“When you're young you don't know anything, but you have lot of energy to express yourself. So you make a lot of mistakes and you stumble, but you also get a lot of truth from within.” Said Gilbert Hernandez. This idea shows when one is young it is necessary for that person to express their emotions to deal with any complications they might encounter. In the play, “Diary of Anne Frank" Anne is a teenager dealing with the challenges of the Holocaust. Due to this her family goes into hiding. Throughout their experience conflicts start to come up between Anne and the other residents. When facing these conflicts she turns to her father, a sixteen year old boy named Peter, and her diary. It is in this play that the author uses Anne Frank’s relationship with her father, Peter, and her diary to demonstrate the theme of expressing feelings can help cope one with societal challenges beyond someone’s control.
One way Anne coped with societal challenges is talking her father to express her feelings. In the play Anne and her dad had a very strong relationship. She would go to him first as someone to share her feelings to for example Anne says “I’ve been thinking about it for a long time. You’re the only one I love." By saying this Anne shows that she does not feel comfortable opening up to other member because they do not understand her the same way as her father does. Anne having her father to open up to gives her a feeling that she is not alone and she has someone worth staying hidden for. In the event when Anne had a nightmare; Her mother was the first to come in to calm her down. But Anne would not tell her why she was so scared. She told her mother that she wanted her father. When her father arrives she explain that her nightmare wa...
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...w much she missed her friends showed her real feeling toward being stuck in hiding and this made Anne feel relieved that someone cared about her worries.
Throughout the whole played Anne made a subtle change that made a large difference. In the start of the play Anne stayed to herself she never told anyone how she felt she just kept to herself. When she kept everything to herself the only thing she had to express her feelings was to her diary. But as the play went on she started opening up to people and telling them how she felt. For example she talked to her dad more about how she felt about being in hiding. Then toward the end of the play Anne would talk and be with Peter when she could. She learned how to cope and express her feelings with other people instead of keeping everything to herself to deal with societal challenges.
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There are many stories, diaries and books from the time of The Holocaust but arguably the most famous of them all is the story of Anne Frank. Anne Frank was a teenage Jewish girl who went into hiding in her fathers offices in Amsterdam, The Netherlands when the Nazis called up her older sister, Margot (Anne ??). Just before the call up, Anne had started to write a “diary” which she continued to write when she went into hiding with her family. Throughout the book Anne writes that her worst nightmare is to be discovered (Anne ??). The Franks when into hiding in 1941 in the Annex of the Opekta offices and were arrested by the Nazis in ???. After such a long period of time in hiding there are many suspects for who betraye...
This shows she good at heart because she had very little money, and she managed to gives gifts out. After a while, Anne started to feel more comfortable with strangers in the Annex. In act 2 scene 1 she starts to talk to Peter Van Doon more. They start to like each other and the end up falling in
Character analysis Annemarie is a normal young girl, ten years old, she has normal difficulties and duties like any other girl. but these difficulties aren’t normal ones, she’s faced with the difficulties of war. This war has made Annemarie into a very smart girl, she spends most of her time thinking about how to be safe at all times “Annemarie admitted to herself,snuggling there in the quiet dark, that she was glad to be an ordinary person who would never be called upon for courage.” (4.60) even though shes going through a lot she still controls it very well.
Anne’s relationship with her mum was quite different to the novel. In the novel she would write unpleasant things about her mother, she really disliked her mother which was something rare, most children love their mothers, however, Anne always talked about being unique, and not wanting to be like any other individual. Anne states that her mother wasn’t a good example, ‘’I only look at her as a mother, and she just doesn't succeed in being that to me; I have to be my own mother.’’ (7 November 1942). A similarity between the film and the novel would be the way Anne would talk not her mother, however the film doesn’t go into enough depth of the relationship. Anne in the novel talks about her mother quite often, she feels like her mother isn’t being a good role model. In the film you don’t really see their relationship struggles, it is as if their relationship was on the verge of being invisible. Both mother and daughter hardy communicated in the film, in the novel Anne talks about how they would disagree with each other, you don’t see this in the film. This links back to the topic and how her perspectives of her mother in this case weren’t shown in the
Anne's optimistic personality created the hope that she had for her future. Each day she could do nothing but just hope that one day everything will turn around and be better. In The Diary Of Anne Frank play, she expressed, "It'll pass, maybe not for hundreds of years, but someday..." Deep down inside, she had the hope that all of the disgusting things that Hitler alongside his army performed, would all vanish one day. She knew for the most part that the hatred may never go away, but imagining that it might, made things at least a bit better. Anne's situation was pure negativity, with almost nothing good about it. The only good thing that may have come out of it for her were the relationships that she created with everyone in hiding with her. From the Van Daans, to Miep, she bonded amazing friendships with each person involved. Aside from that, Anne's personality stuck out more than anyone's because of the hope that she had, in such a terrible situation.
The Nonfiction Drama The Diary of Anne Frank written by Frances Goodrich, and Albert Hackett is about a thirteen-year-old girl— Anne-- who experiences her time hiding in Amsterdam during the holocaust with her family— the Franks—and the Van Daans. They are hiding in an Annex-- a attic place on overhead-- where her dad, Mr. Frank has his own spice shop. During the drama, Anne keeps a diary of which she keeps all her experiences during her time in hiding. In each excerpt, each person shows some sort of sacrifice. Every minute the “family” is living in the Annex, the longer their lives are in danger trying to live through the war. Therefore, sacrifice puts one in danger, but keeps others safe.
Then Anne says “i have intuition”. meaning that she is feeling something for peter and she feels like her mom is holding her back from hanging out with peter. because her mom thinks her and peter are doing thing that she does not approve of. Because Anne’s mom is still treating her like a baby. “ Aren’t you afraid you’re disturbing him?” “i have intuition”Anne does not really care what her moms says she only listens to her father and when anne’s mom was just trying to keep anne away from peter because she thinks that she is never going to see her daughter anymore because she is always in his room so she tries to talk her out of going to talk to peter but when anne puts her mind to doing something she will eventually get to it.
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to live during World War 2? Life during World War 2 was torture if you were jewish, especially if you were a kid. Felix Salingar from Then by Morris Gleitzman and Anne Frank both knew what it was like. Their stories both describe the lives of jewish children hiding from the Nazis, in fear of being taken and killed. Throughout both of their stories, many character traits were discovered about them that show how they are similarly affected by the events in their stories. Anne Frank and Felix Salingar have many similarities, some of which stand out more than others.
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
As a young girl, Anne’s first “teacher” was her very own mother. Anne was a curious little girl. With her curious ways and always wanting to find out what is happening around her, her mother wouldn’t give her any information. Her mother mostly told her to keep quiet and act like she doesn’t know what is happening. Besides
Anne could not relate to any one in her family, but her dad. She struggled to relate to her mother and sister, so she began to write her diary. Her sister,Margot, was said to be “perfect”, and everyone wanted Anne to be more like her. As their time in hiding became longer and longer, more relationships formed. Anne and Peter became closer, and eventually were in a relationship. Anne and Peter had a lot to relate to. They talked about their hopes and dreams as well as their family difficulties. This create a strong bond between both Anne and Peter.
“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)
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 explains in this quote that she always lowered herself below other people, but never thought of herself as low as hiding and lonely. She knew that she wasn’t better than everyone and everything, but never as low as she was then. She was now sad in despair, terrified, and basically awaiting death to take her. She can barely move around or talk loudly, and she says in her diary she doesn’t know the last time she was able to shout.
The diary showed one of Anne’s dreams, which was being a writer. This helped her get one step closer to her dream job, but going to a concentration camp was the only part that stapped her from achieving her goal. Having a diary, Anne wrote all her feeling and everything that happened in the annex. The words she wrote in the diary showed her youth and immaturity. As time passed her writing style changed showing us that she is not immature and young. Since her writing became symbolic, she expresses her dreams through her own expressions. This quote shows how much she wanted a diary,” A diary! I’ve always longed for one.” This quote is important because this was the start of where Anne had wrote her feelings. Writing her feelings down, she knows how to control it a bit. Clearly, the diary has made a huge change in Anne’s