THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL

This diary is not just mere entries by a teenager but a record of human minds, who have to live in hiding for years with the constant fear of getting caught. In 1942, with Nazis occupying Holland, a 13 year old Jewish girl and her family fled from their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. Cut off from the outside world, they faced hunger, boredom, the constant cruelties of living in confined quarters and the ever present threat of discovery and death.

          

Anne has recorded vivid expressions of her experiences during this period. She referred her diary as 'Dearest Kitty'. In her words, 'Paper is more patient than people'. In this, she describes her relationship with her sister, father and her hatred towards her mother. She has written that she wants to be a journalist and wanted to do something for herself and want to make her name. Her thinking was way ahead of time and it totally reflects from her diary. This book advocates the importance of Hope and how a 'HOPE' can make you stand in the adverse situation. Anne's perpetual feeling of being lonely and misunderstood provides the impetus for her dedicated diary writing.  She frequently expresses her conviction that there are 'two Annes'- the lively, jovial, public Anne whom people find amusing and exasperating; and the sentimental, private Anne whom only she truly knows.