Anne Frank Research Paper
Anne Frank: Writing as a journey to self discovery
The protagonist and author of The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank began writing her diary at the age of thirteen. She has many friends and admires at school; however, she confesses that she doesn’t have any close friend whom she able to open up fully about deeper things in her mind that she wants to share. It makes her to feel lonely and misunderstood. Anne found a best friend in the diary she named “Kitty”. The diary gives her a private place to explore and develop her thoughts and ideas. It comforts her in the extraordinary circumstances of the secret annex, where she was hiding with her family during Germany’s occupation of Holland. The diary helps her to write out her frustrations, feelings …show more content…
She became engaged with her writing that she even decides to pursue it as a future career. She turns to be ambitious about it: “...to get on in life, to become a journalist, because that’s what I want! I know I can write” she said (April 5, 1944). She admits that she has a great potential and this self discovery gives her a sense of self worth and self purpose. She realizes that her writing can have a big impact on the society and through hard work and dedication she can achieve more than any average woman of her times. She says: “I don’t want to live in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bringing enjoyment to all people, even those I’ve never met. I want to go on living even after my death!” (April 5, 1944). She wants to be useful for the society through her talent and bring all her potential to life through her writing. With these ideas in her mind she set her life goals and decides to publish her diary after the war; as a result, her later entries are more detail and reader oriented. For example, she adds more detail information about residents of the Annex, explaining their characters and adds detail comments about the War. Anne feels as she is doing something valuable for society and for herself. Therefore, Anne writing became a big part of her personality and self identity. Writing helped her not only to express herself and analyze herself; it also enriched her life with sense of fulfilment and helped to establish goals for the
The protagonist and author of The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank began writing her diary at the age of thirteen. She has many friends and admires at school; however, she confesses that she doesn’t have any close friend whom she able to open up fully about deeper things in her mind that she wants to share. It makes her to feel lonely and misunderstood. Anne found a best friend in the diary she named “Kitty”. The diary gives her a private place to explore and develop her thoughts and ideas. It comforts her in the extraordinary circumstances of the secret annex, where she was hiding with her family during Germany’s occupation of Holland. The diary helps her to write out her frustrations, feelings …show more content…
She became engaged with her writing that she even decides to pursue it as a future career. She turns to be ambitious about it: “...to get on in life, to become a journalist, because that’s what I want! I know I can write” she said (April 5, 1944). She admits that she has a great potential and this self discovery gives her a sense of self worth and self purpose. She realizes that her writing can have a big impact on the society and through hard work and dedication she can achieve more than any average woman of her times. She says: “I don’t want to live in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bringing enjoyment to all people, even those I’ve never met. I want to go on living even after my death!” (April 5, 1944). She wants to be useful for the society through her talent and bring all her potential to life through her writing. With these ideas in her mind she set her life goals and decides to publish her diary after the war; as a result, her later entries are more detail and reader oriented. For example, she adds more detail information about residents of the Annex, explaining their characters and adds detail comments about the War. Anne feels as she is doing something valuable for society and for herself. Therefore, Anne writing became a big part of her personality and self identity. Writing helped her not only to express herself and analyze herself; it also enriched her life with sense of fulfilment and helped to establish goals for the