Anne Frank is the writer of this diary and expresses her thoughts and emotions throughout the atrocities of the Holocaust. Anne is the protagonist as the whole story is told from her perspective and allows readers to understand her point of view on life in captivity and the people with whom she experiences it. Anne adds color and texture to the tale of being imprisoned in an attic with another family for 25 months during World War II. Anne holds nothing back from her diary, composed in the form of letters to her best friend, Kitty. As a young girl, Anne is forced to grow up far too fast in a situation that can only be described as desperate. She writes about her experiences, her affection towards Peter, and her deepest thoughts regarding her identity and how she is perceived by those around her. For instance, in the book Anne says,”Everyone thinks I’m showing off when I talk, ridiculous when I’m silent, insolent when I answer, cunning when I have a good idea, lazy when I’m tired, selfish when I eat one bite more than I should, stupid, cowardly, calculating, etc., etc. All day long I hear nothing but what an exasperating child I am, and although I laugh it off and pretend not to mind, I do mind. I wish I could ask God to give me another personality, one that doesn’t antagonize everyone. This quote shows how Anne is far wiser and perceptive than anyone gives her credit for being. She has been forced to grow up far faster than her years and has risen to the occasion. She is able to understand that people often view her as many things that she is not, whether it is immature, stupid, or cowardly. She has learned to be very careful with her spoken words and to confide her deepest thoughts to her diary. Therefore, Anne is a very intelligent and insightful individual who understands that some things are better left unsaid.
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In my book “Between Shades of Gray,” the character in my book who is the protagonist is Lina. She is also forced to grow up and forced to experience things no child should ever experience. Just like Anne, she is also intelligent and insightful as Lina likes to draw and think for herself a lot. She keeps things unsaid sometimes as well. Lina misses her father and is angry with the NKVD but she leaves these things unsaid as if the NKVD finds out she was talking about them rudely, she would be hurt by them.
The part where you talk about how Anne Frank has been forced to grow too fast because of the situation that she is put in remedies me of the book Night. In both the Diary of Anne Frank and Night by Ellie Wiesel, both Anne and Eliezer are forced to grow up very fast because of the horrible situations they are out in. Both Eliezer and Anne don’t have the chance to fully enjoy there childhood before they are forced to take on the responsibilities of adults. Since they are both Jews that grew up in the holocaust they are forced to leave their homes. Eliezer is forced to go to a concentration camp, well Anne is forced to go into hiding.
Vanessa I think it was really interesting to hear what you have to say about Anne Frank. It is interesting to find out that she is so much smarter than she is given credit for. This is similar to the book that I am reading. In Resistance by Jennifer Nielsen, the main character Chaya has to appear as a different person than she truly is. She disguises herself as a Polish Christian girl to get by the Nazis, she flirts and talks with them only to get through the gates and into the ghettos.