Diary of Anne Frank Book Review

The Diary of Anne Frank is a diary kept by a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl between June 1942 and August 1944, the two years by which she was forced to remain in hiding from the Nazis. Anne Frank recorded everything in her diary - her thoughts, her emotions, her feelings and all the events that happened to her. Together with the Van Daan family, Anne and her family lived in the "Secret Annex", a set of rooms located at the top of an old warehouse in Amsterdam, concealed behind a hidden door and a bookcase.

Anne was just like any ordinary girl growing up in extraordinary times. She loved  life and laughter, was interested in history and movie stars, writing, and many other things. Before going into hiding, Anne went to school like many other girls, had girlfriends and boyfriends, and was often punished for her talkativeness. Although Anne's diary was from long ago, many of her thoughts and problems are similar to any other adolescent  now.

However, the diary ended abruptly on the 1st August 1944, just few days before Anne and all the other people living in the Secret Annex got arrested by the Nazis and later made to go through the concentration camps. Unfortunately, Anne did not manage to survive the concentration camp and later died of typhus which was caused by a strain of virus that thrived in unhygienic conditions.

Overall, this diary is humorous, informative, and in many situations touching, with account to  Anne's thoughts and feelings about herself and the people around her, the world at large, and life in general. It also records the way Anne grows and matures, in special circumstances throughout the two years in which she was in hiding. It also describes vividly of how terrifying it was to be a Jew in hiding  at a time when the Nazis sought to kill all the Jews of Europe. Although Anne had passed away, her spirit lives on through her diary, The Diary of Anne Frank.

Is this a good or a bad ending?

I personally felt that the ending was not a good one. The diary ended abruptly on the 1st August 1944 and it was later mentioned in the afterword that the Nazis broke into the Secret Annex, after being tipped off that it was Anne's family's hiding place. They then arrested all the eight people hiding in the Annex. It was also stated in the afterword that Anne died in a German concentration camp, like million other Jews. Otto Frank was the only one of the eight who survived the concentration camp, who later devoted himself to sharing the message of his daughter's diary with people all over the world. Thus, I feel that the ending to the book Diary of Anne Frank was not a good one as it is very saddening and abrupt.

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