How Does Annex Show Courage

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Most people in the Secret Annex showed courage, compassion, and sacrifice, Mr. Frank, Peter, Anne, and Miep. Almost all of them showed these characteristics throughout the story. Though Mr. Van Daan and, Mrs. Van Daan, Mr.Dussel did not show these characteristics they all did have important roles in the Annex. For courage, Miep was the one that had the most courage. She had courage because she risked being caught by the Green Police. Risked other people finding out that the Franks, the Van Daan, and Mr. Dussel were in hiding. Courage just by helping out with their problem she did not have to help them, she could have said “no” not have helped. Just helping took a lot of courage for Miep to do, not being caught by the Green Police, people not finding out that she hiding people. In Anne Frank Miep had a lot of courage and will to do what she had done. Compassion, two people within the Annex, Peter, and Anne. Peter, he showed a lot of compassion when he had comforted Anne when the adults had gotten mad at her. He did not have to comfort her, but he has said she had courage to even talk back to them. Anne, during Hanukkah, she gave gifts to everyone. She did it because she wanted to make things a little better for everyone because everyone was scared one day they might be found. Also because did make everyone mad all the time and wanted to …show more content…

Those people that did not help their problem, but the ones that did show those characteristics helped their problem in more ways than they knew it. Miep with her courage of helping the Franks and Van Daans when they were in need or someone to look up to for support. With Peter and Anne’s compassion to comfort and help through their two years in the Annex. The sacrifice that Mr. Frank had done showed that he cared enough to help those in need, and with all the food and shelter, he had sacrificed for those people, he had sacrificed a lot to

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