The Diary of Anne Frank

Right now, I am almost done with The Diary of Anne Frank. Like Night, it was really shocking to hear the perspective of the Hollacost/ the war from someone who was actually there rather than someone who had studied it. It really affected me in a way I cannot really explain, especially because she was around my age when she was writing this. I cannot imagine being in her place as a girl my age, it just shows how strong they had been. I have never heard the war explained quite like this, and it really just got me to think about how lucky I am to be living now. I realized that if I was alive back then living like she did before the war, I would have been in the same place as her. Like Anne, I am Jewish. It is so hard to understand how such a thing happened, it is really hard to think about for me.

The Diary of Anne Frank has actually been one of the hardest books to read to me because of how touching and sad it is. The things she wrote I cannot believe that someone my age had to go through that, and still had the strength to write in her only friend, her Journal. Even thought it is so sad, it is a book that I am not able to put down. I really recommend it if you are willing to read sad stories, it is a must read.