Anne Frank Influences

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Could you ever imagine being away from home, not being allowed to see your friends, and not being able to do the things you enjoy? The young, brave, and remarkable little girl who was an incredible writer while she hid with her family in an annex during World War 2 and then she was later found and sent away to camps, where she later died. Anne often described the circumstances and consequences for being born into a Jewish family in her diary that she was given by her father, Otto Frank. Anne Frank influenced many people from one of the many inspiring quotes, “In spite of everything, I still believe people are really good at heart.” This quote showed how the young girl looked at life in a positive way. Also, this quote was found in her diary entry dated July 1944, several months before she was sent away from her family to death camps. Anne rarely thought about the …show more content…
These camps also killed Jewish people from starvation or people were just too tired to operate correctly. Anne Frank, a very brave little girl had a different perspective as everyone else that was going through the same thing as Anne was. She stayed calm and waited for the war to be over and looked past all of the negative things that were happening in her life. After everything that the evil people were doing to her kind, she quoted this famous quote, “In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” This explained how Anne Frank looked at the world around her, how she looked at people, and what she thought about all of her hardships. The young girl's words and lessons influenced many people today and showed people what her character of a good girl she was. Anne must have thought that even after all the Nazi’s have done to her, her family, and every single jewish person, they were still a good person at

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