Th Diary of Anne Frank
Journeying back to the early nineteenth century, when Nazi forces occupied Germany during World War II, the lives of those living in this territory was spent in constant fear and anxiety. The Diary of Anne Frank leads readers through the harsh times of a family trying to escape imprisonment in concentration camps by Nazi soldiers, where death was almost certain. Born on June 12, 1929, Anne Frank was a German-Jewish teenager who was forced to go into hiding during the Holocaust. She and her family, along with four others, spent 25 months during World War II in an annex of rooms above her father's office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. During the two years in hiding which Anne refers to as "a time when the ideals are being shattered and destroyed, when the worst side of human nature predominates, when every one has come to doubt truth, justice and God (pg.327)." Anne kept a diary that was given to her by her father, Otto Frank, on her birthday. Between June 1942 and August 1944, from Anne's thirteenth birthday until shortly after her fifteenth birthday, Anne recorded her feelings, her emotions, and her thoughts, as well as the events that happened to her. "...[I]deas, dreams, and cherished hopes rise
within us only to meet the horrible truth and be shattered...yet in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart(pg. 327)." The diary is an accurate record of the way Anne grows up and matures, in the unfortunate situation she found herself. For its insights into the life of a German-Jewish child living in Germany during Nazi occupation, The Diary of Anne Franks, offers a vivid, realistic view of how a family tries to escape Nazi concentration camps. Anne's ability to communicate her private thoughts engulfing the total emotions of the situations gives the book a human side often missed in recounts of history. The reader experiences the gripping details of a family and a child dealing with extraordinary situations as they try to survive in hiding. Thanks to the carelessness of Nazi soldiers taking Anne and her family into custody the literary world was given the opportunity to experience captivity of a young woman through her own eyes. The novel displays the grief and frustration that is experienced throughout the time spent in hiding. The emotions of the situation are captured in the text and gives validity to the pain and frustration encountered. Despite the amusing and enlightening side of the diary, that documents the process of
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Approximate Word count = 860
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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