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. This shows even with what just happened Anne still believes that people are still good at heart. Anne is correct with her statement. People are risking their lives to save the Jews. Even if not everyone was saving Jews it was for protection for themselves and they are still good at heart but are unable to show it. It all proves that people are still good at heart. …show more content…
She took responsibility for them even with the risk to her own life.
If must have been very stressful having to take care of the family’s with Nazis around every corner. This all shows that Miep is good at heart. Despite the evidence and explanation given so far, some people may still conclude that Anne’s statement is incorrect. They might argue that nobody is good at heart because people still rob banks and there are people who rob banks. This point of view makes some sense because how can someone be good at heart if they steal and break the law. This argument and evidence, however, does not prove Anne incorrect because there are always people who catch them so it evens out. Plus those robbers might have a good reason for robbing banks and though that does not justify robbing banks, but that still means that they are good at heart. Based on this interpretation, therefore, it proves that Anne is still correct with her statement “... in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” Pg.
237.
The tragedy of the Holocaust (1933 - 1945)