Dear Miss Breed: The Diary Of A Young Girl

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Having a positive attitude is the best response to conflict, especially in time of war. For example, in the story Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, this young girl that came from a Jewish family who inspired many people to never give up in times of crisis; hiding away from the Nazis in Amsterdam. Another true story comes from letters of Japanese American children in the United States’ internment camps during World War II. Some of these children’s letters were gathered and put in the book, Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese Americans Incarcerated During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference, Louise Owaga writes to Miss Breed about their beautiful journey to the incarcerated camp. To begin, in the story Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne had a lot of positive attitude towards the hiding from the Nazi soldiers. For example, in her diary at Saturday, July 11, 1942, living in a crowded place with many bad …show more content…
In the story Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese Americans Incarcerated During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference, Louise Ogawa writes about their journey to the internment camps and shows positive attitude by expressing his feelings about how beautiful nature can be. Louise knows what's happening with America and Japan and feels that everything will be okay; there's nothing to be afraid of. “One of the most beautiful scenery was when crossing a bridge which was right above the Colorado River. It is, indeed, a beautiful river” (Oppenheim par. 19). Louise wanted Miss Breed to know that he would be fine and that he had confidence that everything would come to a peaceful end. These two young individuals wanted to have a better life if they showed positive attitude during times of war. Anne Frank and Louise Ogawa never gave up and believed in themselves that everything was going to be

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