1according to margot why don't anne and her mother get along ? 2 mrs. van daan doesn't need her fur coat in the attic. why does she react so strongly when mr. van daan want to sell it? 3 why does anne and mrs. frank apologize to each other after hearing about the invasion of normandy? think about what impact the circumstances might have had on their attitudes. 4 a flashback is a scene from an earlier time that interrupts the ongoing action of a story. most of the play takes place during the was years, but the first and last scene take place after the war. make a timeline like the one shown that clarifies the order in which important events happen. how does reading about the events out of order affect your understanding? 5 at the end of act two, is a scene anne shares with peter her ideas about the tragic events they have been hearing about. she says, "i think the world may be going through a phase it'll pass." how do anne's ideas illustrate the theme of the play? how does peter react to her ideas?