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The Diary of a Young Girl
1.
2. Full Name : Annelies Marie Frank
Born : 12 June 1929
Place of Birth : Frankfurt, Germany
Died : February or March 1945 (aged 15)
Resting Place : Bergen-Belsen concentration
camp, Lower Saxony, Germany
Occupation : Diarist, Writer
Language : Dutch
Nationality : German until 1941
Notable Work : The Diary of a Young Girl
Relatives : Otto Frank {Father}
Edith Frank [Mother]
Margot Frank (Sister)
Buddy Elias {Cousin}
3. Author : Anne Frank
Original Title : Het Achterhuis
Translator : B. M. Mooyaart-Doubleday
Cover Artist : Helmut Salden
Country : Netherlands
Language : Dutch
Subject : World War II - Nazi occupation of the
Netherlands
Genre : Autobiography
Publisher : Contact Publishing
Publication Date : 1947
Published in England : 1952
Original Text : Het Achterhuis at Dutch
About Novel
6. Anne Frank’s diary starts in 1942 in Holland where Anne lives with her family. Anne gets the diary as a 13thbirthday present. When she first writes, Anne lives a
pretty normal kind of life. She goes to school, has a group of friends, has crushes, and does her homework. However, things are getting bad with the whole Nazi
situation. Germany is trying to take over Europe and Hitler has imposed a lot of strict rules on the Jews. They wear yellow stars on their clothes so they can be
identified at all times, they can only shop in certain stores, etc. But Anne’s life is okay. Then, suddenly, her sister is about to get sent off to a concentration camp
(that’s where they kill the Jews and people who help the Jews) so Anne’s whole family move into this tiny secret space in Mr. Frank’s office building. The Van
Daans also move in.
The diary charts Anne’s life in the Secret Annexe (what they call the hiding place). They all live in fear of being found and sent to their deaths. At the same time,
they have to keep on living their day to day lives, so there’s a lot in the book about how Anne’s days go, how she feels, and the daily rituals. Anne starts out as a
young teenager but matures both emotionally and physically through the two years she’s in hiding. She and her mom go through tough times, but she and her dad
remain close almost always. Anne grows to like Peter Van Daan as more than a friend and they are going out when the book ends. By the time Anne writes her last
entry, she has grown into a young woman who can clearly express her ideas, her hopes, and her beliefs. The really important thing in this book is that Anne
manages to keep hope alive even in the hardest, darkest times. Anne and everyone in the Annexe get found at the end of the book so the entries stop suddenly.
Anne’s dad is the only one who survives the hell of the concentration camps. He got Anne’s diary published as a tribute to her.
7. Summary of The
Novel The book starts in 1942 during World War II. The Germans were doing really bad things to anyone who
didn’t follow their orders. If you were Jewish or helped Jews, it didn’t matter if you followed German orders,
they wanted you dead anyway.
Anne Frank is 13. She lives in Holland with her mom, dad, and sister. She writes in her diary and hopes that
someday she will have a true friend she can tell things to instead of a book.
The Nazis are rounding up Jews to go to concentration camps so Anne and her family go "into hiding" in Mr.
Frank’s old office building.
The Van Daan family (mom, dad, 15 year-old Peter, Peter’s cat, Mouschi) join the Franks in the "Secret
Annexe" (the hiding place).
The Annexe is small and cramped, but at least it is safe. It’s closed off from the rest of the world by a secret
doorway.
Miep, Mr. Kraler, Elli, and Mr. Koophius all used to work for Mr. Frank. They are the ones who help out by
bringing the Franks and Van Daans food and anything from the outside world. Since the war is on, people
have rations for sugar, butter, all food (you can only have a certain amount each week).
Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan fight a lot. This is hard for their son, Peter.
Anne gets pissed off because her mother treats her like a baby.
Mrs. Van Daan is a pain in the ass. She won’t do dishes, takes people’s food, and is concerned only with her
own stuff.
A carpenter comes to the office and everyone suddenly has to be very quiet.
8. The people listen to the war on the radio. The Russians are winning and the people think that they don’t
have to worry about Hitler and his army coming and killing them.
Anne loves her dad as a person, not just as her father. She loves her mother and Margot only because they
are her mom and sister.
Mrs. Frank is not a role model for Anne.
The British (good guys) land in Tunis and other places, so there’s some optimism about the war ending.
Food is hard to get. They eat a lot of beans (they have 270 pounds) since they are easy to store. The beans
drop on the floor and make noise which is scary.
They take a new person into hiding with them – Mr. Dussel, a dentist. He shares Anne’s room.
Mr. Dussel tells of many friends who have been sent away to be killed. The Germans spare no one, not
pregnant women, not babies, not men, and definitely not Jews or helpers of Jews.
Mr. Dussel is not very nice.
St. Nicholas’ Day (like Christmas with presents, but without religion) is cool. They get presents and extra food
from Miep.
They each get an extra butter ration. This is very cool for them.
Anne grows aware of how lucky she is to be in hiding, even if it sucks.
Anne cries a lot because her mother doesn’t understand her.
Margot is always the good girl.
They listen to the war on a big radio so Anne knows about the politics and stuff.
There’s a lot of gun fire at night.
Boche is the cat that lives in the warehouse attached to the office.
Anne had grown so much she can hardly fit into any of her clothes or shoes.
9. Mr. Koophius has a stomach hemorrhage (bleeds).
Anne hurts her mom’s feeling by not telling her she loves her.
The Secret Annexe is filled with people who are annoyed at each other.
They have to eat things like dry bread for breakfast, spinach for dinner, and rotten potatoes.
Anne knows she lives in "paradise" compared with other Jews who aren’t in hiding.
People’s clothes are torn, their manners have declined.
All students who want to graduate have to sign a paper saying they support what Hitler and Germany are
doing.
Anne’s birthday – she gets a poem from her dad.
Elli’s dad has cancer. He was a help to them so this is sad.
Anne tries to be helpful but finds it’s easier to pretend with people than be herself.
They read books, study, and listen to the radio for fun.
Anne and Dussel fight. Mr. Frank defends Anne’s point of view.
Burglars break into the warehouse.
Amsterdam (capital of Holland) gets bombed.
Lots of shooting and sirens.
Mussolini (Italian dictator) resigns. The Fascist party there is banned.
Mrs. Van Daan talks about things she doesn’t even understand just so she can get attention.
Mouschi gives the Secret Annexe fleas.
Anne writes about the daily routine of living in hiding. It’s pretty boring. But it makes you appreciate things like
being able to go to the bathroom when you want, or take a walk, or get a good night’s sleep.
Mr. Frank makes sure no one needs anything before he helps himself.
10. People are tense in the Annexe.
Mrs. Van Daan’s birthday. She gets gifts like cheese, meat, and jam.
The Van Daans run out of money. Mrs. Van Daan throws a shit fit because they have to sell her fur coat to get some
money for things like food.
Mr. Koophius has an operation and then comes back then goes away again.
It’s frustrating to Anne that the Annexe is her world. Her emotions depend on what goes on there.
Life is so boring, Anne writes an entire two page entry about her fountain pen.
Anne dreams about her friends, Lies, from school. Anne feels sad for people suffering.
On St. Nicholas’ Day they get NADA, but Anne and her dad make up poems for each person.
Anne gets the flu which sucks normally, but when you can’t even cough because you’re worried people will hear
you and take you away to kill you, it REALLY sucks.
Anne looks back on her diary and feels bad about writing about her mom the way she did.
Anne still wishes her mom was more of a mom, less like a friend.
Anne goes through puberty. She grooves on what is happening to her body (she gets breasts, gets her period), and
wants booty. Tough luck when you’re in hiding.
Everyone gets lonely, especially when there’s no one to talk to you your own age. Anne finally decides to talk to
Peter.
Anne begins to ponder major life questions like why we have feelings, what to do with them, and how to be real.
Anne is disturbed by Peter’s doubt about whether it’s worth it to be Jewish. She’s beginning to realize the
importance of being true to yourself. Go, Anne!
Anne really likes Peter. She thinks about another guy named Peter she used to go out with and now thinks of Peter
Van Daan as kind of a mush of both of them.
11. Anne’s last entry is on August 1, 1944.
Anne is described as a "little bundle of contradictions."
Anne recognizes that she has two parts of her, the Anne everyone sees, and the Anne of her inner
thoughts.
Even though Anne’s had a rough time, she comes to grips with it. She finds goodness and ways to
feels better.
Anne wonders what she will become.
12. “In spite of everything,
I still believe that people
are good at heart.”
- Anne Frank