Anne Frank Book Review

Review: The book is about the experiences and thoughts of a young female named Anne Frank who lived through the horrors of the Second World War. It was due to the Nazi occupation in Holland that the Frank family went into hiding in Amsterdam in the so-called “Het Achteruis”. Being confined inside a single apartment with another family until their whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo, she jots her thoughts on her diary she had named “Kitty” as seen on her entry on the 20th of June in 1942 on nearly a daily-basis. Although there was war, this did not stop Anne Frank from having normal thoughts of a child going through puberty, experiencing young love, feeling that she had no real close friends, and the like; she discussed her thoughts on

Thus, the book shows Frank’s somewhat hopeful or positive insight in life despite of everything that was happening around them considering the fact that they were hiding from the Nazis which always posed the threat of their deaths if they were discovered. Anne Frank’s diary starts on her thirteenth birthday on June 12, 1942. Anne writes about her experiences going through puberty as she describes her friendships with the girls and boys of their community, her popularity among the boys, and her academic life as a student. However, they were forced into moving to Amsterdam due to the Nazis occupying Holland, this marked the beginning the travails of the Frank family as they came here with another family, the Van Daan’s. The two families stayed inside a hidden apartment in old office building which they called the “Secret Annex” for nearly two years being cut off from the outside world facing boredom, hunger, fear,

However, the most inspiring lesson I have learned is that no one can deprive us of our freedom like what was trying to be done during the time of Anne Frank which ultimately failed, and her diary is the testament to it. No one can take away our freedom because even if it looks like we are deprived of it, nothing and no one can stop us from thinking freely, or in my own words, our mind is our freedom, it is our freedom because it is us that control it, and no one else can and is worthy take over it but only us. Having been inspired by the book, I can recommend this to the people of my age and generally to the youth because I would want my fellows to learn a thing or two from this book due to the fact that many of us today are having their minds rotted by tabloids, videogames, and the like, so as a young reader, I feel obliged to share this to them to help improve their outlooks in life. Moreover, I truly believe that once a reader my age reads and understands this book then applies the lessons he/she learned, his/her life may be improved from the slightest bit to a big part of it depending on how he/she is to apply every lesson he/she had