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.