The Diary of Anne Frank

While the diary is written from Anne’s perspective, what can you show from the diary’s content as proof of the injustices for both sides? Do you believe Anne is telling the truth? Or is she just standing up for her family?

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I don't know what you mean by injustice on both sides. Though Anne claims to despise politics, she cannot help but become caught up in the war. It is the war, after all, that is responsible for her family's living situation. The adults in the annex, by contrast, speak constantly about the war and their prospects after the war. Throughout the diary, the phrase "after the war..." hangs over the book, an unfulfilled wish of every annex resident. Towards the end of the diary, when the Allies begin making great progress against Germany, Anne's diary entries document every battle and every landing--a great mirror into her excitement about the prospect of leaving the annex for good.