. In the 1940's, at the time of her youth, Mississippi built on the foundations of segregation. Her mother and father would work out in the fields leaving Anne and her siblings home to raise themselves. Their home consisted of one room and was in no comparison to their white neighbors, bosses. At a very young age Anne began to notice the differences in the ways that they were treated versus ...
The Diary of Anne Frank is about Anne Frank’s life in the Secret Annex hiding from the Nazi’s. The diary shows how the members of the Secret Annex help each other keep hope in spite of dark times.
I keep my journal hidden; the script, the drawings, the color, the weight of the paper, contents I hope never to be experienced by another. My journal is intensely personal, temporal and exposed. When opening the leather bound formality of Alice Williamson's journal a framework of meaning is presupposed by the reader's own feelings concerning the medium. Reading someone else's diary can be, and is for myself, an voyeuristic invasion of space. The act of reading makes the private and personal into public. Yet, for Alice Williamson and many other female journalists of the Civil War period, the journal was creating a public memory of the hardship that would be sustained when read by others. The knowledge of the outside reader reading of your life was as important as the exercise of recording for one's self; creating a sense of sentimentality connecting people through emotions. (Arnold)
I told you why Anne had felt this way during her ordeal, and what this reveals about her character and her views about life. Anne is a strong and heroic young girl who has a heart for others and she is very compassionate towards others. Which is a great quality to have in that time period she was going through? No one could have done it better than Anne. She helped people look at the good in the situations she was never the one mention the negative things. You think how you would react to this situation. Would you be buoyant? Or would you be colorless in this and always look at the crummy never say anything positive. All quotes can be found in the collections book pages
The “Diary of Anne Frank” is a real diary written by Anne Frank, during the time of the Holocaust. She describes her days hiding in a secret annex with seven other people. Some days they got along and others they didn’t, but in the end they all respected each other. In the “Diary of Anne Frank,” Anne Frank says, “ I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are really good at heart.” This message serves as a theme throughout the diary. Throughout the diary, she explains how the people she spent her days with were good people at heart.
The Diary of Anne Frank was written by herself. She was living in Holland with her family, in the 1930s. But, her life changed suddenly during World War II, when Jews were forced into hiding to avoid that the Nazi Government killed them. She had to go into hiding along her family. However, Anne had many dreams to fulfill. One of them was to be a writer and become famous. She was a girl interested in everything and she can´t stay quiet. Meanwhile, they were into hiding, Anne wrote everything in her diary, whatever she sees, and everything she feels and want to say.
Many historical stories and poems led us to where we are today; although history appears to repeat itself, it speaks to us in several different ways. One of many examples of history speaking to us is the “good” and the “evil” in all people portrayed in the dramatic representation in The Diary of Anne Frank, by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. The worldly impacts of this drama have shown the reality of many home lives today, for example: siblings’ rivalry, marriage problems, and relationships between mothers, fathers, and children. There are also many discrimination problems today, just like past events. Many historical events have led us to where we are today, even though history tends to repeat itself.
Anne Frank was a 13-year-old Jewish girl who was thrown into one of the worst periods in the history of the world; the Holocaust. Though she went through awful things that many people will never experience, she always kept the faith that there was still some good in everyone. She once said, “Despite everything I still believe people are truly good at heart.” Her diary, which she kept while her family was in hiding from the Nazis, shows the triumph of her spirit over the evil in the world even through the pain of adolescence. The Franks and Van Dans were hiding and they suffered many hardships, mentally and physically. Many people in Anne’s situation would have become bitter and resentful, but Anne never would despair.
Anne Frank went into hiding during the holocaust in an annex for two years, in Amsterdam, with her family, the Van Daans, and with a guy named Mr. Dussel. Miep Gies and Victor Kugler also known as Mr. Kraler helped Anne Frank and everyone else in the annex during World War 2. Anne Frank kept a diary with her and wrote in it the two years she was in the annex. Anne Frank was a girl who hated to be treated like a little girl, Anne and her mom didn’t really get along well. Anne loved her father very much she listened to him more than she listened to her mom. Anne wanted to be treated like an adult, she hated how she always got yelled at, but her sister Margot never got yelled at, Anne wanted to be treated like her older sister Margot. Mr. Frank is a nice guy, he loves his family a lot and he takes care of them. Mr. Frank let the Van Daans and Mr. Dussel stay in the annex with them.
Frank, Anne. "Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl." Studysync: Reading & Writing Companion. Sonoma, CA: BookheadEd Learning, LLC, 2015. 372-75. Print.
Anne Frank´s Diary is the story of a little girl named Anne Frank who lives in Germany in the times of the World War II, her diary is very special because it contains all her life while she lived in the Annex along with the Van Daan´s and a lot of other people.
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl was a very distressing yet amazingly written book. Who would have thought that such a little person could have such a huge effect on the world? Anne?s father lived for many years after the war and made sure that Anne?s diary was published. Her diary was published in 1947 and was then made into a film. This diary helps people remember what Jews had to go through and hopefully reminds them of how lucky they are. By remembering, it is hoped that something like this will never happen again. This book was intriguing while incorporating many life lessons. Discrimination, unfair judgment, and racism are only a few of the many lessons that this book has to offer. With that, after reading this book, we have learned to not take the things we have for granted because in a matter of seconds, days, months, or even years, it could all be gone. As Anne said in her diary, ?In spite of everything, I still believe, people are truly good at heart?.