Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl by Angelica Pearson

  Anne Frank was a girl who lived in Holland during World War II. She lived during the Holocaust, when Hitler’s Nazis occupied Holland .The Nazi’s began by restricting the Jews. Since she was Jewish, there were many rules governing her behavior. She had to wear a yellow star. She could not go to movie theaters or go to stores that were not owned by Jews. She, and all of the other Jews, had curfews of 8PM.
Anne received her diary as a present on her thirteenth birthday. At the beginning of her diary, Anne mentions that she has many friends. Over time, she sees them less and less as she and her friends go into hiding.
After the first few submissions to her diary Anne writes that she will call it Kitty. Each submission from then on is addressed “Dear Kitty.” Sometimes she puts off writing for a few days, or even a week. Once she mentions something about Canadian soldiers. She says that one of her parent’s friends saw a few of them just sitting on the sidewalk. One of the soldiers asks Anne’s friend for a match for his cigarette. The soldier tells Anne’s friend that he was a crewman on a plane and his pilot burned up when the Germans shot down his plane.
When the Holocaust started, she and her family and a couple of other families went into hiding. Where she moved, there was a room to hide from the police. The hiding room was concealed behind a cupboard. The whole apartment was supposed to be abandoned, so they could not even flush the toilet for fear of being heard, then getting caught and arrested. And then killed in a concentration camp. The apartment was called the Secret Annex.
Anne started to like a boy named Peter Van Daan from one of the families they hid with. She wrote that sometimes she and Peter snuck off to the attic so they could be alone together. Peter was 2 or 3 years older than Anne. When Anne’s dad finds out about them meeting, he says that he does not want the two of them meeting any more.
Anne and her sister Margot had to share a room. She did not like her sister and resented having to share a room with her. Anne wrote that she longed for fresh air and wanted to go outside. She did not like being a zoo animal.
One day she and the other familes got caught by the police. Then they were sent to a concentration camp. The last time she saw her father was when the men were separated from the women at the concentration camp. She and her sister were sent to Belsen in Germany. Her sister Margot died a few days after they arrived. At the concentration camp most people died either from terrible diseases like typhoid or were killed in gas chambers by the Nazis. Anne died from typhoid in the concentration camp.

Reflection:

I liked parts of the diary. I enjoyed the parts before they went to the secret annex. Anne sounded happier and she talked about her friends. That was just more pleasant.
Then after she went to the secret annex, some parts were a little depressing. I did not like that she sounded so sad, that she wanted fresh air, to see the sun, to go the park. I was sad because of her unhappiness. I would rather not have been her. She sounded like she did not want to be cooped up and she was mad at herself for being a Jew.
This was another point in history where someone was being discriminated against just because of the way they were born. That is horrible.
This was a great book at first, but I just did not want to continue reading it because her life was too hard. I just felt guilty that I have such a great life and it did not feel fair. This book shows that at some points in history this is just a cruel, cruel world. I wish sometimes that this world was like a fairy tale and all of the endings were happy. I wish there were always princes in shining armor to whisk you away from the terrible people who do cruel things.
It sounded like Anne just wanted to be part of that story and have a Knight save her from the evil dragon of the Nazis.

The diary of a young girl

The diary of a young girl
By Sean Russell

The diary of a young girl, by Anne Frank is about a girl in the middle of the Holocaust, World War 2. the Holocaust is where Hiliter is trying to get rid of Jewish people. Jewish people were not allowed in there stores and if they were cought they would be killed. Anne Frank is Jewish and she started to keep a diary. Anne Frank went into hidingto stay away from Nazis. Her family shared the same room with other familes and they did not have that much food and more familes kept comeing. You could not flush the toilet or someone would hear the flushing of the toilet. A lot of times police brake into the office and surch for Jewish people. After a wile Anne Frank started to fall in love with a young boy named Peter Van Daan who lived in the other famly witch lived in the same apartment as Anne Frank. Peter Van Daan was 17 years old and he liked Margot Anne Frank’s sister. Anne Frank and Peter Van Daan sneek to the attic to see each other. Anne Frank told her dad about her and Peter Van Daan. Anne Frank’s dad told her about Peter Van Daan Anne Frank’s dad said that Peter Van Daan did not have enough character for her, Anne Frank’s dad also told her to stop seeing each other in the attic. Anne Frank wroght a leter to her parents that she does not have enough respect for her parents to listen to them about her and Peter Van Daan. Anne Frank makes up with her dad in time for her 15th birthday and she got a lot of presents for her birthday. Later on Anne Frank finds out that Peter Van Daan is not as good as a friend as she thought. Anne starts to wonder about the future, she thanks what willhappen to her family, she thanks what will happen to her friends and what will happen to her. After she started to think about the future she stopped wrighting her diary. After that Anne Frank, Peter Van Daan,and every one else she knew was captured and sent to a concentration camp in Auschwitz Germany. Anne Frank was seprated from her family. The Nazis seporated the men from the women that was the last time Anne Frank saw her dad. Anne Frank and her sister were moved to a camp in Belsen Germany. Anne Frank was sick when she got to Belsen Germany Margot died a little after they got to Belsen Germany. Anne Frank found her school friend Lies a few days later Anne Frank died too. The Nazis would put a lot of people in a room and fill it with gas that would kill every one in side. Then they would take the bodies and make a big ditch and through them in to the big ditch then bary them. After Hitler killed him self the Nazis started to shoot everyone in the concentration camp but they did not have enough bullets so the Nazis locked the concentration camp up and left every one to starve. Then the Americans came to bring food water and medical supplies to the people in the concentration camps. Thn the Americans wan the war and now Jewish are not tortchered any more they are free and Hitler’s teachings are gone just like Hitler.

annfrank:by chance

Anne Frank, the Diaries of a
Young girl is about a twelve year old Jewish girl who lives her days a normal life and goes to a school with all her friends. she gets a diary from her parents for her birthday and names it kitty. every day she writes to her friend kitty about her day i the diary.Anne’s father's name was Otto but was mostly referred to as Pim. Her moms name was mummy . She had a sister named Margot who she never really liked.Nazi police send a call-up notice for her father and for her sister Margot for their leaving to a concentration camp. They hurrry and go to their hiding place.Anne tells Kitty that her Jewish friends are being taken away by the dozen. They are loaded into cattle trucks and sent to concentration camps.another familiy named the van danns moved into the hiding spot with them. Daddy gets sick but they cannot call a doctor .Dussel was a dentist who was living alone after his wife fled the country . He was chosen by everyone to be the eighth person to join in the living area. With such small living space and not enough room for every Anne was forced to share half her room with him. Soon everyone was getting on each other’s nerves and the best way to avoid a potential problem was to just keep quiet and mind your own business. After awhile ann feels alone because the vann danns dont like her, her mom dosent understand her, her sister is in her own world and her dad still thinks of her as a littile kid. Every nite her and peter go upstairs and talk story. After awihle her affection twords peter is all she can think of. peter can only think about her all day too. At first dussel appeared to be a nice person minding his business. Him and Anne fight over the few hours they have at the desk . Anne is also not to fond of sharing a room with an old man she never knew till then. at one point in this story dussel puts his head on anns naked body to fell her pulse. then ann writes to kitty ''who does this guy think he is?'' at the end of the story German women and their children are being evacuated. Anne says that everyone's temper has improved and She is excited to be learning English. my opion on this book is not a good one. i think that ann frank is a lil wieard becuse she names her diary kitty. my type off books are actiom and mystry. i think that reading this book was like going to an old black and white movie. it was boring

The diary of Anne Frank

The diary of Anne Frank :Jenson ''Biansan'' Koga
In 1933 the frank family moved to the Netherlands to hide or run away from the Nazi persecution. They were doing just fine until 1940 when in that time the Netherlands were just occupied by the Germans. By the new set of rules/laws there were all against the Jewish people. Such as some of the rules were that the Jewish people could not go to the same schools as Germans and they could not even ride their cars. I think that the worst one is that all of the Jewish people have to wear a yellow star to identify that they are Jewish people. The Germans also boycotted the Jewish business in the town. Most of the Jewish people were arrested, harassed, and also put into concentration camps were they would be brought together and they got killed. The franks made a decision that they wanted to go into hiding by doing this they would put their lives into great danger and risk. "Happy birthday too you happy birthday to you happy birthday dear Anne happy birthday to you." On Anne’s thirteenth birthday that she got a special gift she got a diary she was so very excited of what she got. She started to write in it about her life and the details about it by including some descriptions of her friends, the events that were going on in her school, and even the boys that she liked. In a month or even less she started to write about her carefree life as a child and I could see that it was a little hard for her and she also wrote about her family going into hiding because of the Germans doing these things to the Jewish people. Margot Anne’s older sister that was sixteen years old had been called up. To be called up is to mean that the Gestapo called her up. The Gestapo is the Germanys brutal secret police force. It most likely that if you were called up that would mean that they would send you to a concentration camp and probably beat you up and eventually kill you. So the Frank family was preparing to go into hiding in their fathers annex the fathers name is Otto and his family came from a wealthy background until his family’s money was lost in World War 1. So the Frank family was sending furniture and most of there stuff to the annex to stay. The secret annex is in Otto’s office building. They were not the only ones to stay in the annex. There was another family the Van Daans too were staying in the annex. The Frank family after invited one more person to share the annex and he was Mr. Dussel. While they were hiding in the annex the Franks used a radio to see how everything was going and how the War was going on too. Still yet Anne was still writing in her diary but now she was writing about all well most of the events that were happening in the War. The Gestapo found the Frank family and then the got arrested on August 4, 1944. There were two secretaries that found a couple of pages of Anne’s diary and they gave it to Miep Gies. Miep Gies is Otto’s assistant in there office. Miep Gies keep the couple of diary pages in hi desk draw and he didn’t even attempt to read it. In 1945 the War ended and Miep Gies gave the couple of pages to the living Otto. The sad part is that Anne and Margot both died of Typhus at the concentration camp. The died on March of 1945 and there mother died of exhaustion and hunger of January of 1945. The Van Daans and Mr. Dussel also died in their concentration camps too. Otto Frank knew that Anne wanted to be a published writer and he looked through the diary and took some pages to some day gets published.


My Reaction:
My reaction to this book is that I personally don’t like book and I don’t like to read because I am more of an outdoors type of guy and I always want to be moving around. But I sort of liked this book because my uncle was in a concentration camp in World War 2 so that is why I was sort of interested. I wanted to know what you would have to do in there. But now I see that it is kind of like a jail but the only thing is that your whole family is in there too.

anne frank by harrison

Anne receives a diary on her thirteenth birthday. She names it kitty. One day, Nazi police send a call-up notice for her father and for her sister Margot for their leaving to a concentration camp. They hurrry and go to their hiding place, the Secret Annexe. Another family, the Van Daans with their son Peter, arrives. Anne particularly dislikes him Mrs. Van Daan. She also complains that the grown-ups criticize her. \Anne tells Kitty that her Jewish friends are being taken away by the dozen. They are loaded into cattle trucks and sent to concentration camps.Daddy gets sick, but they cannot call a doctor, since they are in hiding. Anne reads a book on puberty and longs to have her period. She does not like to say her prayers with , for she finds cold. She gets jealous of Margot sometimes.They take in another person, Mr. Dussel. He is stubborn. Anne often feels guilty for being safe in hiding while her Jewish friends are probably suffering.Anne feels frustrated that she is criticized so often. She still does not get along with Mrs. Van Daan, and still finds Mummy cold, refusing to pray with her, upsetting her greatly.Anne cannot sleep because of the air raids, and they are eating terribly-dry bread and coffee for breakfast, spinach and rotten potatoes for dinner. Still, Anne feels lucky that they have food and shelter, that they are able to laugh at each other, and that they have books and a radio. There is an announcement that Italy has surrendered. This gives them hope for peace.
Anne chronicles a day in the Annexe, describing many of the activities and personalities of the people in the Secret Annexe Anne is so affected by the tension that at times she goes to bed crying. She longs for fresh air and wishes that the darkness and cruelty of the war would subside so that they can find beauty and safety She has a dream of one of her friends, and feels guilty. She hopes that she prays hard enough to save her friends and family.She and Peter Van Daan develop a crush on each other She remembers Peter Wessel, who she loved before going into hiding. They combine in her mind, and she feels intense longing. The grownups are critical of the. Relationship Anne worries that she talks too much, but he likes her cheerfulness. She wants to help him overcome his loneliness. She hears that they will be making a collection of diaries and letters after the war, and wants to publish her diary. She has faith that God will raise them out of suffering and that one day, the world will learn from the Jews She is often downcast, but never in despair.She wrote her dad a letter about how he did not help her through her struggle to find herself and he is so upset that she feels guilty and realizes that she was wrong
Sometimes they go hungry, but even at their worst, they still have hope and are able to find cheerful moments On d day the English land on the French coast There is great discussion about the hope of liberation, and they have fresh courage and strength Anne celebrates her fifteenth birthday She wishes she could look at nature more often, and not through a dirty window Many cities have fallen to the Allies, and the mood is optimistic.She becomes disappointed in Peter. She does not want him to lean on her. She wonders how she has held onto her ideals in the face of all the cruelty of war She still believes that people are really good at heart. She has a deeper, purer side that no one knows. She worries that people think she is superficial With this, her diary ends, for on August 4, 1944, the Secret Annexe was raided and they were taken away to German and Dutch concentration camps.

I think personally that this is not my kind of book it is a good book and it tells the life of a young girl how ever many years ago but i just was not interested in it if i could change one thing in this book i would deffinetly change just the kind of person that was telling it i think it would be more intersesting if it was a boy telling it and what the boy had to go through

Anne Frank: The diary of a young girl Steven Baptiste

Anne frank begins by writing about herself as a happy go lucky Jewish girl living in 1942 Holland. Her life consisted of all the things a girl would probably want back then. Lots of friends, attention from many boys, a sister, ands two loving parents providing an education, food, clothing and all around care for their child. On her twelve birthday she receives a sum of gifts including a party game, chocolates, a puzzle, a brooch, books, money and a diary in which she writes about everything. Her happy life soon changes when their family has to go into hiding because of the persecution of Jews during WWII. Their family moves with the Van Danns another Jewish family, and they live in a hidden room behind a cupboard. Anne Frank describes the hidden room as the Secret Annexe. Anyways, Anne Frank writes about every imaginable thing that comes to mind including her affection with Peter, the quarrelling between the Van Danns, her father, how irritating Mr.Dussel is, the war, politics ETC ETC ETC! First lets talk about her feelings toward Peter. Anne begins writing about Peter as her friend. Later on in the secret annexe Anne doesn't seem to confide in anyone to tell her deepest darkest secrets. Her mother doesn't understand her, the Van Danns and Dussel seem irritated about her, her sister I guess is doing her own trip, and Anne's father simply thinks of Anne as a child. Every evening Anne goes upstairs by the window at night and talk. Each day sharing closer feelings towards each other. Anne talks to Peter as someone she can trust and feel comfortable to talk to about anything. One day, as Peter is called downstairs, he gives Anne a kiss and the whole next 10 pages is about that kiss. The next couple of days her affection towards Peter seems to grow stronger and stronger until she feels there is nothing else worth more than her and Peter. Peter also needed someone to confide in with all the trouble and despair going on. His parents quarrelling doesn't seem to bother him much but the rest of the residents of the Secret Annexe think its hilarious. As tensions rose between everybody due to living in small tight spaces, the weather, the increasing chance of being captured, the Van Danns find any stupid thing to fight about. Anne describes it as one word, one sentence and them BAM! they're off arguing about the dumbest thing you could think of. Anne says everyone tries hard not to laugh but sometimes they cant hold it in. Mrs. Van Dann's way to entertain herself out of it all is being a flirt. At first it was with Otto Frank, Anne's father then when Otto ignored the women she turned it on Dussel.Neither was fond of her behavior. Dussel is a whole other story. invited to stay with the family, the old doctor stays with Anne. At first he appeared as a nice kind gentleman just minding his business when later it seems the tensions got to him. Him and Anne fight over the few hours they have at the desk and Dussel disapproves of Anne wasting his time by reading her Roman and Greek mythology books. Anne is also not to fond of sharing a room with an old man she never knew till then. One awkward moment Anne describes is when she was very sick and Dussel lays on her naked chest in order to hear her breathing. Anne writes in her book Who does this guy think he is! The war going on was all listened through the illegal radio held in their room in those dark hours at night while the guns were blazing through the night. Every so often Anne gives us brief news about the series of events going on. She talks about the Germans capturing this town and the next and then the allies winning another battle and liberating cities etc etc.

In my opinion this book was not my kind of book. At times I felt uninterested reading it. I like books about adventures and survival. I thought Anne was too emotional about things. her descriptions of EVERYTHING was kind of soap opera-ish. It felt like a big drama being played over and over in my head. I give honor though to Anne Frank because her book was her wish for her voice to be remembered throughout the ages. Without Anne's diary we probably might not have known much about the life of Jews in WWII. I hope her voice will be heard for all those that wish to listen and that her life still lives throughout many.

Anne Frank-Book review by;Ben Steuri

Anne Frank, the Diaries of a Young girl is about a twelve year old Jewish girl who lives a normal life and goes to a normal school with all her friends. Anne’s father's name was Otto but was typically referred to as Pim. Her mother’s name was Edith (might not have been mentioned in the book) but was referred to as mummy. She had a sister named Margot and they got along fine for the most part. Margot was always smarter than Anne and was thought of as being better. When the evil dictator from Germany, Adolf Hitler, begins his long conquest for genocide on all Jewish people, Anne and her family were slowly being deprived of all their pleasures. The threats on all Jews became so strong, that the Frank family moved to an isolated apartment above an office complex. They called it their “Secret Annex”. The “Secret Annex” was located behind a book shelf through a secret door. Directly under them were the office and a warehouse which was regularly active throughout the day. This meant that there would have to be certain hours you could run water and go to the bathroom. They were soon joined by another Jewish family, the Van Daans. This added three more people into the house. There was Mr. Van Daan, Mrs. Van Daan, and Peter who was just a couple years older than Anne. Everyone got to know each other in just a short amount of time and had already made their opinions on one another. In Anne’s opinion Peter was too shy, Mrs. Van Daan was too aggravating and Mr. Van Daan was never a real problem. Anne’s 13th birthday came around and she got a puzzle, some sweets, money, books, etc……and most importantly, a diary. Anne would begin to write in her diary regularly and record what was going on. She believed that paper was more patient than people so she would write anything she wished and for however long she wanted to. Life was getting harder for her to constantly be bothered by everyone and be told what to do. On Tuesday November 17, 1942, the eighth member of the annex arrived. His name was Albert Dussel. Dussel was a dentist who was living alone after his wife fled the country when war broke out. He was chosen by everyone to be the eighth person to join in the living quarters. With such small living quarters and not enough room for all, Anne was forced to share a room with him. Things were getting tight with the extra body, therefore causing more and more problems to occur. Soon, everyone was getting on each other’s nerves and the best way to avoid a potential problem was to just keep quiet and mind your own business. For the next following year, boredom, depression and pessimism were all factors in the daily routine. Good news on the radio would rarely come, and when it did it wouldn’t stay for long. Air raid alarms would go on constantly throughout the night. Anne would often cry about her situation and how much she had missed all her friends. Since she had no connection to the outside world, she would always be wandering what her friends were doing and if they were even still alive (but she would never really know). Finally, on August 4th 1944, this group of people desperate for freedom, are turned in by a Dutch informer. The Gestapo invaded the office, made their way upstairs, and arrested the Jews. They were jammed tightly into a train and taken to the Nazi’s concentration camp where their fate would then be decided. They would all be branded with there own “serial code” numbers, have their heads shaved, and then be put to work. The weak would be killed in some of the most brutal ways. Anne eventually ended up in Auschwitz, one of the worst concentration camps ever built. Anne died in a matter of days before her camp was freed by British forces.
My Reaction:

In my opinion this book was well written for a girl that’s only 12-14 years old. Two years ago when I was at my old school in 6th grade, my class read this book as well and one girl in my class actually knew a holocaust survivor and had her come to the school and share her experiences. She was about 89 years old and still had her number tattooed on her forearm. She told true stories about how she was raped and had six children who all died. It was very emotional for her but it was a good learning experience for us students to learn a part of history firsthand.

Reading pages 100-133 in the book "The Diary Of A Young Girl" by Bree Martin

While reading pages 100-133 in the book "Anne Frank, The Diary Of A Young Girl" Anne first tells us about the "Secret Annex" daily timetable, and the jobs of all that lives there. As we read on she tells us the good news that Italy has capitulated, and has surrender, this brought great news to all the residents in the "Secret Annex",and was so far the best news. As we read on Anne tells us that the relations beween all of the residents in the "Secret Annex" were getting
worse. An example of this is on September, 16, 1944 a Thursday. She writes "At meal time, no one dares to open their mouths because whatever is said you either annoy someone or it is misunderstood". She wonders what has happened to all of the happiness and joy during the first couple of days everyone entered the "Secret Annex", and how, and why it was replaced by sadness, and despair. As the weeks passed the warehouse man, or also known as V.M. becomes suspicious about the "Secret Annex" which made it harded for Kraler, Miep, and Elli to give supplies to them; this caused them to be more sneeky and extra careful when entering the "Secret Annex" so that the V.M. wouldn't see them. As the weeks past Anne talks about something that was very special to her, her fountain pen. The fountain pen was a pen she was given to by her grandma (on her moms side) at the age of 9, and was one of her most prized possessions. This pen was what she used to write in her diary, well that is until she unknowingly threw it into the stove... Later on Anne talks about holidays that past, and holidays that were near, such as Christmas. She tells us how fun those holidays were and how she was looking forward to them next year. After the holidays Anne felt lonely and decided to try to make friends with Peter. She then became fond of Peter and they became great friends.

dairy of a young girl analysis

when Anne Farnk is given a diary for her thirteenth birthday she starts fills it with the details of her life.. descriptions of her friends, boys who like her,and she likes, and her classes at school. Anne finds it fun to write in her diary because she feels that she has trouble talking to her friends and pretty much has no true people that she can talk to. Anne also talks about how she thinks of herself . She does not think she is pretty but she is sure that her personality and other good traits make up for it.
--ilind farris

anne frank

This book has just been okay for me. Hower, I have learned how hard it is to be Jewish in the World War Two era. Because of a persons religious beliefs they didnt have the right to live. It must have taken Anne Frank and her family a lot 0f courage to hide. I cannot imagine having to be scared everyday that I am going to be found by the German Government and be brought to a concentration camp and be tortured to death.
Three years ago, I visited and took a tour of Anne Franks house in Amsterdam. I went up to the room they were hiding in, and I couldnt believe how small those rooms were. A whole entire family squished into that tiny room. Reading this book, I now have a better idea of how quite they had to be and how lonely it must have of been. On that same trip I also visited one of the main concentration camps in Munich, Germany called Dachau.I have discovered the fear that they have must of had inside them of going to the concentration camp. They now made a museum of it and told us about the torture and killing of Jewish people. The expirience of having been to Anne Frank's house and visiting Dachau, has made this book more interesting for me. I am glad I live in a country like America were we have religious freedom.

The Diary Of Anne Frank

“I hope I shall be able to confide in you completely, as I have never been able to do in anyone before and I hope that you will be a great support and comfort to me.”


In the beginning, Anne Frank starts off her diary with June 14, 1942 and talks about Friday (June 12th), which was her birthday. She was so excited that she finally turned 13. While she was opening her presents, she came across a diary, which she said was probably one of the nicest gifts she received that day. She then starts to write. She starts off with a brief description of her history (her birth in Frankfurt, Germany, the family and their emigration to Holland after Hitler’s rise to power, and Hitler’s persecution of the Jews in Germany). She also writes about the Nazi occupation of Holland, the Nazi occupation of other European countries, plus the numerous restrictions forced upon Jews in Holland. Anne describes everything to the point, listing the sorts of things that Jews must and must not do: “Jews must hand in their bicycles, Jews are banned from trains and are forbidden to drive. Jews are only allowed to do their shopping between three and five o’clock, and then only in shops which bear the placard ‘Jewish Shop,’” and so on. She says that “life went on in spite of it all,” and “things were still bearable.” Anne also describes her feelings about boyfriends and girl friends and about school and her teachers. She also talks about meeting Peter Wessel, a boy she was “rather fond of.”

Anne finds peace within her diary. It is her best friend, and she calls it “Kitty.” On its pages, she feels free to complain and vent her frustration with not being able to discuss her feelings. Actually, she feels frustrated because she has no real person she can truly trust to express her feelings to and receive true encouragement from. Only her diary can comfort her.

One day, Anne’s father tells her that in the future, the family will have to go into hiding in order to avoid being sent to concentration camps. Anne sees no hurry. Yet, suddenly, the family has to go into hiding because Anne’s older sister, Margot, was called upon by the Nazis to go to a concentration camp. All Jews knew that the concentration camps were terrible places although what was actually done there was not known to them. The family had no choice. They started packing right away, putting basic necessities and possessions into shopping bags and taking as many items of clothing as they could. They made arrangements for their cat to be looked after, and they set off on foot for the “hiding place” that Anne’s father had been arranging for and preparing in advance.


When they got there, Anne and her father wanted to clean the place up right away, while Anne’s mother and Margot wanted to lie down on their beds because of exhaustion.

At first, the Franks are alone, and Anne thinks that it is “more like being on vacation in a very peculiar boardinghouse than like being in hiding.” Fear is everywhere, and as Anne writes, “It is the silence that frightens me so in the evenings and at night . . . I can’t tell you how oppressive it is never to be able to go outdoors. Also, I’m very afraid that we shall be discovered and be shot.”


Anne then describes her surroundings and the precautions, which the family must take in order for them not to be seen or heard by anyone other than some of the workers in the office downstairs, who are their friends.

The second family, the Van Daans, soon arrives. Anne sees young Peter Van Daan as being lazy, boring, etc. She is also surprised by the noisy fighting between Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan. She then starts to write down a description of the family, discussing their daily arguments and their noisy conversations.

Anne’s father does his best to keep the young members of the group busy by assigning them school work to do and making sure that there is a good supply of books for them to read, too. To catch up on events on the outside world, they all gather around and listen to a clandestine radio in the other room.


Anne is constantly arguing with her mother and complains to her diary that she can’t understand her mother and that her mother can’t understand her. Anne also hates the interference of the other members of the group, especially Mrs. Van Daan’s.

Mrs. Van Daan, during dinner one night, says to Anne’s father, “I wouldn’t put up with it if Anne were my daughter.” According to Anne, this always seemed to be Mrs. Van Daan’s first and last words, “if Anne were my daughter.” Anne then writes in her diary, “Thank heavens I’m not!”
Anne suffers a lot from the constant criticism of the other members of the group. She is unable to cope with the emotional suffering and fears of her own family and the Van Daans. Anne also gives a detailed description of the “washing and lavatory arrangements.”

The news of the war is bad, the Franks and the Van Daans hear that many of their Jewish friends have been taken away and sent off to concentration camps, first in Holland, and then Poland.

Anne further reveals her feelings about her family. Anne feels that her mother is unfair to her. She says, “Mummy and her failings are something I find harder to bear than anything else. I don’t know how to keep it all to myself. . . . I have in my mind’s eye an image of what a perfect mother and wife should be; and in her whom I must call ‘Mother’ I find no trace of that image. . . . Sometimes I believe that God wants to try me, both now and later on; I must become good through my own efforts, without examples and without good advice. . . . From whom but myself shall I get comfort? As I need comforting often, I frequently feel weak and dissatisfied with myself; my short-comings are too great. I know this, and every day I try to improve myself, again and again.”

Anne then gives a description of the daily routine of the whole group, starting with the evening and ending at lunch time.

Anne then talks about the hilarious events that occur in the Secret Annexe. She talks about the splitting of the seam on a sack of beans, which Peter was carrying up the stairs. Anne writes, “A positive hailstorm of brown beans came pouring down and rattled down the stairs . . . [I was] standing at the bottom of the stairs, like a little island in the middle of a sea of beans!”

Bad news from outside soon reaches the group in the “Secret Annexe,” and Anne describes it in her diary: “When it is dark, I often see rows of good, innocent people accompanied by crying children, walking on and on, in charge of a couple of these chaps, bullied and knocked about until they almost drop.” She also says, “. . . who have now been delivered into the hands of the cruelest brutes that walk the earth. And all because they are Jews!”

Hanukah occurs almost at the same time as the Dutch Festival of Saint Nicholas Day, and the members of the little group exchange gifts and light the candles of the festival. The group keeps them lit for only ten minutes because of the shortage of candles. Their “protectors” give them presents for Saint Nicholas Day, attaching a little poem for each person and trying their best to lift their spirits.


Anne and Margot are given a card index box so that they can keep an account of the books they have read to keep their minds off the tension that has set in at the Secret Annexe. Anne is also given a little notebook for foreign words.


At one point, Anne writes, “Lately Mummy and I have been getting on better together, but we still never confide in each other.”


On March 10, 1943, Anne mentions the bombing of Amsterdam by the planes of the Allies and the firing of the anti-aircraft guns, which disturb their sleep almost every night. Anne always creeps into her father’s bed for comfort, unable to overcome her fears by herself.


On March 18, 1943, Anne writes that Turkey has entered the war, but the next day it is said that that was not the case. Anne also describes a visit made by Hitler to wounded soldiers which was broadcast over the radio. She remarks, “Listening in to it was pitiful. . . . One of them [the wounded] felt so moved at being able to shake hands with the Führer (that is, if he still had a hand!) that he could hardly get the words out of his mouth.”


Once again, Anne speaks of her relationship with her parents in her diary. She has unintentionally hurt her mother’s feelings by refusing to say her prayers with her because Anne’s father cannot do so that night. Later, that same month, Anne lists her quarrels with her mother as just one of the various clashes going on amongst all the members of the group, adding that “everyone is angry with everyone else.” At that time, the Allied air raids were increasing and Anne writes, “We don’t have a single quiet night. I’ve got dark rings under my eyes from lack of sleep.”

The last entry before Anne’s fourteenth birthday contains news from the outside world about the air battle between German and British planes. The group also learns about strict new regulations concerning Dutch university students which have been imposed by the Nazis.
The air raids continue to be frightening, but Anne and the others find relief in nervous laughter at the remarks of Mr. Düssel. When Mrs. Van Daan goes downstairs to Mr. Düssel’s room, “. . . seeking there the rest, which she could not find with her spouse,” and Düssel receives her with the words, “Come into my bed, my child!” Anne remarks, “This sent us off into uncontrollable laughter. The gunfire troubled us no longer, our fear was banished!”

Anne’s fourteenth birthday is celebrated with little gifts from the members of her “family in hiding,” and she also receives a poem from her father. This was a German tradition, and as Anne’s family had originally come from Germany, Anne’s father wrote the poem in German. Margot then translated it into Dutch.


She then describes how she approached her roommate, Mr. Düssel, and asked if she may use the work table in their room for an extra hour-and-a-half twice a week. She explains that there is too much going on in the common room. She is very disappointed and angry when Düssel refuses to give up the work table without any decent explanation. Anne keeps her cool and asks him to reconsider. Eventually, her father asks Düssel himself, and Düssel gives in. “Düssel . . . didn’t speak to me for two days and still had to go and sit at the table from five till half-past—frightfully childish. A person of fifty-four who is still pedantic and small-minded must be so by nature, and will never improve.”

Anne begins to give a detailed daily routine of the Secret Annexe group. Starting on August 4, 1943, Anne writes about the evening and night-time routines (who sleeps where, who washes when, and how Anne leaves hairs in the bathroom sink). She also describes the strange noises, which the house and its people make during the night.


My Response

When Anne Frank mentioned her relationship with her friends and how it seemed it was only fun and games and nothing more, I thought that was kind of how it is with me sometimes. No one has time to listen to anything you have to say. They don’t understand what you’re going through. If people listen and open their hearts to others and help them when they are in need, people wouldn’t be so stressed and bundled up with nerves all the time. The most horrible feeling besides jealousy is being forgotten, left out, or uncared for. People need to just take time and listen with their hearts. Sometimes when there is no one willing to listen or understand, I write down some thoughts in a poem or song or I listen to music really, really loudly. Anne Frank says, “I want to write, but more than that I want to bring out all kinds of things that lie buried deep in my heart.” In response to what she said, I wrote something of my own.

Don’t you understand me?
Don’t you even care?
Don’t you even notice me?
Standing right there?
I’ve got so much to say
Can’t you even hear me?
All the things that lie
Buried deep in my heart
Stay stuck like an arrow
Bleeding in bleeding out
I wouldn’t be this way
If someone tried to listen
To open up their minds
And see
See what I see
True that may be difficult
In time it will pass
That’s why I’ve chosen
You good friend
You always make me happy
I put my faith in you
So boldly
Fill up these pages
Line by line
Letter by letter
Just to pass the time.
Don’t you understand me?
Don’t you even care?
Don’t you even notice me?
Standing right there…

At times, we all feel that way. I think that if there was more love, friendship, and trust in this world, and no one turned his or her back on another, everyone could reveal “the things that lay buried deep in their hearts.” Sadly, that will never be. This world is what it is, and it will always remain the same.

--lasie eto

Annes Behavior: A spoiled brat or simply misunderstood?

The book begins in a happy manner, Anne had just started a journal because she had nobody to confide in. She talked about her life, her likes, dislikes, and other common, everyday issues in her life. Then, suddenly she had to move into hiding because there was a call up for her family by the Germans. During Anne's first year at the "secret annex" many people seem to dislike Anne because she seems to have an opinion of everything, along with the fact that they see her as a brat, brought up wrong by her parents. But is Anne really a spoiled brat of just a young girl going through a really hard time of war?
As you read about Anne's first year at the "secret annex" you might fall under the impression that she is a spoiled girl who is very self centered. She seems to annoy everyone, get in their way, and always ask for more. She appears to have very little respect for her mother, sister, Mrs. van Daan, and Dussel. She even says at one point in the book that she could see her mothers death, but the concept of her fathers death was inconceivable. She also seems to get very mad at everyone. In fact she said that Mrs. van Daan "has so many bad traits, why should I single out just one of them". She did not get along well with anyone except for her father and at times, even that relationship was strained.
By now you might say that she is a real brat. But are these behaviors just a effect of the stress of constant war on a 13 year old? Try to imagine yourself, in a building, sharing a room with a stranger, there is hardly any food to eat, there is the constant sound of gunshots and bombs and any one of them could hit you, not to mention the fact that you don't even know if many of your friends and family members are alive. That is a lot for a 13 year old girl to handle. I believe that she was under a lot of stress and had many personal conflicts. I believe that she did the best she could to cope with the war and I believe that the other members of the "secret annex" should be more understanding of her situation.

Reading pages 1-99 in the book "The Diary Of A Young Girl"by Bree Martin

While reading the pages 1-99 in the book "Anne Frank-The Diary of a young girl" it tells us about a young Jewish girl named Anne Frank, who lives duning the Holocaust, which was a time when Adolph Hilter's reign to kill all Jews. This caused many Jews to go into hiding including Anne Franks family. But before this all happened Anne was given a diary. She thought of the diary as her best friend and named it "Kitty" and was to tell it everything by writing it down. She first began her diary entries on June 12th 1942, her birthday. She first tells us who she loves and hates, and the consequinces of being a Jew. As time goes by the consequinces she talks about being a Jew gets tested when her and her family go into hiding to stay away from the Nazis on July 16,1942. The Frank family and soon to stay other Jewish familiesstayed in a place called "The Secret Annex". This was located in a series of hidden rooms upstairs from Anne's fathers work office. The Frank family was soon joined by a dentist named Mr. Dussel, and another family called the Van Dann family. They all stayed in "The Secret Annex". As time passes we learn that all the people in "The Secret Annex" grew not very fond of eachother. An example of this is of what Anne wrote on Sunday, 27 September,1942, she writes on how Mrs.Van Dann was upset with her for not being brought up the proper way, and that if Anne were her child she wouldn't be so frightfully spoiled and she wouldn't put up with her. This caused a series of on-going quarrels between the Frank and Van Dann family. As the months passed "The Secret Annex" becomes no longer secret, as burglers and theives enter. All the families in " The Secret Annex" hoped that the burglers and theives wouldn't tell the authorities on them. As we read on I hope the best happens for all of the residents in "The Secret Annex", and that the authorities won't find out about them.