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The Diary Of Anne Frank By Frances Goodrich And Albert Hackett

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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. Although her father brings a positive thing into a negative situation. “A diary…I've never had a dairy. And I’ve always longed for one” (720). Even though Anne was sad and upset about going into hiding, she got something that she had always wanted. Even if things seem horrible, there is …show more content…

Even small things, including getting a dairy, can make negative situations a little more positive. In the middle of the text, Anne was upset because she didn't like living with Peter. She had wished that he was a girl her age. Anne thought that having things around would make things even more miserable. Then Anne started to spend more time with Peter. As the story continues, they become friends, and a little more. Peter and Anne hung out in Peter's room. Peter says to Anne, “I think you're just fine… What I want to say… If it wasn't for you around here, I don't know. What I mean…”(154). Peter isn't very good at expressing his words, but it is clear to say that he has a crush on Anne. Throughout the text, they fall in love. If it wasn't for them being in hiding, they would never have found love. Being in hiding is a negative, but Anne and Peter found love, which is a huge positive. In the end, they got caught by the Nazis. They were sent to a concentration camp. It was such a terrible thing that happened to them. Anyone would find it hard to find the positive in a situation like that. But it was positive. Anne was cooped up in a house for two

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The Frank Family were stuck in the Secret Annex with another Jewish family. However, even in this bad situation, Anne Frank looks towards the positive things. As stated in The Diary of a Young Girl, “As for us, we’re quite fortunate. Luckier than millions of people. It’s quiet and safe here, and we’re using our money to buy food.”

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" Judging by that quote, I believe that she was a very kind girl. Now Anne was positive, she was optimistic, and she was very sweet. But those are just a few things describing her. Now I will be explaining why she was all of those things and more.

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I don’t want you ever to go beyond that door. ”(Hackett, 112) This quote shows how Anne goes from excited about getting a journal, to scared because her dad explains all the limitations of their stay in the annex. Anne’s mood changes may times

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Anne is so accustomed to having to be the perfect daughter and ‘trophy wife’ that she knows no different. Later in the novel, Anne becomes more aware of her parents disappointment saying to her friends 'You just don 't

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Anne’s family were expecting her to be to be ‘perfect’ so she could be married into a good family. Trying to please your parents are one of the hardest struggles a teenager could face. Anne’s self-esteem dropped. She says that “One’s job is to look so totally ravishing that the marriage settlements are signed and sealed by the end of one’s first season”.

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She still saw good in the people that made her hide away for two years, and eventually killed her. Anne was happy when they got taken to the concentration camp because she was able to be in fresh air. Her being able to go outside and enjoy the sunshine made her forever grateful. In the play it says, “Anne was happy in the camp in Holland where they first took us. After two years of being shut up in these rooms, she could be out . . .

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“The Diary of Anne Frank” written by Francis Goodrich and Albert Hackett is a riveting play about the true events of a teenage child, Anne Frank. One possible theme that can be deduced from the play is that one should be grateful for what they have. In act one scene four of the play, the reader sees Mr. Dussel complaining about the living conditions of the Franks hiding place: “Dussel: (to Mrs. Frank). Something must be done about that child, Mrs. Frank… Everynight she twists and turns… I spend half my night sushing her.

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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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“Just had a big burst-up with mummy for the umpteenth time; we simply don’t get along these days…” (p.30). Anne shows good when she shows compassion and sorrow for her old friend Lies. “I just saw Lies, no one else, and how I understand. I misjudged her and was too young to understand her difficulties.”

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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.

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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 also writes in a diary about her feelings and her life. The text states,“ Peter. Wait till I get you! Anne. I’m waiting!

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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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The employees of Otto’s office helped supplied the Franks with food, and information of the outside world. In this diary, Anne wrote a lot about her feelings. She would write about how she adored her father and how her mother lacked in love and affection. She did not write much about her sister Margot. In this dairy, Anne developed a strong bond with Peter

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