Acr 1, Scene 1-4

Scene 1- Anne Frank’s father, Mr.Frank is in the building where he and his family went into hiding. It is now November 1945. Miep Gies is a dutch girl about 22 years old. She is now at the time pregnant. She asks Mr.Frank what she should do with some old papers she found. Mr.Frank doesn’t want them and orders her to get rid of them. She hands him Anne’s diary. He starts reading the journal which was written about 3 years ago. Anne’s journal summarizes what was going on at the time. She explains how bad the situation was when Hitler came to power and her opinion on how the Jews were treated

Scene 2- It is now July 1942. The scene takes place in the attic where Mr.Frank and Miep were. Mr.Van Daan is a tall, dignified man in his late forties. Mrs.Van Daan is a pretty woman in her early forties. Peter Van Daan is a shy, awkward boy of age 16. Peter owns a cat named Mouschi. They are eagerly waiting for the Frank family to arrive. The Van Daans and the Frank family will both be going into hiding. Mr. Kraler and Miep then arrive moments later. They are the people who are hiding them from the green police. They discuss house regulations which they are not to move when the workers come into the building until they all leave. Anne then meets Peter who is annoyed by Anne’s behavior. Since Peter is the only boy she will see in years, she thought she would get to know him.

Scene 3- It is now two months later. All the workers have now left the building and the two families can now move freely. Anne releases her excitement and then takes Peter’s shoes. He wrestles her to the ground until he takes his shoes from her. Mrs. Van Daan is bugging Peter about liking Anne, and he starts to blush. Mr. and Mrs.Van Daan are always argueing with each other. Anne’s character makes a bad impression on the Van Daans and they get mad at her. Mrs. Frank then tries to tell Anne how to behave but she doesn’t want to obey and tells her to be more like her sister, Margot. Mr.Kraler then arrives and tells Mr.Frank if he can accept one more person to hide with them. His name is Dussel. Dussel lets the two families know about the war. Then they discuss over the little food that they have. Anne gets to know Dussel and become friendly since they are both sharing a room. Dussel then criticizes Anne about everything she does.

Scene 4- Several months later Anne has a nightmare about the Green Police dragging her out. Dussel is annoyed at her screams and implies that she can risk them being caught by the green police. Mrs.Frank then gets hurt because Anne rejects her help. Anne would rather be with Mr.Frank. Anne lets Mr.Frank know that he is the only one she loves. He tells her that he should also love her mother and sister. She tries to but they don’t understand her. She explains that she has a nice side but the mean side keeps coming out. She uses the mean side because she is afraid that people will laugh at her. Mr.Frank believes that the war will soon be over and asks the question: “What was the first thing we wanted to do when we got out of here”.