Similarities and Differencs

Authors Note: I am writing a compare and contrast paper about two different characters from two different books.

Hope is the main character of the story, We are the Patriots, and Anne is the main character of the story, The Diary of Anne Frank. Both of these characters are similar and different in many ways. In both of these books the main characters are the narrators. They explain what happens from their point of view.

When comparing the two novels, Anne and Hope both desired to be free. Where they lived and what time period they lived in took place when major wars in history were going on. Anne lived during the Holocaust and the Nazi’s were the German soldiers that worked for Hitler. Hitler disliked the Jewish citizens that lived in Poland. Hope lived during the Revolutionary War, which was lead by George Washington and they were fighting against the British. During both of these books, the main characters wanted to be free. In these situations, a lot of humans wanted to be free, but were not able to be. Unfortunately, in The Diary of Anne Frank, thousands of people died, including Anne. In the olden days, when women didn’t have rights, many of them had no choice on what they could do. There wasn’t really any way Hope and Anne could be “free”.

Another similarity between Anne and Hope in each novel, is that they both felt that they should not complain about anything in their lives. Both characters were in terrible situations, yet tried to be positive. Anne was in hiding and trying to stay away from the Nazi’s, while Hope was praying that her father would not die fighting in the war. Anne felt like she didn’t have it too terrible since some of her friends and families were being sent away to special camps that would eventually kill them. Hope also felt that she should not complain because there were people that were fighting for the lives of the people in their town. She was lucky that she was a girl and did not have to risk being killed by British soldiers. Their lives were difficult and they felt they shouldn’t complain because things could have been worse and were worse for many others.

An example of a difference between Anne and Hope was that Anne suffered so much more then Hope did. Later in Anne’s life she was taken away to a concentration camp and ended up dying because she suffered from the disease called typhus. There were many sicknesses that were being passed around, from person to person at the camp. Anne and many others were not given medicines and were starving from lack of nourishment. It was a camp that would eventually kill you and there were not many survivors. Hope on the other hand was able to live at home and take care of her family. Her only fears were getting sick and having her father pass away.

Additionally, a difference between Hope and Anne was that Hope could have died from disease like Anne but she did not because of the care she received from family. She did not suffer as Anne did while living in the concentration camp. Typhus was the disease that was going around Hope’s village as well as the concentrations camp but many more died in the camps than the villages because of the poor treatment the people received in the camps.

Lastly, Hope didn’t suffer the hand of human cruelty as did Anne at the concentration camp. People that lived where Anne did had to face the “death chamber”, a room that exposed deadly gases to people within the room.
In conclusion, there are many similarities and differences between these two character and historical books. Even though these characters lived in two different time periods, they shared many similarities and differences.