How To Describe Anne Frank

Anne Frank: Anne is a seemingly witty and happy-go-lucky thirteen-year-old girl when first introduced to the reader. However, underneath this mask is a confused, frustrated, and almost depressed young woman, as demonstrated in her very last journal entry. Anne writes, “I’ve already told you before that I have, as it were, a dual personality. One half embodies my exuberant cheerfulness, making fun of everything, my high-spiritedness, and above all, the way I take everything lightly. This includes not taking offense at flirtation, a kiss, an embrace, a dirty joke. This side is usually lying in wait, and pushes away the other, which is much better, deeper, and purer. You must know that no one knows Anne’s better side, and that why most people find me so insufferable.” (Frank 266). She is the main protagonist in “The Diary of a Young Girl” by Anne Frank. Anne is a round and
Frank is Anne’s father and role-model. He is the only person in the Frank family that Anne truly loves as a person, and not because he is a family member. Anne states, in her Saturday, November 7, 1942 entry, that, “I love them, but only because they are Mummy and Margot. With Daddy it’s different… I want something from Daddy that he is not able to give me… It is only that I long for Daddy’s real love: not only as his child, but for me--Anne myself.” “I cling to Daddy because it is only through him that I am able to retain the remnant of family feeling.” (Frank 44-45). Mr. Frank is too a protagonist, but less important than Anne. He is a flat, static character. He is a flat character mainly because the reader is not given enough description about his personality within the diary, thus one cannot relate to him in general. He does not appear to grow more complex as Anne does, either. Otto is a static character because his views and personality do not seem to change as the diary progresses. He remains a logical leader with a realistic point of view throughout all of the