Book Review: Anne Frank

Book Review: The Diary of a Young Girl
By: Haileigh Smith

The story “The Diary of a Young Girl”, is about young girl named Anne Frank, Anne Frank is a young teenage girl that hides with her and another family the van Daans. Anne lives with her father Otto Frank, her mother Edith Frank, her sister Margaret, and the van Daans, Mr. and Mrs. van Daan, and their son Peter van Daan. They all have different personalities, giving it that twist in her diary entries about the two families.

The two families lived together in an attic in Otto Franks Business Building. The two families live in the attic hiding from the Nazis, because the Nazis are capturing the Jews. This story is based on The two families lives, ass Anne writes about what goes on, with a background of World War II when the Germans took over Amsterdam, and were putting all the Jews into concentration camps.

The diary talks about Anne Frank’s life in hiding. Anne Frank’s diary expresses much of her feelings, such as romance, truth, frustration, and hope. Before Anne had to go into hiding in the secret “annex” (attic), she lived at home, where she had her thirteenth birthday. For her thirteenth birthday she got many gifts, including the diary. Anne ended up calling her diary Kitty. In the diary Anne Frank truly pours her heart out into her diary Kitty, she tells her diary Kitty everything, her crushes, her feelings towards family, her frustrations, and days that go by. Before she had to hide in the secret “annex” (attic), she lived at home, where she had her thirteenth birthday. For her thirteenth birthday she got many gifts, including the diary. Anne ended up calling her diary Kitty. Every day is interesting, even though she lives inside an attic, something is always happening. Anne writes in her diary, because she writes of what she is missing, writing in her diary is all she has. She can’t go outside and play with kids, or friends. All she can do is watch and write about the days that happen outside the attic, and inside the attic. Though Anne used to live a normal life where she could go outside and play with her friends. She could enjoy every moment of it she could enjoy the warmth of the sun and the cool breeze of the air.

Anne Frank’s life has been turned into a book. Reading this book is reading years of Anne’s life squeezed into a diary, and you can experience it. “The Diary of a Young Girl”, is a book that takes you through the highs and lows of Anne’s life. Reading the book allows the reader to experience what life was like during the Holocaust Period of World War II and what it was like to be the one that was being hunted by some of the most inhumane people in society, all because of a religious affiliation.

In all I think this book is a great book, and would recommend this book to anyone who finds reading about things that have happened years ago, like an artifact. The book really gives you a perspective of what it was like during World War II. I have to say if you are into books like this one, then you should read this book. I would like to tell you more about Anne and her family, but I don’t want to ruin the book for you.