How might somebody feel when thinking about suppressing opinions and emotions, issues with parents, and tough relationships with boys? Something someone might feel is that life can't get any worse and it's too hard to overcome those challenges. In The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hacket, the main character Anne Frank who lived in the Netherlands went into hiding on July 6, 1942, to escape the Nazis, otherwise, they'd be sent to concentration camps eventually leading to death. While in hiding Anne faced all of the struggles of suppressing opinions and emotions, issues with parents, and tough relationships with boys which teaches her to not give up and stop taking things for granted. To begin with, hiding emotions and opinions. …show more content…
As the story goes on and the longer Anne is in hiding with the same people, she starts to develop some feelings for a boy that’s about her age named Peter. At first, Peter is very uninterested and wants nothing to do with Anne. Peter finds Anne annoying, loud, and disrespectful to the adults. Anne continues to develop more and more feelings for Peter which eventually leads them to become better friends. Peter and Anne start to talk more often which leads to the relationship becoming something more. One day, Anne and Peter are about to hang out in Peter’s room. Anne is getting ready while talking to her sister Margot about Peter. Anne is worried that Margot’s jealous of the bond she and Peter have created. Margot says she isn’t and Anne starts gathering thoughts that Peter might not like her in the way she thought. “Maybe there’s nothing to be jealous of. Maybe he doesn’t really like me. Maybe I’m just taking place of his cat” (90). Eventually, Anne and Peter’s relationship continues to grow romantically and Peter develops true feelings for Anne. While Anne and Peter are talking Peter expresses his feelings toward Anne by talking about other girls and comparing them to each other but says something sweet to Anne. “If they were all like you, it’d be different” (100). Anne and Peter grow very fond of each other and from then on the relationship they’ve built continues to get