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Comparing Diary Of Anne Frank By Frances Goodrich And Hackett

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In the play, The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, the theme is to always stay optimistic about the world and the humans that inhabit it. Near the end of the play, Anne and Peter are arguing about religion and faith in God. Peter believes that religion is idiotic and absurd while Anne believes that faith and hope give you something to look forward too during hardships. Anne stated, "But you know what I sometimes think? I think the world may be going through a phase, the way I was with my Mother. It'll pass, maybe for not hundreds of years, but someday..." (1247-1251). While it is expected for the theme to be about the diary and Anne's life and hardships she suffered through, the words and phrases Anne preaches contribute
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In “The Diary of Anne Frank” by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, the conflict of the story is how the Nazis ultimately want to wipe out the Jewish population and have the German population dominate. This makes the Jew’s lives harder because the Nazis are forcing them to do things that make them stand out so that they can be treated differently. One example of this would be “We had to wear yellow stars” (Goodrich-Hackett 703). The Nazis made them wear this patch called The Star of David on all of their clothing so that people would know they were Jewish. The Nazis also prohibited Jews from doing everyday things.

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Anne Frank Compare and Contrast The Diary of Anne Frank takes place Amsterdam, Netherlands. In the book Anne and her family are Jews in World War II. Because of the oppression of the Jews, Anne and her family are forced to go into hiding. Anne, her mom Edith, her dad Otto, her sister Margot, Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan, Peter Van Daan, and Mr. Dussel.

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Diary of Anne Frank: Faith “Faith is seeing light with your heart when all your eyes see is darkness.” This quote, by Barbara Johnson, illuminates faith’s capabilities to help people see the best in their situation. Examples of these and other positive effects of faith are pervasive throughout the text of Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett’s play, The Diary of Anne Frank. In this play, two Jewish families- the Franks and the Van Daans- along with a Jewish man, Dussel, are forced to hide in a small attic for two years to avoid being captured during the Holocaust. They are unable to breathe fresh air or take a step outside for this entire time.

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In conclusion, I believe that an important theme in The Diary of Anne Frank, is faith or having faith. The idea is to have an idea or entity that you can seek comfort with when everything has gone wrong or horrible. I believe what Anne learned in the end was to always believe in a greater good, have optimism, or a belief. At the end she says that she still believes in spite of everything, that people, no matter what, are good at

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In the text The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett the theme is, you can always find the positive in a negative situation. In the beginning of the text, Anne Frank talks about how she is going into hiding because the Germans invaded. The Frank family had to go into hiding while the Nazis took over with another family. Anne and her family are forced to leave a lot of their belongings at home. Anne thinks that this is going to be really challenging and very unfortunate.

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One of the many traits of Anne is that she looked at life in a positive manner. The young girl was very brave by how she communicated through her diary and how she acted towards her environment. The little girl didn't think about how she was going through a lot, she thought about how happy she will be eventually. On line 27 on page 356, Anne said, "As for us, we're very fortunate." This quote explains that Anne believes that her family are fortunate for being alive in a time like the Holocaust, while hiding in an annex.

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Anne’s positive attitude and hope helped her overcome her distressing time in hiding during World War II. Other examples can also be found in the poem “Homesick”, and journal entries written by youngsters living during World War II. Having hope helps overcome obstacles that you may have thought was unfeasible to surpass. Hope can be found in everything. Fear can leave you petrified, but hope is the greatest strength that you can possess and hope will always overpower fear.

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This thought is conveyed in Anne's writing, "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." This gave the Franks' and their companions new hope. At last, there was someone on the way to end the agony from being confined to the same isolated rooms for a long period of time. This outpouring of support from various countries throughout the world, proves Anne's belief that people are really good at heart.

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Somehow, even through the bad, Anne still managed to be happy. This is inspiring to me and makes me think that I should be more grateful for what I have and find more happiness in my

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Anne does an excellent job in her diary writings explaining daily life in hiding. She explains the trouble and constant fear of being captured, as well as being stripped of basic rights such as full showers and hygiene in the annex. But even with this, Anne states "If I just think of how we live here, I usually come to the conclusion that it is a paradise compared with how other Jews who are not in hiding must be living.", ending misconceptions that Anne’s story was a complete telling of the atrocities committed to Jews during WWII. Anne’s journey through adolescence forms a relationship a between the middle school reader and Anne, this is essential in the reading due to the already known information on the aftermath of the diary. The style of the writing makes it feel as if Anne is truly confiding in the reader and telling them her problems and doubts.

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Anne was seeing the good in the really awful situation that she was in at the time. This explains how people are truly good at heart because she is trying to reassure herself and others that everything will work out and be ok in the end. Anne says “I think the world is going through a phase, the way I was with Mother. It’ll pass, maybe not for hundreds of years, but someday . . . “ Despite everything that is happening Anne still believes that it will be over soon and that everything will be ok.

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