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A review by literaryjunarin
The Diary of a Young Girl by Mirjam Pressler, Anne Frank, Otto H. Frank
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
"Go outside and try to recapture the happiness within yourself; think of all the beauty in yourself and in everything around you and be happy."
I first learned about Anne Frank when I was 10 years old. I read a snip of her diary in an English textbook at school. I can't remember which part of her diary it was but I carried it up to adulthood and now I finally read the whole diary!
Because this is a diary, the contents are really personal I felt like I shouldn't read it. At first, I was smirking at all her rants and thinking, "She's a child alright.". I saw Anne Frank as a vain but honest girl and a bit of a dork.
When they started hiding on the Secret Annexe, she found it fun at first. After some time, she started pouring her anxiety, fear, and sadness into her diary. I felt my heart aching.
Since she's 13 when she started writing this, some of her entries showed her curiosity about sexuality. She noted what she knew of sex and even described a sexual organ.
A year passed and the readers will see how Anne matured ahead of her age. As we know of what'll happen to people trapped in a small space, they started having fights. I was surprised when the families helped by the Frank family started hiding their food. I thought, "they were saved by the Frank family so why are they like this?". But maybe it's human nature. The more their life is threatened, the more selfish they become.
I was touched when they still manage to give gifts for birthdays in the middle of the war. I found it bittersweet when Anne started falling in love. I was grief-stricken reading about all her dreams and all the things she want to do after the war. I felt hopeful in the way she still found beauty in nature and people in those terrible times. Finishing her diary and knowing what happened to her and her family at the end, I also felt like I lost my dear friends.
I first learned about Anne Frank when I was 10 years old. I read a snip of her diary in an English textbook at school. I can't remember which part of her diary it was but I carried it up to adulthood and now I finally read the whole diary!
Because this is a diary, the contents are really personal I felt like I shouldn't read it. At first, I was smirking at all her rants and thinking, "She's a child alright.". I saw Anne Frank as a vain but honest girl and a bit of a dork.
When they started hiding on the Secret Annexe, she found it fun at first. After some time, she started pouring her anxiety, fear, and sadness into her diary. I felt my heart aching.
Since she's 13 when she started writing this, some of her entries showed her curiosity about sexuality. She noted what she knew of sex and even described a sexual organ.
A year passed and the readers will see how Anne matured ahead of her age. As we know of what'll happen to people trapped in a small space, they started having fights. I was surprised when the families helped by the Frank family started hiding their food. I thought, "they were saved by the Frank family so why are they like this?". But maybe it's human nature. The more their life is threatened, the more selfish they become.
I was touched when they still manage to give gifts for birthdays in the middle of the war. I found it bittersweet when Anne started falling in love. I was grief-stricken reading about all her dreams and all the things she want to do after the war. I felt hopeful in the way she still found beauty in nature and people in those terrible times. Finishing her diary and knowing what happened to her and her family at the end, I also felt like I lost my dear friends.