Brayden Turner Mrs. Switzer Literature and Composition 26 February 2014 The Diary of Anne Frank In The Diary of Anne Frank‚ Anne illustrates how the human spirit can be resilient even in the darkest of times and still find faith in humanity. The Diary of Anne Frank takes place during World War II in the Netherlands. Anne Frank was a teenager around the age of 13-15 who suffered during Hitler’s rule over Germany because she was a Jew. Hitler was trying to eliminate all the Jews by putting them
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written in Anne’s home in Amsterdam‚ Holland‚ where she spends her last few weeks of freedom under almost normal circumstances. Anne‚ a fun-loving girl who enjoys life‚ has just turned thirteen. She writes about the various presents she was given for her birthday. From her father‚ she received a diary (which was really an autograph book) with a red-checkered cover; this special gift is her favorite present. She has decided to tell about her life in daily entries into the diary‚ knowing that “paper is
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the play The Diary of Anne Frank by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich‚ taken place 1942 in Amsterdam‚ is about a Jewish family who go hiding in a secret annex in order to avoid being captured by the Nazis. This play is based on the diary of the Anne Frank‚ the main protagonist‚ who recounts her experiences from when she entered the annex at age thirteen until when her freedom out from it at fifteen. Over the course of the play she develops as a person as she grows through her experiences. By the
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Analyzing Anne Frank Choose a character and analyze what influences his/her situation‚ growth‚ and motivations Analyzing Anne Frank Times during World War II were very challenging for many people. It is very difficult to imagine how hard lives were for Jewish teenagers‚ adults‚ and people off all ages during the war. Many teenagers and adults today who were not born in the early 1900s find it hard to relate to all the events‚ emotions‚ pain‚ suffering‚ and hardships people have
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When Anne Frank is given a diary for her thirteenth birthday‚ she immediately fills it with the details of her life: descriptions of her friends‚ boys who like her‚ and her classes at school. Anne finds comfort writing in her diary because she feels she has difficulty opening up to her friends and therefore has no true confidants. Anne also records her perceptions of herself. She does not think she is pretty‚ but she is confident that her personality and other good traits make up for it. Through
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Anneliese Marie Frank‚ better known as Anne Frank‚ was born on June 12‚ 1929 in Frankfurt‚ Weimer Germany. Otto Heinrich “Pim” Frank was Anne Frank’s father. Otto died at the age of 91 due to lung cancer‚ but survived through all of World War II and the worst death camp of them all‚ Auschwitz. Edith Frank who was Anne Frank’s mother died at the age of 44 due to starvation in the Auschwitz concentration camp. After Edith died in 1945‚ Otto got remarried to Elfriede Geiringer in 1953 and remained
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Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank is that the Frank family‚ the Van Daan family and Mr. Dussel are hiding in the Secret Annex during the Holocaust and are constantly in fear of being caught and sent to a concentration camp. This conflict is man vs society and is an external conflict because during the Holocaust‚ the malevolent society led people to believe that Jews were evil‚ although‚ the millions of the Jews that were killed during the Holocaust were innocent- including Anne and most of the others
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Anne Frank: A Young Writer "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world"‚ this quote was from Anne’s legendary journal (Frank). The quote is about how no one can wait to make changes and that people need to take action because no one else is going to do it. Today in society too many people don’t do anything‚ they want someone else to do it for them. Not everyone was like that though‚ Anne wanted to enhance the world. Unfortunately she never got
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Anne Frank a victim of the Holocaust who went into hiding for two years with her family and a few others due to their religion. While she was in hiding‚ she wrote a diary of her time in there and how she and the others lived. Her diary was published which was called “The Diary of a Young Girl” and a play‚ The Diary of Anne Frank. As she was in a place called the secret Annex who two others helped them hide Miep Gies and Mr.Kraler. The others who were in the Annex with her was Edith Frank‚ Otto Frank
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The Secret Annex Have you ever wondered‚ How would life be if I were in hiding all the time? or What would I do if I had to go into hiding? Well‚ those are great but scary questions to ask. The Franks‚ Van Daans and a couple of extra people‚ had to go into hiding during World War II in order to keep their family and friends safe. They all fit into the same hiding place. It is important for all to know that they were in hiding‚ why they were in hiding‚ and how they stayed in hiding for so long.
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