The Diary of a Young Girl

The Diary of a Young Girl - Emotions

The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank

Boris Bulatovic

Pages read 312/312

While reading The Diary of a Young Girl many thing were surprising. However, what I found most surprising was that while stuck in the Annex, during WWII Anne Frank did not lose hope. “I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains. I've found that there is always some beauty left -- in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you.”,  (Anne Frank, 121) in this excerpt Anne Frank demonstrates her perseverance and her panglossian. It was also interesting to find out that in the diary Anne Frank did not focus on the war, but rather the emotions she was feeling during it.

Since the book is about war seen through a teenagers eyes it is filled with events that make the reader sad and miserable. A poor and innocent child, just like any other teenager, had to spent over two years in hiding. The books makes you be thankful for what you have. War is a very delicate topic and even thinking about it brings feeling of sorrow, but it was not only war that made this book sad but also unfairness. To think that you could lose your life at any moment, or that you could have to hide for years in order to survive is very fascinating. Anne Frank mainly talks about the emotions she feels; those emotions are the same emotions any other teenager would have, the diary also provides a view into the mind of a teenager.

Although the book is not brilliantly write, the thoughts and ideas in the book are. Every teenager should read this book, so that they can learn that they are not alone, there are others who feel the same way they do, that there are others who have it worse then them. This book is also great for people who wish to see war from a child's perspective.