Differences Between Peter And Anne Frank

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The Diary of Anne Frank is a diary written by Anne Frank herself obviously. This diary made its way into plays and even a movie. But here we are focusing on the play. More specifically we are talking about Anne Frank and Peter Van Daan. The similarities and differences between those two were particularly striking and deserved thorough investigation. The first similarity between Anne and Peter is both of them are living in an attic of a warehouse and office building in Amsterdam, Holland. Both of them are living in hiding from the Nazi's. The second similarity between Anne and Peter is both of them are Jewish. The third and final similarity is each of them have a fancy for each other by the end of the play. At first, Peter thought she was …show more content…

Anyway, the first difference between Anne and Peter is Anne is wild and ou there while Peter is more to himself. On many occasions Peter opted to stay in his room with his cat Mouschi rather than eat. Anne is more expressive. For example, if something/someone gets her mad/upset she will inform everyone around her of it. This is evident when her mother tries to see if she's alright by asking her to see her tongue. Anne refuses her mother's instruction to show her tongue. Mrs.Van Daan gets involved and instructs her to listen. So as you can see Anne can be quite something. Another difference between Anne and Peter is Anne has a tense relationship with her mother while Peter has a tense relationship with his father. It is evident Peter has shaky or tense relationship with his father because when Mr.Van Daan says to Dussel ''Did Mr.Kraler warn you that you won't get much to eat here?". The stage direction after that says "Peter walks away humiliated". The third and final difference is Anne's mother and father have a good relationship and Peter's mother like him doesn't get along with his father. There isn't much evidence to prove that Mr. and Mrs.Frank have a good relationship. But, their relationship is golden compared to Mr. and Mrs.Van Daan which involves yelling and lots of it. There is a particular item that causes tension. The item is Mrs.Van Daan's fur coat. Mrs.Van Daan believes the coat

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