Anne Frank Notes
Entry 1:
In contrast to later entries, Anne's early writings hardly mention her family members.
Anne briefly introduces her family, but until they go into hiding, they do not seem to play a large role in Anne's daily thoughts.
Anne does not mention the difficulties she has with her mother, which become a frequent subject in later entries.
Anne's lack of detail about her family suggests that she has so much going on in her own life that she does not need to dwell on family relationships.
The family's imminent confinement drastically changes the way Anne thinks about her relation to her family.
Entry 2:
Having lived a fairly sheltered life thus far in Amsterdam, Anne is naturally focused on normal concerns such as grades and her relationships with boys.
The new gravity of her situation forces Anne to grow up quickly and understand issues that are much bigger than her small social world.
When the family is forced into hiding, Anne's writing becomes terser.
When her family is forced to hide, Anne is confronted with a new reality and finds that she must reconsider the world and her relationship with it.
Anne begins to learn that she can no longer live in the innocent social world of a young teenager and must suddenly confront the adult world and the harshness and dangers of the war.
Entry 3:
The war causes Anne to struggle with her identity as both a German and a Jew.
Thirty years earlier, Anne's father and other German Jews had fought for the German army in World War I.
However, the Nazi regime's rise to power brought the painful realization that both Nazis and many other German people considered Jews foreign or different.
As we see in Anne's identity crisis, the Nazi regime killed not only Jewish people but also the Jewish community's collective connection to its past.
While the Nazis forced Jews to wear stars to mark their identity, they simultaneous stripped the Jews of their identity as members of society.
Entry
In contrast to later entries, Anne's early writings hardly mention her family members.
Anne briefly introduces her family, but until they go into hiding, they do not seem to play a large role in Anne's daily thoughts.
Anne does not mention the difficulties she has with her mother, which become a frequent subject in later entries.
Anne's lack of detail about her family suggests that she has so much going on in her own life that she does not need to dwell on family relationships.
The family's imminent confinement drastically changes the way Anne thinks about her relation to her family.
Entry 2:
Having lived a fairly sheltered life thus far in Amsterdam, Anne is naturally focused on normal concerns such as grades and her relationships with boys.
The new gravity of her situation forces Anne to grow up quickly and understand issues that are much bigger than her small social world.
When the family is forced into hiding, Anne's writing becomes terser.
When her family is forced to hide, Anne is confronted with a new reality and finds that she must reconsider the world and her relationship with it.
Anne begins to learn that she can no longer live in the innocent social world of a young teenager and must suddenly confront the adult world and the harshness and dangers of the war.
Entry 3:
The war causes Anne to struggle with her identity as both a German and a Jew.
Thirty years earlier, Anne's father and other German Jews had fought for the German army in World War I.
However, the Nazi regime's rise to power brought the painful realization that both Nazis and many other German people considered Jews foreign or different.
As we see in Anne's identity crisis, the Nazi regime killed not only Jewish people but also the Jewish community's collective connection to its past.
While the Nazis forced Jews to wear stars to mark their identity, they simultaneous stripped the Jews of their identity as members of society.
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