Research Paper On Anne Frank

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Anne Frank essay

The diary of Anne Frank play, written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett in the 1950’s, takes place during WWll or more importantly the holocaust. The holocaust was the mass extermination of jews during the rule of the Nazi party. One of the Nazi’s main goals was to eliminate the Jewish population as a whole. This play about Anne Frank is about Anne’s life in the Secret Annex where she and seven other people have to hide from the Nazi’s in Amsterdam for the fear of being sent to a concentration camp with almost certain death. In the Diary of Anne Frank Anne changed changed and matured from when she first arrived at the secret annex to when she left the secret Annex.

When Anne first arrives at the secret annex she is a rude disrespectful and often an immature girl. In scene 1 (page15) Anne is removing clothes because she had to wear all her clothes on her when she was going to the secret annex in fear that the green police would become suspicious if there were people on the streets with suitcases. When she removes her clothes specifically her panties Anne's mother asks her to stop and in a disrespectful manner Anne answers back “It’s all right. I've got three more on”. This shows how disrespectful Anne is …show more content…

Anne has a nightmare then realizes that she is immature (on page 57) Anne says after a nightmare” i’m a terrible coward. I'm so disappointed in myself. I think i've conquered my fear...I think i'm really grown up… and then something happens… and I run to you like a baby...I love you father.I dont love anyone but you.” This shows that Anne realizes her lack of maturity and has to change. Anne is already starting to be more mature just by finding out that she is immature. Anne isn’t still fully mature because she is very stubborn only loving her father. Anne hurts her mom's feelings a lot because Anne will only talk to her dad about the nightmare which is very mean and

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