34 myself and realized that I’ve become an ‘independent person’ sooner than most
girls” 207. She also wrote: You and I both know that I’m strong, that I can carry most burdens alone.
I’ve never been used to sharing my worries with anyone, and I’ve never clung to a mother, but I’d love to lay my head on his shoulder and just sit
there quietly. 313
Anne also felt that she was more independent than the adults in Secret Annexe, especially her parents. On Tuesday, 11 April 1944 she wrote:
I’m becoming more and more independent of my parents. Young as I am, I face life with more courage and have a better and truer sense of justice
than mother. I know what I want, I have a goal, I have opinions, a religion and love. 332
Anne was an introvert girl who could not share her problems and secrets to anyone else because she did not trust others but herself. She used to stand on her
own feet. She becomes an independent girl because of her being introvert.
c. Jealous
The reader could analyze that Anne Frank’s character as a jealous young girl through her direct comments “As you know, I’m quite the jealous type” 66.
She always felt jealous easily when someone was too close or trying to get closer with someone she loved most, his father. Anne’s jealousy was shown clearly in
her diary on 1 October 1942, when Mrs. van Daan tried to flirt with Pim: Let me pause a moment on the subject of Mrs. Van Daan and tell you that
her attempt to flirt with Father are a constant source of irritation to me. She pats him on the cheek and head, pulls up her skirt and makes so-called
witty remarks in an effort to get Pim’s attention... As you know, I’m quite the jealous type, and I can’t abide her behaviour. 66
35 Anne felt a remarkable feeling of jealousy whenever Margot stayed close
with her father, as shown in her diary, “You know that I always used to be jealous of Margot’s relationship with Father” 218 or when her father stood on Margot
side against her. On Saturday, 30 October 1943 she wrote about her quarrel with Margot and her mother which happened the night before. At that night, Margot
was reading a book with a beautiful illustration inside. It caught Anne’s attention. When Margot got up and put aside her book, Anne picked it up and started to read
it since she had nothing to do. When Margot got back to the room, she was very angry to see that Anne read her book. Margot insisted Anne to give her book back
even she wasn’t reading it. Their mother who heard the quarrel between her daughters butted in: “Margot was reading that book” 180. Suddenly, her father
came to defend Margot without asking what actually happened. Father came in, and without even knowing what was going on, saw that
Margot was being wronged and lashed out of me: ‘I’d like to see what you’d do if Margot was looking at one of your books’. 180
Anne was neither huffy nor cross, but she merely sad 180. She was sad for the reason that her father made judgment without knowing what the issue was. She
used to be in a condition where her mother always stood on Margot side and her father usually stood for her to help her except for that day. That hurt her as she
wrote: I love them only because they’re Mother and Margot. I don’t give a dash
about them as people. As far as I’m concerned, they can go jump in the lake. It’s different with father. When I see him being partial to Margot,
approving Margot’s every action, praising her, hugging her, I feel gnawing ache inside, because I’m mad about him. 180
36 It can be summarized that it did not matter if her mother always stood on
Margot’s side. On the contrary, it hurt her when her father stood on Margot’s side. Anne’s statements proved that deep inside her heart she felt jealous. “He doesn’t
realize that he treats Margot differently from me: Margot just happens to be the cleverest, the kindest, the prettiest and the best. But I have a right to be taken
seriously too” 181. That direct comment showed that Anne did not feel comfortable when her father treated Margot well. In other words, she felt jealous
to her sister as she wanted to be treated the same way by her father and all that she needed was her father’s attention.
d. More Introspective
