The Diary of Anne Frank Essay

The good thing about exposing these realities is that it makes the audience have to question themselves and society. An example of an incredibly powerful piece of writing is the Diary of Anne Frank. The ability to use the diary was useful in comforting Anne during her time in hiding, but it is also useful now. Anne’s diary gives insight into the world of nazi occupied Germany and the injustices that can occur when people do not stand up for one another. I would argue that events like the…

conflicts in the sixties and seventies. The book was, “The Diary of Anne Frank”. Anne lived a very short life, mostly in fear of imminent death at the hands of the Nazis during World War II. Although my experience had similarities, such as age and the fear of war, I could not quantify the desperate situation she lived; but, I felt like I could feel her pain. Feeling this way, led me to seeking God in a local church. I believed that if Anne could keep her faith through those horrific moments, I…

Triumph Over Tragedy During the Holocaust, Anne Frank once wrote, “Where there’s hope there’s life. It fills us with courage and makes us strong again”. This hopefulness is one of the reasons Anne Frank from “The Diary of Anne Frank” and Eva Benitez from “Freedom Writers” have much in common even though they may have lived half a century apart from each other. Both of these people were powerful young women who found ways to overcome their situation, though it may be difficult when others are…

group because of one’s prejudice. To further explain oppression, John Steinbeck’s The Pearl, The Diary of Anne Frank, and the censorship enforced in China will be discussed so the consequences of this problem can be understood. Cultural and socioeconomic oppression is something that many groups of people in all sorts of societies have dealt with and many still experience to this day. In The Diary of Anne Frank, Hitler oppresses the Jews and Christians because he doesn’t agree with their culture…

freedoms slowly withered away, and yet even though German citizens knew they would suffer the same fate as the Jews did, they still helped them out. As seen in the play The Diary of Anne Frank and the book The Book Thief, the presence of intolerance can inspire people to put others before themselves. In the play The Diary of Anne Frank, the presence of intolerance inspired Miep…

as one of the most horrific events that occurred in world history because it was a event that killed around one third of the Jewish population in Europe. One piece of literature that gives us an insight into this time period is the memoir, “Anne Frank: A Diary of a Young Girl.” This novel takes a reader inside the head of a young girl in the middle of a time of war in Amsterdam during World War II. This memoir form takes us into Anne’s emotions and feelings throughout her experience of her and…

All heroes have struggles Anne Frank is a historical reminder of what has happened in the past. She is also an inspiration for the generation raising. As an eighth grader at Red Hill Lutheran school I along with all of my classmates read The Diary of Anne Frank the play, written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. The Diary of Anne Frank the play is about a Teen who grew up during World War II. Jews were killed, exterminated and sent to work camps. Anne Frank went into hiding at age…

One of the main events in the book, The Diary of Anne Frank, was their first day being in hiding. Their hiding place was at Mr. Franks work, which was a warehouse. When they got up to the top level of warehouse building they were met by Anne’s sister Margot whom they were happy to see. Margot had left earlier than her parents and sister Anne so it wouldn’t look suspicious to anyone. Between the hours of 8:30 and 12:30 they would have to be extreamily quite for the workers were below them working…

something different? Everyone has courage, but what is rare is when people actually show it. In The Diary of Anne Frank Play (written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett) the Frank family, the Van Daan family, and Mr. Dussel are all Jewish people who need to go into hiding to stay safe during World War 2. Miep Gies is one of the people that helps hide them. Miep shows courage by helping the Franks and Van Daans hide and help to protect them, but by doing this, it risks her life as well. Miep…

called the Holocaust. Anne Frank and the other Jews in “The Secret Annex” spent 25 months trying to hide from Nazi soldiers from taking their lives. In “The Diary of Anne Frank”, written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett , eight people total stayed in the annex hoping to survive the Holocaust until the Allied Forces could come liberate Holland. The hiding place in which they had stayed in had time stretched out much to long for what they had intended. In the Diary of Anne Frank there were…