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The Differences Of Anne Frank, The Diary Of A Young Girl?

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Ever wondered what the experience for Jews during World War II was like? Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl, written by Anne Frank with an introduction by Eleanor Roosevelt, is a series of diary entries that capture the hardships a young girl, Anne Frank, experiences during World War II. Frank had not intended for her diary entries to be read by the world, but when she later died at a concentration camp, her father decided to publish it after being convinced by his family and friends. This piece of work has been recognized by the world and is looked upon as a work of literature that impacts ones emotions deeply from the astonishing story put onto paper by the then 13 year old Anne Frank. The novel provides an insight of the life of a young …show more content…

She expressed various emotions through her diary entries for example, her anger, she expressed how much she despised her mother and this gives the readers an idea of what went through Frank’s mind:
I’m boiling with rage, and yet I mustn’t show it. I’d like to stamp my feet, scream, give Mummy a good shaking, cry and I don’t know what else, because of the horrible words, mocking looks, and accusations, which are levelled at me repeatedly every day… (64).
Frank’s does not describe the war by describing what was happening to the people during the war, but instead the readers get to feel what it was like to live in fear though …show more content…

The diary is not divided into chapters but instead has dates above the beginning of each diary entry: “Wednesday, 10 March, 1943” (68). There are several pictures provided at the beginning of the book for readers to visualize Anne’s diary entries much easily. There are pictures of Anne in her teen years, her diary entries that show how much her hand writing changed over time, it changed from printed to cursive, and pictures of the “Secret Annexe” which was where she and her family had been in hiding for over 2 years. Frank did not keep the tone of her writing consistent but rather had alternated tones in her entries depending on her mood and this makes the readers feel more close to Frank since they can experience and feel what she felt and expressed in her diary. The layout and format that was used allows the readers to become closer to the

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