Question

These lines of dialogue from The Diary of Anne Frank, Act I reveal a lot about Anne's character. In a paragraph, explain at least two things that you find out about Anne's personality from her words.

"Every night I think back over all of the things I did that day that were wrong . . . like putting the wet mop in Mr. Dussel's bed . . . and this thing now with Mother. I say to myself, that was wrong. I make up my mind, I'm never going to do that again. Never! Of course I may do something worse . . . but at least I'll never do that again! . . . I have a nicer side, Father . . . a sweeter, nicer side. But I'm scared to show it. I'm afraid that people are going to laugh at me if I'm serious."

Answer 1

It's possible that this excerpt shows how Anne wants to be a better person and when she thinks back to things that she has done work=ng she hopes to never do them again in hopes of being a better person. However she also has doubts on whether people will take her serious when she tries to be a good person.