Everyone in the annex gave something up when they left the real world to go to the annex for two years. Both Mr and Mrs.Van Daan gave up their lavish lifestyle. Mr.Van Daan would eat as much as he wanted, but in the Annex, he was only allowed to eat limited to only small servings, Mrs.Van Daan loved how she could wear fancy clothes but now she could only bring what she can wear on her body. Anne had to leave her cat because of the noise it would make but peter was allowed to have his cat Mouschi but he soon had to throw him out. Miep gave up the most because she left, she life behind to help the people in the annex and kept them fed and informed them about the outside world.
In conclusion, the diary of Anne Frank tells a wonderful story and courageous acts of Miep Gies. If I were in Meip's position, I would have cracked after the ninth month because I would have to deal with the mentality that if I do one wrong thing it can affect two different families. This shows that Miep was very important because the families survival was in her hands, But after two years they were captured on August 4,1944. During those two years , he didn’t complain about how hard it was getting things like