Anne Frank: The Diary Of A Young Girl, is known as a “world classic,” (The Diary Of A Young Girl . . . Amazon.Ca) that tells the story of a Jewish family in Germany, during World War II, that hid away in an attic to avoid the concentration camps.
After reading reviews on Anne Frank: The Diary Of A Young Girl, I found multiple common themes toward the way consumers perceived Anne Frank’s life narrative but also her, as the author. The reviews, and also the consumers, agreed upon the book being a “classic,” (The New York Times. . .) and “would recommend this book to anyone” (Anne Frank . . . Review). As well, find that the diary is a reminder of the significance of war and “offers. . . commentary on human courage” (The Diary Of A Young Girl . . . Amazon.Ca).
Anne Frank portrays the “human courage” (The Diary Of A Young Girl . . . Amazon.Ca) and “greater human values” (The New York Times. . .) that we all should have within us, as not limit one’s freedom or place restraints upon them because of religion, beliefs, values, or race. When under Hitler’s rule of propaganda, that forced his ideals and mentality onto the people, Anne Frank was able to resist their ideas and stride with hers. If any ordinary person were put under her suffering, I am sure their view of the world will change to the side of negativity. They would see the hate and the cruelest side of human beings, but Anne Frank did not think like the normal person, instead she is a ‘’testament to the human spirit’’ (The Diary Of A Young Girl . . . Amazon.Ca). And it is prevalent in her diary as The New York Times, in their review, shows in this quote of Anne Frank’s Writing (The New York Times. . .):
”It’s really a wonder that I haven’t dropped all my ideals because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart” (The New York Times. . .).
Anne Frank is also continually said to be “amusing,” (The Diary Of A Young Girl . . . Amazon.Ca) “spirited,” (The New York Times. . .) and a “cheerful person” (Anne Frank . . . Review) in the reviews. She is able to add happiness and humor to her suffering. Which makes it more appealing to consumers, especially, because it shows more than the cruelty of the holocaust, of World War II, or even her family. It further shows her values for all humans to be free. Her “[bubbling] with amusement,” (The New York Times. . .) being selfish, and talkative, are all characteristics of a “typical teenage girl” (Anne Frank . . . Review). It is usually assumed that people of others races and religions do not act in the same manner, but by Anne Frank allowing her teenage self to come to the forefront, we can see all the connections, we as humans have, through linking our experiences and our typical emotions to Anne Frank’s.
Another shared theme of the reviews and the consumers is that Anne Frank’s death was cut off too short, for she was “a born writer” (The New York Times. . .). There is sorrow felt when thinking of the potential she had and “how much [of her] creative power. . . was cut off through [the] genocide” (The New York Times. . .). She had more to give and especially more to write if she had a lifetime.
These commonalities convey the feelings that consumers have felt toward Anne Frank’s life narrative and to her. They adorned her wittiness and soft humor for is connected them to Anne Frank but also resurged to them that religion and race are not to be what separates them or restricted one’s freedom. There is also a want among them to have read more of Anne Frank’s writing and a longer life for her, for she truly had human values at heart.
Work Cited:
“The Diary Of A Young Girl: Anne Frank, Eleanor Roosevelt, B.M. Mooyaart: 9780553296983: Books – Amazon.Ca”. Amazon.ca. N.p., 2016. Web. 5 Oct. 2016.
https://www.amazon.ca/Diary-Young-Girl-Anne-Frank/dp/0553296981
“The New York Times: Book Review Search Article”. Nytimes.com. N.p., 2016. Web. 5 Oct. 2016.
http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/10/26/reviews/frank-levin.html
“Anne Frank: The Diary Of A Young Girl By Anne Frank – Review”. the Guardian. N.p., 2015. Web. 5 Oct. 2016.