What are three important events in section four of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl?
This section of the diary is more focused on moods and emotions as there isn't a lot of different action to report.
On January 6th, Anne finally decides to act on her longing for a friend to confide in (outside of the diary). She goes to Peter Van Daan and begins a friendship. In the next several entries, she's very aware of the fact that he is male and she is female, but she emphasizes that her friendship with him is only because he is what is available (if the Van Daans had had a daughter, she would have been just as happy to start a friendship with her instead). The two begin to grow closer, naturally, and eventually Anne admits she is "pretty near to being in love with him."
There is more discussion of an invasion of Europe by the Allies, which those in the Annex hear through their "protectors" and by listening to the BBC. Anne is annoyed at the adults treating her, Margot and Peter like children when it comes to such subjects.
The only other interesting piece of "action" from this section is that there is a burglary in the office downstairs, but those in hiding are less fearful of it than they would have been before. Anne has admitted, also in this section, that she has assumed an attitude of apathy over whether she will live or die.
What is the most exciting part in Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl?
One of the most notable features of the Frank family's life after they move into the attic rooms they call the Secret Annex is its monotony. Very few incidents occur that are truly exciting. Some things that Anne eagerly anticipates do not turn out that well. The two most momentous events are the Franks moving into the attic, which comes near the beginning, and the Nazis' arrest, which is not recorded because Anne had no chance.
The arrival of the Van Daan family is exciting because they have a son. Similarly, Mr. Dussel's arrival is exciting for a while, but then Anne finds him dull.
Several times intruders or burglars break into the office downstairs, which makes everyone fear discovery, but they are safe (for the moment). They are eventually informed on and arrested.
What is the most exciting part in Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl?
Only you can answer this question. I can tell you which part I think is most exciting, but to you it might be another scene. Any time the Franks think they have been discovered, the tension builds and the scene becomes more exciting in that sense to me.
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What is the climax of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl?
Since Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl is a diary and not a novel, there are more than one climax in this book. An American poet, John Berryman, writes that this work is "the conversion of a child into a person." Having entered the annex in order to hide with her family, Anne Frank comes as a thirteen-year-old and is taken from her diary, her friend named "Kitty," as a fifteen-year-old. During this period of her life, Anne experiences many climaxes, or points of high emotional intensity.
Certainly, Anne's involvement with Peter Van Daan has its moments of crisis, but more than these moments, it is the threat to life that hangs over the occupants of the Annex. And, when the threat becomes very strong, the occupants experience points of high emotion, or climax. For instance, the burglary into the workers' area is frightening. Then, too, is Anne's entry of May 25, 1944, in which she describes the loss of their vegetable man,
...This morning our vegetable man was picked up for having two Jews in his house. It is a great blow to us, not only that those poor Jews are balancing on the edge of an abyss, but its terrible for the man himself.
Always the fear of discovery hovers over Anne and the others. In her entry of May 26, 1944, Anne writes,
I feel so miserable. I haven't felt like this for months even after the burglary I didn't feel so utterly broken. On the one hand, the vegetable man, the Jewish question, which is being discussed minutely over the whole house, the invasion delay, the bad food, the strain, the miserable atmosphere, my disappointment in Peter, and on the other hand, Elli's engagement....
Certainly, D-Day is climactic as Anne and the others hope for the end of the War. Anne writes in her diary,
Oh, Kitty, the best part of the invasion is that I have the feeling that friends are approaching. We have been oppressed by those terrible Germans for so long, they have had their knives so at our throats, that the thought of friends and delivery fills us with confidence!
This entry is especially poignant in light of the tragic end to which the Franks come.
Describe two important incidents from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.
The most important incidents happen after the diary stops. It ends eerily, and we know what happened next. When Anne stops writing, we know it means that their two year struggle to evade the Nazis has ended, and we can only wonder what happened. How were they caught? Who survived? Where did they go? Only the history books tell us this.
Describe two important incidents from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.
You will get many answers to this question. I think one important incident from the Diary will be the most evident one in that the family has been forced into hiding from the Nazis in the Secret Annexe. The diary's structure and content is entirely contingent on how life in the Secret Annexe develops. I would actually say that the second important incident in the diary is the relationship that Anne has with her parents. This is important because it helps to shape the arc of Anne's development as a human being. The first incident is important from a political point of view because it highlights the terror of the Nazis and the hold they had on much of continental Europe at the height of their power. I think that the second incident is important from a personal point of view because it helps to make Anne's narrative a universal one of adolescence. In the midst of unspeakable horror and tragedy, Anne's relationship with her parents shows how human she really is and how while the Nazis sought to destroy everything, they could not really eliminate the universality of the human experience and what connects us as individuals, as evidenced in Anne's diary.
What are two important incidents in The Diary of a Young Girl?
This first incident takes place before the family goes into hiding and describes Anne's relationships and lifestyle prior to the forced isolation. Anne meets and begins to spend time with an older boy named Hello. He is with his grandparents because his parents are in Belgium and he can't travel there. Already, we can see the limitations being put upon the people. Hello meets Anne's parents, and then the two go out for a walk. Anne returns after 8 pm, and her father is furious with her. Anne confesses that she doesn't have any romantic interest in Hello, but the boy she really likes is dating other girls. She promises to obey her father.
The second incident is from towards the end of the book. There is another break-in, and Mr. Van Daan tries to scare the burglars away by shouting. However, someone shines a light into the gap of the wall, and the family is terrified that they are about to be discovered. Despite Anne's writing about how bored she is, and how frustrated she is with her parents, she is still aware that there are worse dangers. The family remain quiet for a long time, trying not to be discovered, but the tension is high and reality that the war must end soon or the family will be found is forcing itself upon all the residents.
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