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"ANNE FRANK: THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL."
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The book as a document of the Holocaust and of adolescence.... More...
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Paper Abstract:
The book as a document of the Holocaust and of adolscence. Development of a young Jewish girl under traumatic circumstances. How she came to know herself as a daughter, a sister, a maturing women and a romantic and sexual being. Her maturation experiences. Going through the tasks of adolescence. Anne's struggle to understand Nazi round up and exterminatin of Jews.
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Revealing “Anne”: The Diary of Anne Frank
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl has long been considered a remarkable document for two distinct reasons: one the one hand, the Diary is an intimate portrait of the Holocaust seen from the eyes of a young Jewish girl living in hiding; on the other hand, the Diary depicts the development of a young girl under difficult circumstances, but also describes the ways in which that young girl came to know herself as a daughter, a sister, a maturing woman, and a sexual and romantic being. Anne Frank’s writing of “Anne” as a person and an identity demonstrates that despite the traumas and anxieties of her situation, she was engaged in many of the developmental experiences and issues common to all adolescent females.
For many young females, an integral part of maturation is coming to te
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I don't mean to judge her; I don't have thatright. Anne experiences this as well: "I'm the opposite ofMother, so of course we clash. 12 ) says: "Oh, I'll never reach Peter in this way.Who knows, maybe he doesn't like me and he doesn't need anyone to confidein. Anne (Frank, p. Bebrave! New York: Bantam. Inwriting of how "Anne" responds to Peter van Daan and her attraction to him,Anne (Frank, 1991, p. I'll have to go back tobeing alone." For this young woman, the first stirrings of sexual andromantic interest in a member of the opposite sex have become overwhelming. The "clash" between Anneand Mrs. Frank is a clash between an older woman who sees her youngestchild moving away from her influence and between a maturing young woman whohas come to feel that she is "charting her own course" (Frank, 1991, p.63). Integral to the tasks of adolescence - regardless of one's physicalcircumstances - is the exploration of sexuality and romantic attachment.Anne and her older sister, Margot, are unfortunate in that theirconfinement offers a single adolescent male as an object of interest. Revealing "Anne": The Diary of Anne Frank Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl has long been considered aremarkable document for two distinct reasons: one the one hand, the Diaryis an intimate portrait of the Holocaust seen from the eyes of a youngJewish girl living in hiding; on the other hand, the Diary depicts thedevelopment of a young girl under difficult circumstances, but alsodescribes the ways in which that young girl came to know herself as adaughter, a sister, a maturing woman, and a sexual and romantic being.Anne Frank's writing of "Anne" as a person and an identity demonstratesthat despite the traumas and anxieties of her situation, she was engaged inmany of the developmental experiences and issues common to all adolescentfemales. Let's remember our duty and perform it without complaint." For Anneand the others in hiding, "duty" consists of remaining alive and escapingthe dragnet that the Nazi occupiers of Holland created to round up Jews andexterminate them in the death camps. In writing "Anne," the real Anne Frank haswritten a narrative that describes many of the conflicts and struggles thatare to be endured in adolescence. Again, these are feelings that are expressed by almostany adolescent girl, regardless of her circumstances. 63). She has provided the world with aportrait of adolescence that both subsumes her particular circumstances andmoves beyond those circumstances to something far more universal. They are lent aparticular urgency, however, by Anne's isolation and the anxiety that anyperson in hiding for a prolonged period must feel. (1991). Who has set us apart from all the rest? 316) says that "We're all alive, but we don't knowwhy or what for; we're all searching for happiness." She is speaking ofherself, Margot and Peter in the context of their enforced confinement.However, these are words that are remarkably insightful for a young womanwith little experience of life. For many young females, an integral part of maturation is coming toterms with her mother. Throughout the "Anne" narrative,interwoven with her stories of conflicts with parents and sister, love forPeter, and tensions with other adults, there is a very real sense of aperson struggling to understand "why" she and others have been targeted inthis manner. These feelings are also a locus for Anne's sense of isolation within anextended family group that is far from harmonious and in which she feelslike an outsider. Maybe he only thinks of me in a casual way. She's not a mother to me - Ihave to mother myself" (Frank, 1991, p. Anne (Frank, 1991, p. ReferenceFrank, Anne. Anne's feelings about hermother - who seems to favor the older sister, Margot, are typical of manyyoung women as they begin the process of separating themselves frommaternal influence and achieving individuation. ... While Anne is struggling to define herself as an individual apartfrom her mother and simultaneously attempting to know herself as a sexualhuman being, she is also attempting to come to terms with the larger socio-political context which has shaped her life. 257),writing of the oppression of the Jews, the Nazis, and world war, says: "Whohas inflicted this on us? I'm simply looking at her as a mother. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.
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