Post #18: Growing Up Through Hard Times: The Diary of Anne Frank
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Anne Frank is widely known for her diary on her life and experiences of being in World War II Amsterdam as well as being woman and how her identity existed within that context. She originally was from Germany when rose to power and left with her family. Her father Otto Frank took them and moved to Amsterdam and lived there for a while. Eventually Hitler took the Netherlands and got Amsterdam. Instead of leaving, the Franks stayed and hid in one of the buildings Otto owned. They were hidden under Otto’s employees. Here, we get to see some of the early works from Anne’s diary. After they were caught and sent away, the letters were found scattered among the remains. After Otto got out of the Holocaust, he then later published the letters of the diary.
Anne Frank presents herself in a way that is very authentic and personable in her diary. The text is organized with little to no dialogue but more like a letter. On Friday 9th, Oct. 1942, she writes, “I’ve only got depressing news for you today”, as if she is writing to someone else.
In Anne’s writing we get to see a vivid image of what it is like to struggle with adolescence as a woman through her conflicts with her family. On Saturday, 7 November, 1942, she writes, “Is it just chance that Daddy and Mummy never rebuke Margot and that they always drop on me for everything?”. Her struggles feel so real despite the circumstances she was living in. Her diary brings a new light to growing up as a woman and how that experience is something that cannot be shoved aside and or cast out.
I enjoyed reading her diaries because we were able to understand who young Anne Frank was and how educated she was. She was young, but had so many continuous thoughts to express. Her journal was the only way for her to get out her feelings without verbally expressing them to her family, in who she had trouble expressing her feelings too. At the time, she struggled with being compared to her sister, and struggled with understanding her parents needs. I feel very bad for her because nobody should have to go through her experience, but especially at the young age she was.
ReplyDeleteIt seems as if she is writing to someone else because she is. She is writing to Kitty, her imaginary friend. Kitty is the only one who can listen to Anne's problems and understand her feelings and emotions. I like the quote you use from her diary in your last paragraph because it summarizes the strenuous relationships she has with her intermediate family. Anne often feels alone in her emotions and struggles because she is a child. Kitty is her outlet for her confusion and fear.
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