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charity_royall_331 's review for:
The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank
It astonishes me that the context in which this was written is a very minor part of the book itself.
We hear about the war, but not about the mortal peril in which Jews lived. Indeed, we hear almost nothing about Judaism: the residents of the attic celebrate St. Nicholas Day, but not Passover, Yom Kippur, Purim. Instead, it reads as an insightful study of human beings under the pressure of living in the same quarters: their personality conflicts, their petty grievances, their dreams and secrets. It's amazing that such an ordinary coming-of-age story could have been written under such extraordinary circumstances. Anne Frank was an accomplished writer with a vivid, confident voice, and perhaps as a result of her enforced proximity to the others in the attic, a keen observer of human foibles. She is a witty, spirited companion, someone who would have been wonderful to know.
We hear about the war, but not about the mortal peril in which Jews lived. Indeed, we hear almost nothing about Judaism: the residents of the attic celebrate St. Nicholas Day, but not Passover, Yom Kippur, Purim. Instead, it reads as an insightful study of human beings under the pressure of living in the same quarters: their personality conflicts, their petty grievances, their dreams and secrets. It's amazing that such an ordinary coming-of-age story could have been written under such extraordinary circumstances. Anne Frank was an accomplished writer with a vivid, confident voice, and perhaps as a result of her enforced proximity to the others in the attic, a keen observer of human foibles. She is a witty, spirited companion, someone who would have been wonderful to know.