Act 1, Scenes 4,5:

'Describe how the Hannukkah celebration in Scene 5 is interrupted. What does Peter do to make it worse? According to Dussel, how will this incident lead to their discovery by the police?'
They were all having a happy Hannukkah with Anne's surprise gifts and as Mr Frank was about to blow out the light from the candles they hear a crash downstairs. Everyone is shocked and silent, and they carefully all slip off their shoes. Mr Frank then turns off the light near him and he signals to Peter to do the same to the center lamp. However Peter makes it worse by crashing the lampshade therefore making a unmistakable, loud noise. He was trying to reach for the center lamp and found out he couldn't reach it so he went on the chair. He lost balance and the chair went out from under him. After they hear someone running down the stairs. Dussel thinks that because the person (thief) knows that they are up there hiding, the thief will go to the police and tell them that there are people up there. When the thief gets caught, he'll make a bargain with the police that if they let him off, he'll tell the police where some Jews are hiding.

Theme:
Life may be hard, but try to keep your head up.
Many bad events have happened to the residents of the Secret Annex, but they should try and stay positive for everyone's sake.