CONFLICT

Although this piece of literature is a diary and does not have a typical plot, it can be viewed in terms of ordinary conflict.

Protagonist

The author, main character, and protagonist of the diary is Anne Frank, a teenage Jewish girl who is trying to survive the horror of World War II and the Nazi occupation of Holland.

Antagonist

The antagonist is the Nazi Regime, especially its leader Adolf Hitler, who supported ethnic cleansing and wanted to exterminate all but the Aryan (Germanic) race. One of their major targets was the Jews.

Climax

The climax occurs went the Nazis discover the hiding place of the Franks and Van Daans.

Outcome

Anne Frank's story ends in tragedy. She is captured by the Nazis, along with her mother, her sister, and the Van Daans, and sent to a concentration camp, where she dies of typhus. Out of all the people in hiding with her, only her father, Otto Frank, survives.

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