Anne, her family, and the Van Daans were forced into hiding because of fear of being taken away to concentration camps. They were not accepted because they were Jews. This play takes place in Amsterdam, in the early to mid 1940’s. The Franks and Van Daans are scared and do not want to be sent to a concentration camp, and because of this they go into hiding. While in hiding Anne Frank started a diary about what was happening and how people acted and everything that happened during the war. The diary that Anne Frank's started to write about her life while hiding and the events that came with the was soon turned into a play called “The Diary of Anne Frank”. The play was an act of the things Anne had explained and …show more content…
The people in this story absolutely do not want to be found and so if someone puts that in danger they become angry with them and it creates a tension between the characters in the story. World War II is the cause of everything the Franks and Van Daans had to do, go into hiding, keep quiet, and everything they did while hiding in the attic. In the end the Franks and the Van Daans are found because of the burglar ratting them out, and Anne's diary was found and turned into a play. It’s now one of the most famous and heartbreaking pieces of literature from the