The diary of anne frank act 1 and 2

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1: The families must obey strict rules to avoid discovery.which rules would be the hardest for you to follow?why?

I think that it would be hard not to move because i don't think that i would be able to stay still and what if i had to go w.c but i could not move so i could not go to it that's why i think that it would be hard for me to follow that rule.

2(a): In scene 1,what objects does Mr.Frank find in the families?

He finds papers letters notes things like that and he also finds Anne's diary and he begins to read it.

2(b): How are these objects connected with the rest of the act?

It connected because he was reading everything that Anne had wrote down so that the story could be told.

3(a): What special meaning does Hanukkah have for the families?

Its like a day that they should be happy that there alive and that there all together its a day to be thankful and happy.

3(b):What do Anne's presents show about her?

That she might not be nice all the time and that she really does care about them and she wants to make them happy even if she don't show it sometimes and it shows that she is a good person because she did not have to do nothing for them and she did because that's how much she cares about them.

3(c): Why do the others react with enthusiasm to their presents?

They got something new that day and they have not had anything new in a long time and they were all things that they wanted and things that they needed or would want to use to help them with something.

4(a):With a partner discuss Mr.Frank's statement there are... no locks that anyone can put on your mind. how does Anne prove that this is true?

She prove that it was true because she used her mind to right down everything she saw and how she felt about everything that was happen so no one stopped her from writing down how she felt.

5(a): What is the historical cause that forces the franks to go into hiding?

The Germans went to war and were trying to kill all the Jews in all of Europe

5(b): What effects does this situation have on their daily lives?

It makes them have to go into hiding because if they find them they will be killed and they did not want to be killed.

6(a): What effects do the Nazis intend the wearing of the stars to have on the Jews?

They had to wear them because the Nazis order them to wear it and so they could know easier who was a Jew and who was not.

6(b): What background information about the war and the Nazis treatment of the Jews helps you link this cause with its intended effects?

The way that they killed 3 million Jews that helps me know what they intended with making them wear those stars.

7. Anne says that she does not love her mom because she don't listen to Anne.

Mr.Kraler asks if they could take in Mr.Dussel and they say yes.

Mr. van Daan does not like that there taking in other person so they start talk bad about each other Mr.Dussel and Mr.Van Daan.

8.After Mr.kraler asks if Jan Dussel can join the Franks and the Van Daans in hiding what does the dialogue among the characters reveal about their personalities?

It shows that Mr. Van Daan is selfish that he owning cares about taking care about himself and that's all that matters to him. It shows that Mr.Frank does not care how many people live there he wants to help everyone that he can help.

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1(a): What do you like best about Anne Frank?

I like how after all this time of not being able to go outside and having to be inside and everything that she still is happy and thinks the best of people.

1(b): How would you like having her as a friend.

I think that it would be great to have her as a friend because she sounds like someone that would be a true friend and would try to make you feel better when you are sad she sounds like a great person.

2(a): What disturbing news does Mr.Kraler bring on new years day?

He tells them that there making him pay money because someone knows that there up here that were the book case is that there use to be a door and there making them pay money so that he wont say nothing so they kind of been found.

2(b): What hint does this give about the ending of the play? That someone is going to tell on them and that they are going to come and get all of them and that it is not going to end good for everyone that is up there.

3(a):What is the time span of act II?

It was about 10 months

3(b):How have the characters changed since the end of act I?

For one thing everybody knows everything about one other and they all get tried of each other and they all fight more and more and peter and Anne start to become better friends.

3(c): How do you know that Anne has changed?

At first she would like to fight with everybody and she would always be mad now she is nice and trys to listen to people more then at first.

4(a): Maybe because she done somethings wrong to but she knows that she is a good person at heart or maybe she just thinks that because a lot of people told her that or she has people that have show that to her before.

4(b): What does Mr.Frank mean when he says: she put me to shame?

He means that he feels like he should be a shamed because he became bitter and she some how still felt all people were good.

5(a): Mr.Van Daan's decision to steal food?

That almost got them kicked out because of him always wanting to eat.

5(b): Mrs.Frank's change of heart about wanting the Van Daans to leave?

She knew that Anne really liked peter so for her Daughter she did not kick them out because if it was not for peter they would have been going to live some where else.

6:What are some possible causes of Mrs.Van Daan's attitude toward Anne and Peter's relationship

She did not like to see them together because she always thought that they would be doing something when they were in Peter's room and she would always talk bad about Anne because she did not like her family

7.Living in close quarters has multiple effects on the residents of the "secret annex".list three effects that result from this single cause

They did not have that much food. so they would get skinnier and skinnier every month. they could not get sun light. so there skin became more and more white. they spent a lot of time together in the same house. They started to get annoyed of each other and they started to hate each other little by little.

8(a): Meip-Brings flowers and cake to the attic rooms-To make everybody happy and to give them something good to eat.

Mr.Van Daan-He eats everybody food without them knowing- He wanted to be selfish and eat everything he could so he could live.

Peter Van Daan-He kisses Anne on the cheek-So that he could show that he liked her and so that he could make her feel better about everything that is happening.

9: He be a jeck and just not like Jews or he might want to get away from a problem that they people in hiding know or he might want to get money from them but they don't want to pay so he might turn them in or he might just do it because he is sick from the head.