The Good At Heart In The Diary Of Anne Frank

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Are you nice to others in the worst of situations? Well in the “The Diary of Anne Frank” there a few people that are good at heart, or nice in the worst of situations. In the play, “The Diary of Anne Frank,” the theme people are good at heart is developed most through the characters Anne Frank, Mr. Frank, and Miep Gies. To begin, Anne from does many things that are good at heart. In Act one, scene three, she offers to move out for Mr. Dussel. Anne did not want to be selfish towards Mr. Dussel. The others did not offer to move out for him. In Act one, scene five, Anne gives thoughtful gifts to everyone on Hanukkah. Everyone else did not get gifts. They wanted to keep everything they had for themselves. Again, Anne did not want to be selfish. …show more content…
Frank. He did a couple good at heart things. In Act one, scene two, Mr. Frank takes in the Van Daans even though it increases the dangers of living there. It was bad enough that three Jews were hiding in the Secret Annex. There would have been a lot of noise just for three people up in a quiet place, but with six people, including the Van Daans, there would have a lot more noise than three people. Mr. Frank did not want anybody he knew to get caught by the Gestapo. The last thing he did was in Act one, scene three. What he did was taking in Mr. Dussel without hesitation or thinking. Mr. Dussel was an elderly man, so Mr. Frank did not want him to go somewhere else and risk his looking for a place to

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