Life In The Secret Anne Frank Analysis

In the diary of Anne Frank, a young teenage girl fights against her religion. Anne Frank demonstrates perseverance as she maintains her normal lifestyle while she and her family fights for survival in the Second World War. Otto Frank, Anne's father, arranges that they disappear and live in an unknown part of a building called the Secret Annex. Life in the Secret Annex is tough but somehow Anne still manages to think of others and feel bad that she is more fortunate. Moreover, despite the way that adults treat her, she still has the power to find good things in them behavior. According to her diary ‘’everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can …show more content…
She thinks her mother is cold and rough, and feels that the other adults consider her a nuisance. The diary offers Anne consolation in the annex because she is in need of companionship and allows her to express her opinion: ‘’I know what I want, I have a goal, an opinion, I have a religion and love. Let me be myself and then I am satisfied. I know that I’m a woman, a woman with inward strength and plenty of courage.’’ (The diary of Anne Frank, Anne Frank) Until she becomes friend with Peter, Anne has no one other than her diary with whom she can openly share her fear, anger, sadness, and hope. Anne calls the diary “Kitty,” indicating that she considers it a close friend. She occasionally even writes to Kitty as if the diary was a person who had asked her questions. Firstly, Anne Frank was just an ordinary girl. There were many Jewish children just like her and also many of them kept a diary during the war, so that wasn’t unusual either. However, most diaries weren’t published. After the war, Anne’s father, Otto Frank, concentrated on having Anne’s diary published because he thought that his daughter’s message was important. Anne’s diary is also very well written for thirteen years old girl. Some even consider it literature. Her book is also a very good piece of history. For example, many people identify with her diary that is fascinating to read because it shows the war as it really was. Moreover, …show more content…
Generally speaking, men are held in great esteem in all parts of the world, so why shouldn’t women have their share? Soldiers and war heroes are honored and commemorated, explorers are granted immortal fame, martyrs are revered, but how many people look upon women too as soldiers?’’ (The diary of Anne Frank, Anne Frank) According to her diary, people didn’t even have the right to express them own opinion: ‘’We aren’t allowed to have any opinions. People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but it doesn’t stop you having your own opinion. Even if people are still very young, they shouldn’t be prevented from saying what they think.’’ (The diary of Anne Frank, Anne Frank) Secondly, her diary represents a piece of her life. She wrote there all the emotions and feelings that she had during the two years that she spent there, thoughts about her childhood, her life and about her first love. Anne, managed to demonstrate and amaze people with her mature thinking that helps her to stay calm. According to her diary, even if she spent two years in the Secret Annex, she still remains positive: “Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.” She loves nature and she feels blessed as long as she knows that outside there is still a sun on the sky. She appreciates the present of life and all she wishes is to enjoy the sunlight again and that nightmare that she and the other people are living in, to come to an