Warfare:
This theme probably should be World War II specifically. The members of the Secret Annex follow the war news religiously through radio broadcasts. There are daily reminders that the country is at war, right down to the food that is available. Everybody’s life throughout The Diary of Anne Frank is in constant danger and they never know what's going to happen next. |
Family:
Anne’s "family" expands the year she turns thirteen getting four other people who are not related to her by blood. Throughout The Diary of Anne Frank, the family is at times healthy and they also can be dysfunctional. However, Anne herself never seems to recognize anybody outside her own blood relations as family, she may be living with them for a long period of time, but Anne never truly feels for them or loves them as she does her family. |
Isolation:
Anne feels isolated and cut off from her family and the other members of the Secret Annex throughout The Diary of Anne Frank, even while the group is crammed together in hiding from the world. She never feels close to any of the members in the secret annex, rather a great disparity is felt. |
Religion:
The Diary of Anne Frank doesn’t give us that much information on Judaism as a religion. In fact, religion plays a somewhat subtle role in Anne’s story—“Christian” and “Jew” are more political than religious categories. While Anne identifies herself as a member of the Jewish religion, she reads deeply about a variety of religious perspectives and is in the process of deciding what God and religion mean to her on a personal level. |