In, The Dairy of Anne Frank Anne and the others are sealed from the outside world, in a dark and confined space yet they are able to stay positive. The Families and Dussel are able to stay positive by acknowledging every small victory they have. This ideology is shown not only in The Dairy of Anne Frank but it is also shown in Man's Search for Meaning when Victor Frankl writes "When we arrived the first important news that we heard from older prisoners was that this comparatively small camp (its population was 2,500) had no “oven,” no crematorium, no gas" (Frankl). This writing shows that even though he is stuck in a concentration camp he is still happy to be alive. The Van Danns and Franks keep the spirts up in the same manner by thinking
