Character Analysis

Anne Frank is the main character of the play entitled after her. She is a thirteen year old girl who was born in Germany on June 12, 1929 to Mr. Otto Frank and Mrs. Edith Frank. In addition to her parents, Anne has a sister named Margot Frank. When Adolf Hitler became the ruler of Germany on January 30, 1933, her and her Jewish family emigrated to Amsterdam, Holland where they are located throughout the play. Before going into hiding, she attended school at Jewish Secondary school with her best friend Jopie de Waal and her crush Peter Van Daan. Her and her family actually go into hiding in July of 1942.

In the play, her role is as the main character. Most of the story is centered around her and her emotions of being in hiding. While in hiding, she doesn't feel too bad about it and tries to make the best of her situation. The only time that she is stressed about being there is when she is having a quarrel or argument with someone else, and both people arguing feel stressed about being in the tiny environment.

Throughout the entire play, Anne says a lot of stuff because she likes to talk a lot and speak her mind. I believe that the most significant line that she says is ", Things have changed. People aren't like that anymore. "Yes, mother." "No, mother." "Anything you say, mother."I've got to fight things out for myself! Make something of myself!" I believe that this is the most significant thing that she says because I can really relate it to experiences in my own life. When Anne says this, she has finished arguing with Mr. Van Daan and is wanting to truly express what she thinks about people. I believe that what she means by this quote is that you have to truly express yourself with people, no matter how they feel. That way, both of you know how you truly feel about each other and you settle issues from there. Also, I like the second part of the quote, because she says that nothing or nobody can ever stop you from making what you want of yourself.

I chose to write about Anne because I can really relate to her and her experiences in terms of the arguing and debating. I, like Anne, don't always have the best relationships with other people, and in Anne's case, characters. However, when we express ourselves freely with the other people, they know where we are coming from when we tell them certain things. Overall however, life is good in Anne's case and mine because we know how to have fun and entertain ourselves, as well as others. That's a little bit about Anne Frank and her story at the time of her life when she was in hiding.