{"id":5,"date":"2016-09-18T17:44:06","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T00:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/astuselena\/?p=5"},"modified":"2016-09-18T17:44:06","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T00:44:06","slug":"research-blog-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/astuselena\/2016\/09\/18\/research-blog-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Blog #1"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the publishing of the book Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl<\/em>, many<\/p>\n

aspects of Anne\u2019s diary were manipulated and altered for marketing purposes in<\/p>\n

America. The genre of a diary in literature is used to bring authenticity to the<\/p>\n

work. A diary by definition is \u201ca book in which you write down your personal<\/p>\n

experiences and thoughts each day” (Merriam-Webster<\/a>). A diary includes your<\/p>\n

unfiltered and unedited \u201creflections [and] feelings” (Merriam-Webster<\/a>) which<\/p>\n

ultimately reflect who you are. However, it is questionable to whether this was<\/p>\n

the case for the diary of Anne Frank. The story \u201cof a young female victim\u201d (Ravitis <\/a><\/p>\n

5<\/a>) was selected amidst the millions of stories of other victims and published in<\/p>\n

America as a memoir of the Holocaust. It was published in America since its<\/p>\n

themes \u201ccorresponded well to American ideals\u201d (Ravitis 5<\/a>). Instead of being<\/p>\n

published in America as Frank\u2019s original title of her diary, Het Achterh\u00fcis [The<\/p>\n

House Behind], it was altered to The Diary of a Young Girl in order to publicize<\/p>\n

her as \u201can innocent child distanced from \u2026 adult ideology\u201d (Ravitis 5<\/a>). Due to the<\/p>\n

fact that America was in a \u201ctime of recuperation, materialism, and dull<\/p>\n

conformity\u201d (Ravitis 5<\/a>), they did not want to promote Frank\u2019s ambitious and<\/p>\n

confident view of herself (Ravitis 6<\/a>). When the diary was planned to be made into<\/p>\n

a play, Frank\u2019s father, Otto Frank feared that it would be \u201crather different from<\/p>\n

the real contents of her book\u201d (Stalnaker 15<\/a>) \u2014and as it turns out, he had all the<\/p>\n

right to be. The goal of the production team was to make the \u201cmost universal<\/p>\n

version \u2026 of Anne possible\u201d in order to \u201cmeet the social and political constructs<\/p>\n

of their target audience\u201d (Stalnaker 16<\/a>). Instead of being true to the authenticity<\/p>\n

of the diary and the reality of a young German Holocaust victim, they made her<\/p>\n

character relatable to the \u201caverage American citizen of the mid-1950s.\u201d (Stalnaker <\/a><\/p>\n

16<\/a>) It seems as though Anne frank has been fabricated into yet another fake<\/p>\n

Hollywood star. Twenty-one-year-old actress and model, Millie Perkins played <\/a><\/p>\n

Anne Frank in the movie \u201cThe Diary of Anne Frank\u201d in 1959<\/a>. It is obvious that the<\/p>\n

much older and glamorous girl was used to portray Frank to satisfy the<\/p>\n

standards of the American audience. What once was the raw diary of a true<\/p>\n

victim of the Holocaust is now a production of entertainment to American culture<\/p>\n

norms. When such a raw form of documentation, such as a diary, can be<\/p>\n

transformed and projected to us in such deceptive ways, we should really start to<\/p>\n

question all information that is displayed to us through literature, productions or<\/p>\n

any type of media. Can authenticity truly exist past the process of editing? Was<\/p>\n

the narrative of a young girl chosen as the voice of the Holocaust to elicit pathos<\/p>\n

from the audience? Was the voice of a child was used due to the common<\/p>\n

tendency of interpreting youth as innocent and uncorrupted sources? There is no<\/p>\n

way to be sure that the information being presented to us through these tools is<\/p>\n

with genuine intention. The way situations are displayed to us plays a major role<\/p>\n

in how we perceive information. Ultimately, it is up to us to avoid falling into<\/p>\n

naivety by asking questions and being critical about what is placed in front of us.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Works Cited<\/p>\n

Merriam-Webster<\/em>. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 17 Sept. 2016.<\/p>\n

Ravits, Martha. “To Work in the World: Anne Frank and American Literary<\/p>\n

History.” Women’s Studies<\/em> 27.1 (1998): 5-6. Web. 17 Sep. 2016.<\/p>\n

Stalnaker, Whitney Lewis. “Good at Heart: The Dramatization of the Diary of Anne<\/p>\n

Frank and its Influence on American Cultural Perceptions.” Order No.<\/p>\n

10115758 Kent State University, 2016. Ann Arbor:\u00a0ProQuest.\u00a0<\/em>15-16 Web. 17<\/p>\n

Sep. 2016.<\/p>\n

“The Diary of Anne Frank (1959).” IMDb. IMDb.com, n.d. Web. 18 Sept. 2016. <\/em><\/p>\n

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