Act I, Scenes 1-3: Do Anne and Peter seem to have typical teenage attitudes toward their families? Go back to the text for examples to support your response.
I think that Anne and Peter are just like typical teenagers of today, they fight with their parents, get embarassed by them, have a favorite parent, their relationship is sometimes bad sometimes good with their parents, and they do not want to be treated like children. "Mrs.Van Daan: (to peter) Now is that anyways to talk to your little girlfriend? Peter: Mother.....for heaven's sake.....will you please stop saying that?Mrs.Van Daan. Look at him blush! Look at him!"9page 383) This is an example of where Peter is embarassed by his mother and he is annoyed with what she is saying, just like many teenagers often feel today. "Anne: Mother is unbearable. She insists on treating me like a baby, which i loathe."(page 381) This is an example of where Anne says that her mother is treating her like a baby and she doesn't like it. Teenagers a lot of the time want to be more independent from their parents and do not like to be treated like children. Just like Anne and Peter feel with their parents.
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I agree. Both Peter and Anne wish their parents to treat them more like grown-ups and they act like typical teenagers. Teenagers usually want to be independent and all from their parents and they have little quarrels with their parents. Peter and Anne both are like that. My response to that question is very similar to yours, except that you widened your response into also talking about how Peter and Anne are both typical teenagers today.
Great job!
I also agree, Hahnji! Even though Anne is still young, Anne has thought inside her so, she wants adults to treat her more like an adult than a child. Also, Peter wants to get treated like an adult too. He is 16 but he doesnt act like grown ups and he has more problems than Anne. So, I think Anne should get treated more like an adult.
Peter and Anne do have normal teenage "actions" although i think that it is more,,,severe? becasue they are locked up. If they were to survive, then i bet that they wouldnt have a normal teenage life as many other teenage Jews that had survived. But yes, they do act likee normal teenagers. Trying to rebel. She wants adults to treat her like one, but once they do, she thinks it is unfair that they do/
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