Diary Of Anne Frank

The Holocaust was one of the most dreadful events in history. The German Nazis, under the rule of Hitler, killed nearly 6 million innocent Jews. Many Jews were forced to hide. One of these people was Anne Frank, the main character of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl . Anne is a thirteen-year old Jewish girl who writes a diary while she is hiding in Amsterdam during World War II. Anne is the daughter of Otto and Edith Frank, she is also the younger sister of Margot Frank. Born in 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany, Anne and her family moved to Amsterdam in 1933. Anne receives her diary on her thirteenth

Anne has a mixed perspective of her mother and has now begun to realize that her mother is a “human” as well but is sometimes confused by her mother’s remarks. Anne wrote in her journal, "She is not a mother to me - I have to mother myself." Anne is perplexed by her mother’s harsh and cruel words, while on the other hand Anne’s mother is saddened when Anne rejects to say prayers with her mother. Anne has also written, “Just as my heart sinks every time I hear her harsh words, that's how her heart sank when she realized there was no more love between us”, which shows how Anne believes her mother feels about

Anne uses sarcastic humor in her diary as a way to deal with day-to-day problems. She injected use of humor in times such as when Dussel, the dentist, performed a dental checkup on Mrs.Van Daan. She also brought humor when she described the “Secret Annexe” as “being on vacation in a very peculiar boardinghouse” Anne sense of sarcastic humor helped contrast between her serious side and the constant fear of being found by the