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Anne Frank Good Vs Evil

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Have you ever considered what it would be like to hide for your life? Anne Frank was a young girl during WWII who had to leave everything she knew and loved to go into hiding. Anne recorded everything (in depth) about what happened when she was in hiding in a secret annex with other people. Throughout this book, god and evil was an outstanding theme that arose in different ways. Good and evil in society as a whole during WWII, good and evil within the eight people in hiding, good and evil in Anne’s character, and my reaction to “I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are really good at heart,” are four topics that will be covered in this essay. (WORK ON THESIS) Anne talks about the society as a whole during WWII and its many different aspects of good and evil. Elli, a non- Jew who helped Anne and here family while they were in hiding, shows a good example of good in society when she lets Margot, Anne’s sister, use her name to be able to take Latin class. “The Latin lesson Margot sends in, are corrected by a teacher and returned, Margot writing in Elli’s name.” (p….) Since Anne’s …show more content…

An aspect of good that Anne shows is when she doesn’t flip out when asking for desk privileges from Dussel. “…” (…). Anne asks if she can borrow the in her and Dussel’s room in a very mature way. When started to flip out about it, Anne remained cool, calm, and collected. Anne shows a very big aspect of evil when she gets into a fight with her mother about prayer. “Just had a big burst-up with mummy for the umpteenth time; we simply don’t get along these days…” (p.30). Anne shows good when she shows compassion and sorrow for her old friend Lies. “I just saw Lies, no one else, and how I understand. I misjudged her and was too young to understand her difficulties.” (p.119). When Anne shows compassion and sorrow for Lies, she shows that despite everything, she cares for others and that she’s not selfish or

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English ~ "Who Betrayed Anne Frank?" Essay The residents of the annex had spent twenty-five months in the confined, tight space and if it had not been for a betrayer they could have been able to survive through the Jewish Holocaust. A suspect that could have caused the Franks to be turned into the Nazis army was Anton/Tony Ahlers. Ahlers strongly seemed to be the main suspect for the betrayal of the Franks, because he had worked for the dutch party, seem to have blackmailed Otto Frank, had many motives and means against Mr. Frank, and was confirmed by relatives that he had betrayed the Franks.

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Anne also had a very hopeful spirit when having one of her “dates” with peter in his room. They got to talking about what they used to do in there every day life’s before the war had stared and they had lived in the annex , and what they wanted to do when they got out and the war ended. Anne said she would love to become a journalist because of her

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Although her father brings a positive thing into a negative situation. “A diary…I've never had a dairy. And I’ve always longed for one” (720). Even though Anne was sad and upset about going into hiding, she got something that she had always wanted.

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This was a contributing factor of her fear to do anything to upset her parents further. From the very beginning Anne’s main issue was her struggle to prove herself as an individual to her parents. In hopes of proving to her parents that she is worth something, she took the opportunity to help at the canteen. Anne shows us through determination and hard work, life may not end up with the happy ending you expected. Instead life can finish in something completely different but as good.

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With the tragedy of the Holocaust (1933 - 1945) many Jewish people were sent to concentration camps and executed. With this tragedy it may seem like no one is good at heart. People were forced to commit wretched crimes, but Anne believes that there is still good in the world when she said “...in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” Pg. 237.

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According to Anne Frank, all people are good at heart. But is that really true? Well, the truth is, that not all people are good at heart. Furthermore, The people Anne was referring to as “good at heart”, the Nazis, were the ones responsible for the mass murder of the innocent Jewish people.

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The Diary of Anne Frank has a play version that illustrates the life of young teenage girl hiding out in an annex during the Holocaust. Throughout the play, Anne struggles with her growing body and relationships between her and seven other people in the crammed annex. While the play version still exists today with many classes and random people enjoying it and viewing the play, a new motion picture has came along to show us these struggles of The Diary of Anne Frank. During the movie, watchers will examine the struggles of what this young girl has to go through to survive in vivid details. Although the play and the movie version provide differences on setting and actions to describe Anne’s life in the secret attic during the Holocaust, both versions demonstrate how curious Anne becomes on her changing and maturing body as the years go on.

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To clarify, Anne felt like people were still really good at heart, despite all the horrible things they've done. For example, any Jew had to wear a yellow star, they were shipped off to concentration camps to their death. Anne uses the quote "We're all in much better spirits these days" to show that she felt that things were starting to get better. In the Collections book, Anne states that she might be back in school and be able to see her friends again.

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In hard times people seek out for strong relationships. During the Holocaust almost all relationships were destroyed do to the intolerance of the Nazis. Families were separated and sent to concentration camps, and most friends never saw each other again. Do to this, people were pretty much forced to make strong relationships to help them survive. Usually these relationships were stronger than their previous ones.

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In Act Two Scene Five, Anne made everyone presents, even though she doesn't get along with most of the people in the Annex. Anne acted praiseworthily when she tells Peter in Act Two Scene 4. Somehow Anne always saw the good in a bad situation. That is why she is worthy of admiration. Anne has shown that she is optimistic.

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