Anne Frank, I too can reach the bursting point

When reading these couple of pages, I felt a strong resemblance in Anne’s family and mine. Always feeling miserable because you think your parents have favoritism in your sibling even though they probably don’t. Anne Frank is one of the only books that is so true, in a way that reminds me of so many times when I argued with my sister because it felt that nothing in my family, or life was fair. For example, when she says, “We are exact opposites in everything; so naturally we are bound to run up against each other” it seems to me that Anne is creating an excuse to hate her sister, just like when a sibling is angry at another, and denies the fact that they are secretly jealous. Although I have never imagined that god was testing me to prove my goodness through my own efforts, I do feel that “I am my own skipper, and later on, I shall see where I come to land”, as she states in the book, probably signifying she is feels like she stands alone, and her parents offer no support in what she does.

As Ann Frank is only still a teen, it’s funny to read about her opinion on prostitutes and how “I would die of shame if anything like that happened to me”. Personally, I find it rather sad reading about her excitement about becoming a woman, because knowing that she was expecting a life; she has died in an abominable way. Finally, it’s quite interesting how she describes her diary like a sanctuary from everything else, a place of privacy, where she can say what she wants and just for herself. Also, I admire the way she interprets her diary, how in the end, she will always come back to her diary, the place where she will start and finish.

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One Response to “Anne Frank, I too can reach the bursting point”

  1.   Mr.R Says:
    November 22nd, 2006 at 6:52 pm

    Finally, it’s quite interesting how she describes her diary like a sanctuary from everything else, a place of privacy, where she can say what she wants and just for herself.

    It is important for all of us to have a place like this.
    I feel it is equally important to occasionally trust others, and let them in as well. That is why i hope this blog can be that place for many of you. Nicely done!