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Hiding in the Annex
TURNING POINT: Anne and her family goes into hiding into the Secret Annex.
In this day, Anne and her family no longer have freedom to move around, being forced to be stuck inside or the Germans will come for them, and they know what would happen if they did nothing. -
Arrival of Mr. Dussel
Character Development: With Dussel arriving, Anne has to share a room with a stranger, not her own sister.
Anne isn't exactly delighted at that, but she's glad to make a small sacrifice to save someone. This shows that everyone in the Annex doesn't worry all for themselves, and instead tries to help as many people as possible, and that Anne is willing to make some sacrifices to help others. -
Realization of the Lack of Love
Character Development: Anne's mom realizes Anne's indifference to her.
For the first time, Anne realizes that her mom realizes of Anne's coldness, that she doesn't love her. Anne knows that, but she can't apologize for it, because she believes she's the victim from her mother's cruel jokes.
Anne realizes she became even more independent from her mother because she doesn't feel much love for her, and can't apologize for that. -
The Best Little Table
Character Development: Anne (with the help of her father) asks Dussel for a tiny table. Dussel says no, but Anne's Father tells him to let her have the table, and Dussel becomes very petty.
In this entry, we see that Anne remained calm even though Dussel kept making exaggerated claims about her being "shamefully self-centered", "always looking for a fight", etc.
Anne already disliked Dussel, but now she realizes he's so petty and pedantic. -
Anne finds someone (Peter) to confide in.
Turning Point: Anne finds someone to talk to, someone who she can confide to, and someone who she loves, who is Peter.
In general, most of the youth don't talk too much to adults as they have very different priorities, opinions, or basically everything, and so to find someone who you can talk to and to confide to changes a so many things for Anne. -
Anne's Self-Pity
Character Development: Anne writes a letter stating how unhappy she was from 1942-1944 because of everyone, but goes to self-pity after realizing that her dad tried to help her, but she blamed him too.
Anne realizes of her faults, and vowed to improve herself. She realizes she was too smug, too full of pride, and despised herself. -
Theme Statement
A young person can change their thoughts and personality at any given time.
