Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl | Anne Frank: Wise and Mature Beyond Her Years
In the following essay, she examines the many ways in which Anne Frank matures into a wiser and more sensitive young woman over the course of her stay in hiding.
The two years Anne Frank spends in hiding with her family during the Nazi occupation of Holland are an intensely self-analytical time for the young teenager. When her family goes into hiding, she has just turned thirteen years old, and her early entries testify to the fact that her personality and disposition are very typical of a young teenager. She is brimming with confidence to the point of self-centeredness, she is chatty and anxious, and she is intolerant of those who do not accept her. Over the next few years, however, the reader watches a new Anne emerge. This Anne is wiser, more...
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