The most surprising, interesting or useful piece of information learned through reading Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, by Eleanor Roosevelt was the difference between life in the Secret Annexe and life today. Firstly, the members of the secret annex did not get the pleasure of three meals a day unlike most people today. For example, Anne states, “We’re going to be hungry, but anything is better than being discovered” (240). Secondly, the members of the secret annexe had to be very quite to avoid being heard. To illustrate, Mrs. Van Daan states, “We must behave like soldiers” (203). Lastly, the members of the secret annexe go two years without going outside. For instance, Anne states, “Not being able to go outside upsets me more
