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At the age of four, Anne’s father, mother, and sister moved to Amsterdam and Anne joined them when she reached the age of five. She lived here and enrolled in school. Anne loved school and missed it dearly while she lived in hiding. Her outstanding academics resulted in her acceptance into the Jewish Lyceum. She studied there until her family left to live in hiding. The family left when her older sister, Margot, received a letter requiring her to leave for a work camp. In order to not leave any suspicions of the family being in hiding, the Franks created a rumor saying that they fled the country. Anne Frank showed spunk, bravery, and intelligence throughout her young life. She loved her father more than any other member in her family and called him Pim. She often felt jealous of her “perfect” sister Margot and her relationship with Mother. Anne felt that her Mother always took Margot’s side in any and every argument they had. Margot and Mother acted very much alike and understood one another very well. This caused great tension between the three of them since Mother never understood Anne. Anne grew to dislike her mother very much and felt that she never fulfilled the role of a “mom.” Anne lived in hiding until 1944 when she was arrested and sent to a concentration camp. She passed away in March of 1945 at the young age of sixteen. Her father survived the concentration camps unlike the rest of his family. He completed Anne’s dream of publishing her diary for her in
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They simply wish to keep their children as pure and innocent as long as they can. Parents also become angered when their children learn new information that they received from outside sources. This answers the second reason as to why the book became banned. Anne Frank, at the age of thirteen, acquired her diary. This occurs when she starts “to feel the stirrings of adolescent sexuality” tug at her (Shuman, web). Anne writes in her diary a few private thoughts about herself. Anne simply acted like a curious teenage girl. When she wrote it in, it appears that she simply thought out loud and recorded her thoughts. Instead of confiding in her own mother and asking her questions, she wrote them to Kitty. Anne decides to describe her own anatomy to Kitty. This upsets many mothers when they realize that their children read these passages. Anne also decides to explain the changes a young girl experiences while becoming a women, basically “a girl’s maturation into adulthood” (Shuman web). She explains such things extremely vividly and details which some refer to as pornography. One passage appears in the book that slightly suggests homosexuality. Due to these few passages many schools ban this book as a result of complaints from
They simply wish to keep their children as pure and innocent as long as they can. Parents also become angered when their children learn new information that they received from outside sources. This answers the second reason as to why the book became banned. Anne Frank, at the age of thirteen, acquired her diary. This occurs when she starts “to feel the stirrings of adolescent sexuality” tug at her (Shuman, web). Anne writes in her diary a few private thoughts about herself. Anne simply acted like a curious teenage girl. When she wrote it in, it appears that she simply thought out loud and recorded her thoughts. Instead of confiding in her own mother and asking her questions, she wrote them to Kitty. Anne decides to describe her own anatomy to Kitty. This upsets many mothers when they realize that their children read these passages. Anne also decides to explain the changes a young girl experiences while becoming a women, basically “a girl’s maturation into adulthood” (Shuman web). She explains such things extremely vividly and details which some refer to as pornography. One passage appears in the book that slightly suggests homosexuality. Due to these few passages many schools ban this book as a result of complaints from