Throughout the course of over two years, Anne Frank and eight other Jews were forced to live in hiding within their secret Annex that protected them from the horrors of the outside world. These horrors were none other than the Holocaust as Anne and the others were Jews living in Amsterdam during World War II where Adolf Hitler and the Nazis wanted to eliminate all of the Jews during this period of time. While she was living in the Annex, she turned to a diary to communicate everything that was happening within the secret Annex and what was going on with Anne emotionally. After the death of Anne Frank, her father, Otto was able uncover the diary and it was published for readers everywhere to learn about what it was like to be someone who was
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Throughout the the story, there is text evidence that displays the type of maturity that Anne experienced during her time living in the secret Annex. In a diary entry on the date of March 7th, 1944 Anne states, “When I think back to life in 1942, it all seems so unreal. The Anne Frank who enjoyed that heavenly existence was completely different from the one who has grown wise within these walls.” (Frank 205). Another piece of evidence from the text that displays her maturity is, how in the beginning of the text Anne never talks about politics, but towards the end of her diary she begins to make entries about the current state of the War (WWII) like this, “At least one long chapter on our life in hiding should be about politics, but I’ve been avoiding the subject since it interests me so little. Today, however, I’ll devote an entire letter to politics.” (Frank 236). This evidence from the text displays how Anne matured during her time living in the secret Annex because she became a much wiser person who viewed situations that occurred differently than she would have in the past. Also, Anne begins to discuss more mature topics within her diary that she otherwise would have never talked about, like politics and …show more content…
Within her diary, Anne would often write about her feelings towards her mother, and there is evidence with her diary to show the relationship that Anne experienced with her mother. Anne writes about an experience that happened to her before her family went into hiding and she explains, “I rode my bike home and must have cried for hours. Strangely enough, even though Mother had wounded me thousands of times, this particular wound stings whenever I think of how angry I was.” (Frank 158). This quote shows how Anne would react to situations that happened where Anne felt unfairly treated by her mother, but while she is living in the Annex she is able to mature by not letting situations like that affect her. While she is talking about her mother in her diary she explains, “Because she loved me, she was tender and affectionate, but because of the difficult situations I put her in, and the sad circumstances in which she found herself, she was nervous and irritable, so I can understand why she was often short with me.” (Frank 156). This piece of evidence from the text displays how she is handling situations with her mother in a more mature way now and that she is not getting as angry with her mother, but trying to be more independent but still try to understand her
Throughout the the story, there is text evidence that displays the type of maturity that Anne experienced during her time living in the secret Annex. In a diary entry on the date of March 7th, 1944 Anne states, “When I think back to life in 1942, it all seems so unreal. The Anne Frank who enjoyed that heavenly existence was completely different from the one who has grown wise within these walls.” (Frank 205). Another piece of evidence from the text that displays her maturity is, how in the beginning of the text Anne never talks about politics, but towards the end of her diary she begins to make entries about the current state of the War (WWII) like this, “At least one long chapter on our life in hiding should be about politics, but I’ve been avoiding the subject since it interests me so little. Today, however, I’ll devote an entire letter to politics.” (Frank 236). This evidence from the text displays how Anne matured during her time living in the secret Annex because she became a much wiser person who viewed situations that occurred differently than she would have in the past. Also, Anne begins to discuss more mature topics within her diary that she otherwise would have never talked about, like politics and …show more content…
Within her diary, Anne would often write about her feelings towards her mother, and there is evidence with her diary to show the relationship that Anne experienced with her mother. Anne writes about an experience that happened to her before her family went into hiding and she explains, “I rode my bike home and must have cried for hours. Strangely enough, even though Mother had wounded me thousands of times, this particular wound stings whenever I think of how angry I was.” (Frank 158). This quote shows how Anne would react to situations that happened where Anne felt unfairly treated by her mother, but while she is living in the Annex she is able to mature by not letting situations like that affect her. While she is talking about her mother in her diary she explains, “Because she loved me, she was tender and affectionate, but because of the difficult situations I put her in, and the sad circumstances in which she found herself, she was nervous and irritable, so I can understand why she was often short with me.” (Frank 156). This piece of evidence from the text displays how she is handling situations with her mother in a more mature way now and that she is not getting as angry with her mother, but trying to be more independent but still try to understand her