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Similarities Between The Book Thief And Anne Frank

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Many are familiar with Anne Frank's diary and have even sat down and watched the movie The Diary of Anne Frank. With her diary we learn a lot about Anne and her family, as well as the tragic story of their life, and the lives of many other Jews. However, this is not the only movie that gives us an insight in the life of a young girl during World War II. The Book Thief is in many ways similar to The Diary of Anne Frank in which the viewer is provided the experiences of the war between two very different young girls that have to adapt to a new home and possess an increasing hunger for knowledge. Both movies revolve around the lives of two young girls living in Germany during World War II. In The Book Thief, we are introduced to the main character, known as Liesel. Liesel was riding on a train with her mother and younger …show more content…

Sadly, on the way her younger brother passed away, and Liesel is the only one that meets her new parents, a German couple, Hans and Rosa Huberman. While in The Diary of Anne Frank, Anne is a Jewish girl, raised in a Jewish family. Her life is the perfect life of a young thirteen-year-old, she has a loving family, many friends, and even a boy that likes her. However, all of this was taken away when the raiding for Jews started to increase in Germany. Her family is forced to go into hiding in the attic at her dad's business building. Although both movies are based on the lives of two young girls, we are shown two very diverse point of views of the war. Anne and Liesel both had to adapt to a new home and living with new people. Anne's family left their home, which contained many loving memories for all them, and moved into the attic of her dad's business building. In the beginning it was just Anne's father, mother, sister

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