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Diary Of Anne Frank: Comparing The Book And Movie

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In “The Diary of Anne Frank” the setting takes place in the 1940’s in Amsterdam, Netherlands in a secret annex. The plot of the true story is that a 13 year old girl and her family have to hide from the German soldiers because they were hunting all Jewish people to capture and send them to concentration camps. After 2 years of hiding they were eventually caught be the Green Police and were taken to concentration camps. The main characters are Anne Frank, Mr. Frank, Peter Van Daan, and Mr. Dussel. The mood of the story is depressing and frightful for their experience throughout the story. After viewing two of the stories they had many similarities and differences that were crucial to the plot

“The Diary of Anne Frank” story and the movie have many similarities. One similarity was both had the same characters, setting, and plot line. In both story and the movie the ending included …show more content…

One difference is that at the end of the movie Miep picked up her journals that the German soldiers threw on the ground, this did not happen in the book. They might have excluded this scene because we don’t know what actually happened after the family was taken. In the book, Mr. Van Daan steals bread in the middle of the night but this did not happen in the movie. In the movie, Miep and Mr. Kraler pushed a bookcase in front of the door so if the German soldiers came, it would be harder for them to get in. In the book they heard the robber downstairs while in the main living room, but in the movie they were all gathered on the stairs. They might have changed this scene because they wanted to make it more alarming to the family and the audience. In the book they celebrated New Year's Eve with a cake that Miep brought, but in the movie they never celebrated this holiday at all. In the story it never mentioned that Anne and Peter went up in the attic, but in the movie they spent most of their time in the

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A major difference is that there are some characters that were in the book that aren't in the movie like Flora Baumbach, Theo Theodorakis, and Madame Hoo. Even though the movie wasn’t as good or as exciting as the book, they were both interesting and are fun to read and listen

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One huge difference in the setting, in the book the story takes place on the shore of lake Michigan in a brand new apartment building in a small town. On the other hand the movie takes place old, run down apartment in the middle of a huge city. Another example is the characters, in the book there are 16 heirs with eight pairs. In the movie there are 10 heirs and 5 pairs. Also the movie leaves out some huge characters like Theo Theodorakis, Flora Baumbach, and

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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

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For these reasons, they are alike. The book and movie have many differences. The two main characters in the book are high school freshman teenagers. On the other hand, the movie characters are young adults.

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The first one that I will address is that in the play the Van Daans are already in the Annex when the Franks arrive, but in the movie, the Franks are already in the Annex and had been there for a while when the Van Daans arrived. The next difference is that in the play Peter knocks over a lamp when the robbers are downstairs, but in the movie, Peter does not knock over the lamp while the robbers are down stairs. In the movie Anne has more of a romantic relationship with Peter, but in the book it is more of just a friendly relationship. In the book Anne and Peter do not have a good relationship. It is just Anne teasing Peter, but in the movie they are friends early on.

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Although there are many differences between the two, there are also many similarities. Like how in both the movie and the novel she outsmarts the

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One comparison between the movie and book version is the darkness of the setting and the time in which it takes place. In both versions, the story takes place mostly at night, which is when all the action happens. The book also characterizes the setting as dark and the movie shows the darkness. The book and movie versions of

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There are several differences between the book and the movie such as in the book susie has a memorial service for her death and in the movie there wasn't one at all. In the book Susie and Ry go into the auditorium and kiss, In the movie they never go into the auditorium. In the book lindsay goes to a summer camp in the movie she doesn't go

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The story of Anne Frank is the infamous tale of a Jewish girl hiding from the Nazis. There is a movie and a book/play about her story. It takes place in a secret annex during the Holocaust. Anne, Margot, Mr. and Mrs. Frank have to live in a tiny space with Peter, Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan. Mr. Dussel joins in later, they are hiding from the Nazis that invaded their country, Amsterdam.

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The last distinction I found was the age of Cindy Lu. In the book, the say that Cindy Lu was no more than two. But in the movie, she looks older than two. Cindy Lu has a bigger role in the movie than the book. I found many differences in the book and movie.

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The movie has a different story structure. Unlike the book the movie has some flashbacks. Some differences are that she walks in oh the man in the beginning. The tells his wife in the movie that he is having an affair with another woman. The story clerk does not offer the woman cheesecake in the book.

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In my opinion there are a lot of comparisons between the film and the book, but there are also differences between them too, but also they have impacted the audience in both the film and the

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