Journeying back to the early nineteenth century, when Nazi forces occupied
             Germany during World War II, the lives of those living in this territory was spent in
             constant fear and anxiety. The Diary of Anne Frank leads readers through the harsh
             times of a family trying to escape imprisonment in concentration camps by Nazi soldiers,
             where death was almost certain. Born on June 12, 1929, Anne Frank was a
             German-Jewish teenager who was forced to go into hiding during the Holocaust. She and
             her family, along with four others, spent 25 months during World War II in an annex of
             rooms above her father's office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. During the two years in
             hiding which Anne refers to as "a time when the ideals are being shattered and destroyed,
             when the worst side of human nature predominates, when every one has come to doubt
             truth, justice and God (pg.327)." Anne kept a diary that was given to her by her father,
             Otto Frank, on her birthday. Between June 1942 and August 1944, from Anne's
             thirteenth birthday until shortly after her fifteenth birthday, Anne recorded her feelings,
             her emotions, and her thoughts, as well as the events that happened to her. "...[I]deas,
             dreams, and cherished hopes rise within us only to meet the horrible truth and be
             shattered...yet in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart
             (pg. 327)." The diary is an accurate record of the way Anne grows up and matures, in the
             unfortunate situation she found herself.
             Given the circumstances in which the novel is written Anne gave a very vivid
             description of her surroundings and the feelings she encountered throughout her ordeal.
             The novel displays the grief and frustration that is experienced throughout the time spent
             in hiding. The emotions of the situation are captured in the text and gives validity to the
             pain and frustration encountered. D
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