Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl | Style

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Style

Diary as Confidante

With her diary, Frank creates the friend she never had. Her diary became a person with whom she could be completely open, and in its passages, the reader sees Frank as funny, thoughtful, vindictive, angry, hateful, flippant, and optimistic. Frank initially explains that her schoolmates like her because of her outgoing personality, which frustrates her because she has never shown anyone her serious side. Her first entry states, "I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, and I hope you will be a great source of comfort and support."

Frank addresses her diary as if it were a person; she names it "Kitty" and writes to it as if it were an outsider. Writing about boys, she remarks on June 20,1942, "You're probably a little surprised to hear me talking about admirers at such a tender...
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