Anne Frank is a young girl who is secluded from the outside world within a hiding place her family and her take refuge in to escape the Nazis. Etty Hillesum is a young woman who lives alone and is also in danger of meeting an unfortunate fate at the hands of the Nazis, yet she does not live in isolation. Despite the fact that the two are both forced to endure the hardships of World War 2, their circumstances cause distinct differences between them, including their personalities and tones but also cause subtle similarities between the amount of thankfulness they share. Etty’s exposure to the world around her contributes greatly to her perception of the circumstance she is in and as a result affects her tone and personality. Because Etty
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As previously stated, Anne’s optimism during the time she is forced into hiding allows her to write in a lighter, more cheerful tone. A diary entry written by Anne on Wednesday, June 24, 1942 gives off a more positive tone as she explains how Jewish people are no longer allowed to travel in a streetcar. Although it is much more difficult to travel without a streetcar, Anne merely discards this disadvantage and takes pleasure in the fact that she can still use her feet to travel from place to place. Etty, however, is far more anguished by this predicament than Anne is. In her diary, Etty writes that Jewish people cannot travel by tram, bicycle, or attend the grocery store and these many disadvantages weigh her down like a lead mass, making it blatant that these disadvantages take a much worse toll on Etty than they do Anne. Consequently, Etty writes with a more desolate tone. Such examples of this writing can include Etty’s diary entries stating that she has already died many deaths in several concentration camps, and diary entries in which Etty claims she has accepted the fact that she will perish in a horrible way. The distinct difference in tone and personality between Etty and Anne ultimately falls back to the different living situation they are in. Although they are living in the same time period, the ways in which their circumstances differ causes differences between them that contribute greatly to the writing in their
As previously stated, Anne’s optimism during the time she is forced into hiding allows her to write in a lighter, more cheerful tone. A diary entry written by Anne on Wednesday, June 24, 1942 gives off a more positive tone as she explains how Jewish people are no longer allowed to travel in a streetcar. Although it is much more difficult to travel without a streetcar, Anne merely discards this disadvantage and takes pleasure in the fact that she can still use her feet to travel from place to place. Etty, however, is far more anguished by this predicament than Anne is. In her diary, Etty writes that Jewish people cannot travel by tram, bicycle, or attend the grocery store and these many disadvantages weigh her down like a lead mass, making it blatant that these disadvantages take a much worse toll on Etty than they do Anne. Consequently, Etty writes with a more desolate tone. Such examples of this writing can include Etty’s diary entries stating that she has already died many deaths in several concentration camps, and diary entries in which Etty claims she has accepted the fact that she will perish in a horrible way. The distinct difference in tone and personality between Etty and Anne ultimately falls back to the different living situation they are in. Although they are living in the same time period, the ways in which their circumstances differ causes differences between them that contribute greatly to the writing in their