The Holocaust: The Diary Of Anne Frank

The Holocaust was a great genocide during World War II where six million Jews and other minority groups were persecuted and massively murdered. Out of the countless people that attempted to escape Nazi oppression, the story of Otto Frank and his wife, Edith Frank along with their two daughters, Anne and Margot has spread awareness of the victims of the Holocaust. The Diary of Anne Frank is a prominent recollection of the experiences that go in depth of how their life was and the interconnections between the characters. Mr. And Mrs. Frank are both the beloved parents in the Annex, though their traits and behavior differ, it also results in dissimilar relations with others, nonetheless together they raised and cared for their loved ones.

To begin, as parents and as a couple, the characteristics of Edith Frank and Otto Frank are very distinct and differ in many ways. Mrs. Frank is introduced as a gentle, kind and quiet wife and mother. Mr. Frank is more of a dominant humble figure that keeps everything under stable control. However, the main point that …show more content…
According to the text, it states “…you’re worse than he is! You’re a mother, and yet you sacrifice your child, to this man…” (Mrs. Frank 383) Here Mrs. Frank certainly knows what it means to be a loyal and considerate mother, as she yells at Mrs. Van Daan for stealing food while her own son starves. It is additionally out of her comfort zone to cause such a scene. Mr. Frank is a reliable, trustworthy man whom she can turn to for comfort and safety. As stated from the play, “It’ll be hard, I know… There are no walls, there are no bolts, no locks that anyone can put on your mind.” (Mr. Frank 343) The Franks may have dissimilar ways of showing their care and love, nonetheless both parents raised Anne well as a couple, to make her become the humble wholehearted young woman she’s known for