Quote 19
ANNE: I think the world may be going through a phase, the way I was with Mother. (2.4)
Anne sets the whole WWII thing in the terms of a teenager. The world is having a tantrum. It's awful, but it'll pass.
Quote 20
ANNE: I still believe in spite of everything, that people are really good at heart. (2.4)
And that, Shmoopers, is the golden rule. Despite the persecution and threats to her life, Anne is able to see that good will win over evil.
Quote 21
ANNE: I have a nicer side, Father… But I'm scared to show it. I'm afraid that people are going to laugh at me… So the mean Anne comes to the outside and the good Anne stays on the inside and I keep trying to switch them around and have the good Anne on the outside and the bad Anne on the inside and be what I'd like to be. (1.4)
Anne's struggle with coming into adulthood shows when she confesses it to her father. She wants to grow up and do the responsible, more mature thing, but she's afraid.