Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
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Book Reviews of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
Book Review: an AWESOOME REVIEW (DUH, it's by ME)
Summary: 5 Stars
THe diary of a young girl
I chose to read Anne Frank: The diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, translated from the Dutch by B.M. Mooyaart-doubleday. I chose to read this book because I enjoy reading history about World War one. I happened to know that Anne Frank's diary was a historical record. I thought it would be interesting to know how she lived her years in hiding.
This book takes place during World War two, in Germany. Hitler was the president of Germany. Since Anne was Jewish, Anne and her family had to go into hiding. In my opinion, Hitler was an evil man, wanting to kill people, just because they were Jews! The book tells about Anne's difficult life in hiding with her family, a man named Dussel and the Vaan Dan family of three.
Life in hiding was not at all easy. You had to be cautious, because there were people living under them. Not much noise was allowed. The food wasn't exactly the best you could get. Most of the time, they had to eat almost the same type of food morning, lunch and dinner for about a week! Sometimes, rotten vegetables had to be served because of the expense and shortage! And, it's a treat to eat an egg, yogurt and jam!
Another difficulty is living life itself. It gets boring to be shut in a place, you can't go outside, you basically only have one friend, the meals aren't what you are used to, and you live in terror of being discovered. It's very sad to see other poor Jewish people being dragged away to concentration camps. Life. A big difficulty, living in a war.
In the beginning of this book, I saw several pictures of Anne. I also saw some parts of her scrapbook and codes she invented. That helped me see her character better, for Anne has an interesting character. She is a "chatterbox" and an outgoing person. She wasn't at all used to this new life. She confided in her diary with all her feelings. She felt the only "person" she could trust was kitty, her diary. That is why her diary is one of the best books I have read; it has true thoughts and feelings in it.
Non-fiction is read very differently from fiction. Non-fiction is all true. You have to slurp up the facts, digest them into your brain. You don't really have much reaction to the book, unless it's about a person, like I did. You would really stop and think about it, because it actually happened. That's how you read nonfiction.
Through all of Anne's sufferings, we learn something. Make the most out of life, for you never know when you might have to suffer, in any way. Life is a privilege, accept it as it is. For life is a gift, that not many can or will know the pleasure of it.
By Adriana Garcia
Book Review: It will Touch the Hearts of Millions
Summary: 5 Stars
Ever feel like there's no way out, that you're trapped inside a world that you can't escape? Well if so, then you might be able to relate to the book The Diary of Anne Frank.
In her diary Anne spills about everyday needs, problems, scares and even encounters with love itself; until her whole world changes. In this dramatic and riveting diary Anne tells how her world turned upside down. It's June 1942, in Amsterdam, the Frank family is living in a very nice and quaint home every one is peaceful and content and unaware of the fate that was in store for them. All but one family member was oblivious to what was happening around them, that one was Mr. Otto Frank himself; taking clues he found here and there he pieced things together and quickly decided to give personal belongings to trustful friends and neighbors and moves his family into safe hiding. One thing led to another and the Franks find themselves living in a secret annex atop of Mr. Frank's old work place. Going about day to day chores and taking care of the necessities, Anne describes her life in hiding. She also tells how it is living not only with her mother, father and sister Margret but also living with the Van Daan's, and Mr. Düssel. Talk about being crowded. With daily quarrels and constant fighting the 8 of them find it difficult to contain themselves. Although it seems like no big deal, it truly is, having to keep quiet 24/7, not being allowed to bath for weeks on end and not even being allowed to look outside the window, let alone all of the other ruthless, brutal and cruel tasks they had to do. Their lives were filled with hardships and most of all it is filled with the secrets and emotions of this 13 year old girl, dreading the thought that haunted her every minute of everyday; getting caught. In this diary Anne explains it all, all there is left to do for these unfortunate 8 is to sit and wait to see what fait has in store for them.
I strongly recommend this book to anyone who's 12 years of age or up, due to some mature material discussed in this book I advise a more mature audience reads this book. There are many complex topics that are discussed in this book that really require you to think sincerely about. The Diary of Anne Frank is truly and extraordinary book, teaching lessons and morals around the world, you will not be disappointed, it will touch the hearts of millions. I know it touched mine.
Book Review: Okay
Summary: 5 Stars
Okay, you know what? First of all, you people are all stupid. Anne Frank's diary is NOT a hoax. There was testing done on the diary that proved she did write it. Secondly, I'm tired of people saying the Holocaust never happened. I'd like them to go back in time and see exactly all the horrors. Thirdly, the reason Anne knew about what was going on in the camps was because the illegal radio told them, which you would know if you actually read the diary!!!!! Fourthly (if that's a word) I think people who write reviews here should spell things right and get their information right. Okay, it was SIX million Jews that died, not SIXTY. GET IT RIGHT, PEOPLE!!!! And just so you know where I'm coming from, I'm not some angry little Jewish kid who hates everybody because you got all the information wrong in your reviews. Now, I think everyone should read this diary. It's a very extrodinary tale and it teaches you alot of things. Give Anne some credit, okay? Just because she writes about boredom and quarrels in the Secret Annexe doesn't make it a boring story. It's very good. Someone wrote a review said that we shouldn't feel sorry for them because at least they had a roof over their heads. Give them a break, okay! They had hardly any food and couldn't go outside, they were bored. I bet that if you were in their shoes, you would do alot less worse than them, okay! This is a great book, I read it and re-read it all the time and have read practically every Anne Frank and Holocaust book known to mankind, saw the play, various movies and documentaries, and own the diary, as well as several other books and the movie. In case you haven't noticed, I'm like obbsessed with all this and am determined to prove what a great person Anne was. Oh, and here's why nobody can relate to Anne Frank: SHE WAS A VERY SPECIAL PERSON WE SHOULD ALL LOOK UP TO!!! Okay, and just so you know, every person I know says that I could have been Anne Frank's twin because we look so much alike, plus, our personalities are indentical and also, I'm obbbsessed with her. So everyone I know thinks I was her in a past life. So, in conclusion, (if you bothered to read my words of wisdom), this isn't really a review, but a rant about inconsiderate people. I think Anne Frank rocks, and if everyone wasn't busy saying her diary is a fake and went on and on about how boring it is and actually read it, you would learn alot of things about life and such things. So, read this!!!!!Book Review: Anne Frank -The Best Inspiration of our History
Summary: 5 Stars
It's 1945 and the Axis Powers are head to head in their viscous battle with the Allies. In Hamburg, Germany many Jewish families are in total fear of being found out by the Nazis that want to take down all the Jewish people. Among those families are the Franks and their gifted daughter, Anne Frank. Downstairs in the basement of her father's factory, Anne's family stays in hiding with another family .Anne's gift as an excellent writer shows as she writes in her diary about her day to day experiences in hiding with her family, from her emotional battles with her parents to her days in the annex when things get too hard. See what happened during World War 2 through the eyes of a Jewish girl .Take an adventure with Anne Frank as she tells a tale of trial and conflict.The Diary of a Young Girl- Anne Frank is a wonderful book about a fourteen year old girl who expresses her feelings in a form of awesome writing. She is in a state where she can get all of her feelings out. In her book there are stories about her relationship with her father Otto Frank and her huge crush on a boy who she would always see. Feelings about the environment around her no one else knew she would always write about it. In this book each person that is in Anne's life during her years in hiding is described into complex detailing. She describes everyone according to her own criteria. She was never afraid to write what she wanted in her diary no matter how much it may hurt someone or how much it may make them happy. She will always describe the people in her life into their physical and personal descriptions. In the book Anne describes her parents and the parents of the other family in her own description. Her descriptions would change over time because her feelings of the people in her life would change. This book is interesting because in all the bad situations of her life Anne Frank puts all her emotion into one diary entry .Throughout the whole book some of her diary entries were 2 -4 pages long. This showed how emotional she was in her writing. These intense entries help get her anger out on a piece of paper and not out on the open.
I recommend this book to you because this is a story that every teenager in the world can relate to. There are certain issues in this book that has happened to all teenagers. Go out and buy this book to see what challenges Anne Frank had to go through with her teenage life plus her hard times in hiding.
Book Review: Anne Frank's Diary: A Review
Summary: 5 Stars
Anne Franks Diary:The diary of a young girlAnne Franks Diary is a remarkable book. Written by a young girl in a time of trouble and terror, she writes what she feels, and what is happening around her, in first person. Anne Franks Diary, is an autobiography of her short life. This book takes readers back to the time of power, greed and expresses what life was like. Also known as the Great Depression.
This book is what the world lived through and how this war impacted human beings, of all sorts. I enjoyed this book because of the high intensity of how this young girl felt. She suffered day on end to survive, with family and friends holding on with her.
" Leave me in peace, let me sleep one night at least without my pillow being wet with my tears, my eyes burning and my head throbbing. Let me get away from it all, preferably away from the world." This quote explains the suffering Anne Frank went threw to survive in this hard time.
The reason why I liked this book is because of the honest opinions honest thoughts and feelings. For people that enjoy historical events and the detail be hide them you will enjoy this book like me. The quotes that really come from the inner sprit of Anne Frank, can get to you, with a few powerful feelings, and words. "A voice sobs within me: There you are, That's what's become of you: you're uncharitable, you look
supercilious and peevish, people dislike you and all because you won't listen to the advice given to you by your own better half." I personally like this quote because it explains how Anne changes she becomes more grown up and more marcher.
I found that I really endured this book because of the reality to her life and thoughts. I also found that the sad times or the touching moments really are what put the book together.
Some other quotes that make this book what it is, are these, "I hope I shall be able to confide in you completely, as I have never been able to do before, and I hope that you will be a great support and comfort to me." "I started by being snappy, than unhappy, and finally I twist my heart round again, so that the bad is on the outside and the good is on the inside and keep on trying to find a way of becoming what I would so like to be, and what I could be, If ...... there weren't any other people living in the world."
I think you should read the book, Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl. Enjoy reading.