Seeing Things in a Deeper Perspective
Throughout the entire book there are little things that mean so much in the grand scheme of things. As I continue reading the book I have noticed things that keep coming up over and over again that symbolize deeper meanings than the reader may have initially thought.
ANNE’S DIARY
Anne’s diary obviously is a key symbol that keeps coming up in the book. Her diary in my eyes represents trustworthiness, because I think Anne knows that she can write her feelings down and that no one ever needed to see them. She trusted her diary, I think more than any other person in the annexe. On Thursday, March 16, 1944 Anne wrote, “But, still the brightest spot of all is that at least I can write down my thoughts and feelings, otherwise I would be absolutely stifled!” (Frank 177). Anne wrote in her diary for a really long time, so she trusted that she could always go to it to express how she is feeling. Perhaps her diary was there for her and supported her more than any other individual person in the annexe.
I think that Anne thought of her diary as her best friend because she didn't really have anyone she could trust more with her thoughts than Kitty. Her diary also represents friendship. Anne can tell her diary anything and everything that goes on in her life and even things from the past, and I think they were such great friends because they could not judge each other the way that two people could. I think that her diary is treated as a member of the family and Anne wants to keep her safe just as much as any other person in the annexe. On January 7, 1944, She wrote “I am quite forgetting that I have never told you the history of myself and all of my boyfriends” (Frank 133). Anne talks to her diary the way that normal teenage girls typically did in that time period, and some today. She overall can vent all of her feelings to Kitty and know that she always can.
LETTERS FROM MARGOT
Another symbol that showed up toward the middle to end of the book is the letters that Margot and Anne send back and forth regarding Peter. Those letters represent a way for the two of them to be honest with each other without having to face each other directly. I think when you're in a face to face conversation about a touchy topic, true feelings may not be expressed, so the letters give them a way to confide to each other. In one of the letters that they wrote, Margot said, “‘Anne, when I said yesterday that I was not jealous of you I was only fifty per cent honest’” (Frank 182). I think it is easier to be honest with someone when you cannot see their emotions and or they could not see yours.
In response to Margot’s letter, Anne wrote,“‘Also it’s easier to whisper out feelings rather than to trumpet them forth out loud”’ (Frank 183). When Anne wrote “to whisper out feelings” I think the was referring to writing the letters to each other, and “Trumpet them forth out loud” she meant a face to face conversation. When writing a letter to someone you would have time to think about what you wanted to say rather than blurting out the wrong thing in a face to face conversation.
CONCLUSION
There are so many little thing in Anne’s diary that mean so much more than just what meets the eye. Anne’s diary and the letters mean a lot more than I would have originally thought. I wonder if Anne explained what every little thing meant to her, how the readers perspective of the book would change?
I definitely think the readers perspective and even how they read the book would be different. The reader might feel sorry for Anne, and they might even understand what she is going through little bit more. I kinda feel as if the more that Anne writes in her diary the more she feels lonely, depressed, and she might even doubt herself more.
ReplyDeleteI feel like if Anne were to explain what every little thing meant to her, two things would happen. There's A) a much longer book to read, and B) that they might try to put them selves into her shoes more often, and probably in more detail with all of the extra information about her life. It would definitely help the reader understand the book and Anne's life much better than they can now.
ReplyDeleteIf Anne described more of her feelings towards certain people in her life than just one subject of what happened I believe that the reader would take it in a different perspective when they read. If she describes more the readers would understand more than just what she puts in her diary. How do you think that could pertain to the readers of her diary now? How do they feel?
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