Hope is one thing that kept Anne and everyone else going while they was in the Secret Annex. Anne Frank is a Jewish girl who has to go into hiding during World War Two to avoid the Nazis. Together with seven others, including her own family, she hides in the Secret Annex in Amsterdam. They had an optimistic attitude despite the situation they were in. Most of this diary was a daily dose of what was going on during Anne’s life in the Annex but it shows the fear, suffering, and hope that Anne went through during the two year she was hid away from the rest of the world.

There are many examples of this but I am only going to pick out a few of them.

Anne knows how bad the situation is outside of the Annex, but she also knows that they must keep themselves happy to avoid being gloomy and to stay sane. She recognizes that their jokes are what keeps them going, and that it does no good to be miserable. Anne sees the light at the end of the tunnel and knows that the sadness will soon lift. Another example is that despite the fact that she is basically trapped in the Annex, not allowed outside for fresh air and have to be very restricted in their movements and food intake, Anne realizes frequently how lucky they really are to be in hiding, compared with all of the other Jews who are being killed in concentration camps. A last example is even though has witnessed many acts of wartime violence, and heard news of more of the same, they are still able to break the tension, and laugh at each other and themselves each time they do something stupid.

The suffering of the Jews forces Anne to consider multiple times why her family was spared while others are left to suffer and die in concentration camps. She is able to see that the Annex is a relatively better fate than being caught by the Nazis. Throughout the book, Anne and her family and friends show why it was important to have hope and be optimistic despite the horrible things going outside. Hope not only can help make a tough situation more bearable but also can eventually improve our lives because envisioning a better future motivates you to take the vital steps to make it happen.