The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank • 1947
Devastation Rating
Holocaust WWII diary youth
Our Take
Anne Frank wrote in her diary believing she would survive and publish it. She did not survive. Her father did, and published it for her. Every optimistic entry is a form of unbearable dramatic irony. The last entry is dated three days before the SS raided the annex. She thought things were getting better.
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