Comparing The Franks, The Van Daans, Miep, And Mr. Frank

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In the story there are the Franks, the Van Daans, Miep, and Mr.Kraler. The Franks and the Van Daan’s are hiding in Amsterdam, because The Nazi’s are gathering jewish people and bringing them to concentration camps were most die of starvation,disease,exhaustion, and brutal treatment. Some characters in this story display courage, compassion, and surface as main characteristics. Other characters show either compassion or courage, others don't show anything nice.

Courage is the quality of mind that enables a person to face difficulty,danger,or pain without fear.An example of courage is when there was someone in the office below the secret Annex so he went down and to check it out.Mr.Frank is very courageous because when he went down there

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