The Diary of Anne Frank fits best into the subject of ELA for many reasons. First, it utilizes many reading systems, like suspense or tragedy. This is proven by the article “Controversy over Anne Frank’s Legacy” which describes the book as “extraordinarily engrossing.” and “It has suspense, romance, tragedy, and potential uplift.” which all help to learn how to pick out details in a novel and to learn basic concepts you’d see in a middle school ELA room. Second, it is a good way to introduce children to the Holocaust, but it doesn’t outright teach them about it. This is proven by “Controversy over Anne Frank’s Legacy” when it states that “Reading her diary is a convenient way, a hook, to introduce the Holocaust to, say, eighth graders in Iowa”.
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Third, after reading the diary, it is clear that it contains much more ELA content than historic content. The way Anne uses figurative language, like on page 115, when she writes “Meanwhile, we are cut off by the great dark mass, which will not let us go upwards, but which stands to us as an impenetrable wall;” which shows how well she writes. There is also the fact that there is little Holocaust or WWII content, only being in the book as periodic updates instead of the focus, which, when educating about something like history, is important. Another example of Anne’s writing, which is on page 267, when she states that “A voice sobs within me: ‘There you are, that’s what’s become of you: you’re uncharitable, you look supercilious and peevish, people dislike you and all because you won’t listen to the advice given to you by your own better half.”, which shows her advanced vocabulary and writing, which can teach children about literary systems and word usage, rather than the history of
Third, after reading the diary, it is clear that it contains much more ELA content than historic content. The way Anne uses figurative language, like on page 115, when she writes “Meanwhile, we are cut off by the great dark mass, which will not let us go upwards, but which stands to us as an impenetrable wall;” which shows how well she writes. There is also the fact that there is little Holocaust or WWII content, only being in the book as periodic updates instead of the focus, which, when educating about something like history, is important. Another example of Anne’s writing, which is on page 267, when she states that “A voice sobs within me: ‘There you are, that’s what’s become of you: you’re uncharitable, you look supercilious and peevish, people dislike you and all because you won’t listen to the advice given to you by your own better half.”, which shows her advanced vocabulary and writing, which can teach children about literary systems and word usage, rather than the history of