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Anne Frank Hiding
How did hiding for two years change Anne Frank? Anne Frank went into hiding from the Nazis at the age of 13. During her two years of isolation, Anne desperately tried to discover who she was as a person while disagreeing with the people she lived with. While hiding for two years, Anne Frank struggled with the normal parts of becoming a teenager; who she was, her place in life as she tried to find personal space. Anne Frank struggled to discover who she was in her own world. Anne Frank often fought with her mother and argued with the other people in the attic where she was hiding. Anne felt she didn’t want to argue with others but that she couldn’t help it. “They’ve formed their opinions…about everything…but we…we’re still trying to find out…We

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