Compare and Contrast Essay There is a great deal of things you can differentiate from the Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank and Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston. These two books are similar because they take place in the same time frame, but different regions when the world was undergoing World War II. These two books document the story of two families that was affected by this time. The Diary of Anne Frank is about how she and her friends and family lived throughout World War II. She was young at the time she went into hiding and did not know what it meant. She later realized that it was a lot more difficult than she thought it was. She was very despised among her fellow hidies. They did not like her because she was very loud and bothersome. She ultimately found someone to talk to and his name was Peter. He was the only boy around her age in the secret annex. He was once one of the people that did not like her. Later on a thief was lurking in the warehouse that absolutely terrified all the people in the annex. The thief left and everyone in the annex was scared that he was going to turn them in. Days later screeching cars came to a halt outside of their building. They realized they have been caught and gathered all their clothes. They were separated and sent to different camps. Later on in life Mr.Frank found out he had been the only survivor. That is the summary of the Diary of Anne Frank. The …show more content…
It differed in ways such as the treatment they received during the war. Also they coped with the war in different ways, one accepted the camp and the other went into hiding.Onc way they compared was both books they all struggled during the war. Even though they struggled in different ways both families were still affected during the war. This is how the Diary of Anne Frank and Farewell to Manzanar compared and