In her diary, Anne Frank, much like George Orwell, has a “desire to push the world in a certain direction” and to emphasize the kind of society other people should begin to strive toward. A Jewish teenager living in Holland during the Holocaust, Anne is forced into hiding and must bear witness the atrocities and anti-semitism brought forth by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. Using a diary she received for her birthday, she recounts her life during the Holocaust and her views on the world and how they gradually change as time goes on. Anne doesn’t actively strive to change the world or society too an extreme, however she does give the reader insight on how she felt during this time in her life and how things should be different. By using repetition,
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An example of this can be found on page 81 when writing about the suffering caused by the war, and says that “all we can do is wait… for it to end, Jews and Christians alike are waiting, the whole world is waiting, and many are waiting for death.” The repetition of the words “wait” and “waiting” emphasizes how tense the situation is, and how the suffering isn’t confined to any single group in particular (“Jews and Christians alike). With the “waiting for death” comment, Anne acknowledges how miserable people are to the point they wait for death, and after saying “I’d only make myself more miserable” (page 80) beforehand, she knows that it’s wrong and wants the world to go back to the way it was before World War II, so there isn’t an abundance of suffering, misery, and …show more content…
Since being stuck in hiding has done no more than make Anne miserable and long for the life and world she once had and lived in that was much better: a world full of peace and normalcy without the threat of death or dictators. An example of symbol is on page 311, where the diary entry is June 6th, 1944—D Day. Before this point, Anne and her family were longing for the day of invasion, which they were sure would lead to liberation. Once the day did come, everyone was ecstatic. Here, D Day is a symbol of hope, as it symbolizes the allied effort to free everyone and, as a result, free those under control of Nazi Germany, and will allow life (and the world) to return to its normal, peaceful state that Anne so desperately longs for. On page 145, Anne describes how she imagines that her family and those she’s in hiding with are a “patch of blue sky surrounding by menacing black clouds” and “we’ve been cut off by the dark mass of clouds… it looms before us… trying to crush us…” These black clouds are a symbol of doom and the Nazi regime, while those she’s with are symbols of peace. She yearns to be able to move around to create peace and be set free, and to bring an end to the “black clouds” that are turning the world and society into a dark, gloomy
An example of this can be found on page 81 when writing about the suffering caused by the war, and says that “all we can do is wait… for it to end, Jews and Christians alike are waiting, the whole world is waiting, and many are waiting for death.” The repetition of the words “wait” and “waiting” emphasizes how tense the situation is, and how the suffering isn’t confined to any single group in particular (“Jews and Christians alike). With the “waiting for death” comment, Anne acknowledges how miserable people are to the point they wait for death, and after saying “I’d only make myself more miserable” (page 80) beforehand, she knows that it’s wrong and wants the world to go back to the way it was before World War II, so there isn’t an abundance of suffering, misery, and …show more content…
Since being stuck in hiding has done no more than make Anne miserable and long for the life and world she once had and lived in that was much better: a world full of peace and normalcy without the threat of death or dictators. An example of symbol is on page 311, where the diary entry is June 6th, 1944—D Day. Before this point, Anne and her family were longing for the day of invasion, which they were sure would lead to liberation. Once the day did come, everyone was ecstatic. Here, D Day is a symbol of hope, as it symbolizes the allied effort to free everyone and, as a result, free those under control of Nazi Germany, and will allow life (and the world) to return to its normal, peaceful state that Anne so desperately longs for. On page 145, Anne describes how she imagines that her family and those she’s in hiding with are a “patch of blue sky surrounding by menacing black clouds” and “we’ve been cut off by the dark mass of clouds… it looms before us… trying to crush us…” These black clouds are a symbol of doom and the Nazi regime, while those she’s with are symbols of peace. She yearns to be able to move around to create peace and be set free, and to bring an end to the “black clouds” that are turning the world and society into a dark, gloomy