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How Does Anne Frank Mature

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Eleven Million people were killed during the Holocaust. One victim of this horrendous genocide was Anne Frank, author of The Diary Of A Young Girl (Definitive Edition), a real life story of a juvenile girl who spent two years writing about her life in the “Secret Annex”. Living in a time of such travesty could therefore change a person, sometimes for the better. Because of her time spent in the Annex, Anne learned a lot from it, making her mature, psychologically and collectively, as time progressed. Anne Frank matured greatly while she was shielded from the world. One example of this new adaptation is her emotional state and personality. This is shown many ways throughout the book. One example from before her adjustment is that she matured greatly. At the beginning she had many outburst such as on page 115, she states, “I've come to the conclusion that she’s all three of the above, and lot’s more besides. She has so many bad traits, why should I single out just one of them.” (Frank 115). She also mentioned on that page how she was mad at the time, but also the many invaluable traits Madame Van D possesses. Later in the book she …show more content…

In the beginning of the book, her relationships were a lot steadier, especially with Peter Van Daan, “No one takes Peter serious anymore since he’s hypersensitive and lazy… He’s an absolute hypochondriac!” (Frank 33) Her relationship with him though, is what changes the most. In the Diary he is described as idle and unbearable, (as mentioned above) but as the book progresses it shows that they are falling in love, Anne even writes about her amorous feelings toward him. “I really look forward to that hour or so in the afternoon, but best of all is that I think Peter is just as pleased to see me.” (Frank 211) This really does show how her relationship matured. It went from detest to endearment, which definitely proves her boundaries for mature and adult

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