Anne Frank Diary

These were the words of Anne Frank which were contained in her beloved, leather-bound, red and white checkerboard-patterned diary. Handwritten in her beautiful scrawl, these few simple words have impacted minds around the world and refreshed those with intents of hatred and harm. Despite the bad deeds of those around her, and the horrid happens depleting the population of her kind as a Jew, Anne Frank could still see the inner light shining through the dreary, gray smoke of all of humanity.

Being of a time corruption and discrimination, it was hard for many to see the pleasure of life and the good of people. All inhabitants of the area were living in fear of the possible consequences they could suffer if even one slight mistake was made.
As a teenage girl, Anne loves to indulge in childish pleasures such as running around and having fun, or embarking on great journeys through her imagination. After Miep Gies, the Frank's trusted and loyal friend, told Anne that she was going to a party later that night, Anne's childish happiness had gotten the best of her, and she exploded into a storm of questions. "How heavenly!" she had said. "Remember exactly what everyone was wearing, and what you eat, and everything so you can tell us tomorrow!" In this quote alone an inside glimpse of Anne's young personality was exposed to the audience to see how she reacts in particular situations. However, this also goes to show the liveliness that in often cases, Anne keeps pent up inside. Her perspective of situations varies so greatly from average adults that her spontaneity to certain remarks is not only refreshing, but allows her to see the better in situations and people, just as she had stated in her quote. Moreover, Anne has been encased in a loving, protective shell built by her family. She had not been exposed to the harshness of others and still is often treated as a child. Due to this, Anne has not openly seen the world as a whole picture, but only as a small fraction. Under these conditions, even after having to be locked away for
Unlike what was stated in the previous paragraph mentioning Anne's innocence, what Anne does understand goes into much greater depth and emotion that what may be seen from the surface. With her ability to see to underlying layers, Anne can uncover more of the truth behind actions than what others could have ever tried. She truly is not only determine, strong willed, ambitious and free spirited, but also a caring, loving, understanding, and forgiving leader in her own way. When expressing her emotions about the war to Peter, Anne had said, "I know it's terrible trying to have any faith . . . When people are doing such terrible . . . But you know what I think? I think sometimes the world may be going through a phase, the way I did with mother. It'll pass. Maybe not for hundreds of years but someday." The traumatic tragedies occurring across the nation, the global destruction, the horrid happenings can not compare to the light and intelligence shining through in the form of Anne's words. Being only a young girl with such a capacity for acceptance could be considered unfathomable by some. Yet Anne defied all previous thoughts of war, both good and bad, with this one simple quote. This can go to show how Anne can understand how the world works through a simple experience she had lived through. She states that "the world must be going through a phase, like I did with mother." Anne