Are People Really Good at Heart?

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The Holocaust was the organized killing of Jews and others from 1933 to 1945. The killings were led by Adolph Hitler and his Nazi army. A young woman, Anne Frank, was a victim. When all of the killing was going on, Anne, her family, and the VanDaans had to hide in the attic of her dad’s office. They called it the secret annex. While Anne was there she wrote, “In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” I agree with her statement.
I believe that Anne’s statement is correct because I think that people have problems in their life or are in situations that cause them to do the things they do. For example, at the beginning of the movie, Anne Frank, Anne and Mrs. VanDaan didn’t get along together very well at all. There was so much stress of hiding away and always having to be around each other constantly, they got tired of it and started to argue a lot. Even though that was how they were with each other at the beginning of the movie, at the end of the movie when they are in the bad concentration camp and meet up, they hug and are so happy to see each other. I think that this shows that even though they had the problem of the secret annex and hiding, deep down they both like and care about each other but just didn’t show it much. Another reason I side with Anne is that during the play The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, Anne is very kind and giving to everyone. It even says,
“Margot: ‘What I remember best is the presents we used to get when we were little…8 days of presents… and each day they got better and better.’
Mrs. Frank: ‘We’re all here, alive. That is present enough.’
Anne: ‘No it isn’t. I’ve got something.’
Mrs. Frank: ‘What is it?’
Anne: ‘Presents’” (Goodrich and...

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...l grow up to be great. I also think that all people have that goodness in them.
Overall, I think that people are the way they are because of how they grew up and what they’ve been through. I also think if you take away all the problems and the bad memories and thoughts, everyone can be a good person. So I really do agree with Anne in saying, “In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.”

Work Cited
Anne Frank. Dir Robert Dormhelm. Perf. Ben Kingsly, Hannah Taylor Gordon, Brenda Blethyn.
Buena Vista Home Entertainment. 2001. DVD.
“Antisemitism: The Longest Hatred” United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Web. 20 February 2014.
Goodrich, Francis, and Albert Hackett. The Diary of Anne Frank. Literature. Orlando:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2012. 510-564. Print.

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