Quick Revision Notes
• On her thirteenth birthday, Anne Frank’s parents give her a diary.
• Anne starts writing about daily events, her thoughts, school grades, boys, all that.
• For two years, the Frank family lives in this Secret Annex.
• Anne grows in her knowledge of politics and literature, and she puts tons of energy into studying and writing.
• At the same time, she grows further and further away from the other members of the Annex.
• We see a real change in Anne when she begins hanging out in the attic with Peter van Daan.
• Around this time she starts having dreams about a boy she was in love with, another Peter: Peter Schiff.
• She sometimes even gets the two Peters confused in her head...