30 ‘Because you get dimples in your cheeks. How do you do that?’
‘I was born with them. There’s also one in my chin. It’s the only mark of beauty I possess.’
‘No, no, that’s not true’ ‘Yes, it is. I know I’m not beautiful. I never have been and I never will be.’
‘I don’t agree. I think you’re pretty.’ 309
It can be seen from Peter’s opinion that Anne had two dimples in her cheeks and one in her chin; and according to Peter, she was a pretty girl. Anne also wrote
about her life before hiding, I have a throng of admirers who can’t keep their adoring eyes off me and
who sometimes have to resort a broken pocket mirror to try and catch a glimpse of me in the classroom. 13
Therefore, it can be concluded that Anne was a pretty and attractive girl since she had many admirers in school. She also had three dimples in her face;
two dimples in her cheeks and one in her chin. Peter van Daan finally fell in love with Anne because of her dimples which made her even prettier.
2. Anne’s Personality Description
Anne Frank had some personality descriptions which built her character. Those personality descriptions are as follow:
a. Forthright
We can see Anne’s character through her reactions, since it can also be used to understand someone’s character. Anne always expressed what she liked
and disliked directly. On Friday, 2 April 1943, Anne’s mother offered listening to Anne’s prayer because Anne’s father could not come to her room and listen to her
prayer as usual.
31 Last night I was lying in bed, waiting for father to tuck me in and say my
prayers with me, when Mother came into the room, sat on my bed and asked very gently, ‘Anne, Daddy isn’t ready. What if I listen to your
prayers tonight?’ ‘No, Mumsie,’ I replied.
Mother got up, stood beside my bed for a moment and then slowly walked towards the door. Suddenly she turned, her face contorted with pain, and
said, ‘I don’t want to be angry with you. I can’t make you love me’ 125
Anne’s reaction in rejecting her mother request to listen her prayers can show that Anne’s was a forthright person. She directly rejected her mother
because she did not like to pray with someone whom she did not love to; someone who had rejected her by telling tactless comments and cruel jokes about her.
She felt so bad and so cruel to have rejected her mother that way. She felt sorry to her mother, but on the other hand, she could not lie to her innermost
feeling as she wrote, “I lay still, thinking how mean it was of me to reject her so cruelly, but also I knew that I was incapable on answering her any other way. I
can’t be a hypocrite and pray with her when I don’t feel like it” 126. Her statement shows that she was an honest person who would not do what she did not
want to do and she would say what she wanted to say. Anne was always straightforward not only to her mother but also to
everyone around her. She was always forthright to Mrs. van Daan which gave an advantage in her relation with Mrs. van Daan. At the first time, Anne had a bad
relation with Mrs. van Daan. However, their relation was getting better and better because Anne knew exactly what she could do to get Mrs. van Daan’s attention.
Anne wrote in her diary on March 25, 1944 that “Mrs. van D can be won over by
32 talking openly to her and admitting when you’re wrong” 301-302. Anne
acknowledged herself as an honest person that it makes Mrs. van Daan had a better sight of her, as she wrote:
I know all too well that she doesn’t think as badly of me as she did in the beginning. And that’s simply because I’m honest and tell people right to
their faces what I think, even when it’s not very flattering. I want to be honest; I think it gets you further and also make you feel better about
yourself. 302
Mrs. van Daan no longer gave Anne offensive remarks whenever they had different arguments. As the real example, one day Mrs. van Daan gave her
opinion about the rice they had given to Mr. Kleiman. Mrs. van Daan did not agree if they gave their rice to Mr. Kleiman. According to her, they also needed
the rice as badly. Moreover, Mr. Kleiman could get the rice easily since he was a free man. Anne frank’s reply was:
No Mrs. van Daan. I don’t agree with you. Mr. Kleiman may very well be able to get hold of a little rice, but he doesn’t like to worry about it. It’s not
our place to criticize the people who are helping us. We should give them whatever they need if we can possibly spare it. One less plate of rice a
week won’t make that much difference; we can always eat beans. 302
Anne’s speech when she was in a conversation with Mrs. van Daan proved that she was a forthright and honest person.
b. Introvert and Independent
