Anne Frank Empathy
Empathy and gratitude are two of the many feelings we humans undergo on a daily basis throughout our lives. On most occasions, they’re linked together easily. But what if one(gratitude or empathy) is stronger than the other?
Anne Frank, the creator of ‘The Diary of A Young Girl’ hid in the Secret Annex during the German occupation of the Netherlands in 1940. The experience that Anne’s faces are those that we try not to imagine. When Anne went into hiding, you could believe that all she desired to do was to go back to the Prinsengracht(her home) in Amsterdam. When the war seemed close to ending, Anne and her sister Margot lost their lives. At this moment, a strong feeling of regret and sadness dwelled inside of me. Otto Frank(the only survivor …show more content…
They’ve hidden from the Germans and suffered in horrible conditions that would seem cruel and unusual in today’s society, and surprisingly, they’ve died when there was still the chance of (once again) living a normal life. These are the types of situation that reach out to us. Occasionally, these situations give us a new incentive to try and make the situation a better place; to resolve various conflicts. It teaches us to feel grateful for our family, education, and other pleasures we have. Gratitude, on the other hand, is different. In a world where Anne and the Jewish minority had to follow gruff rules such as attending separate schools, having curfews, and no access to places to leisure, for example. Living during the war robbed Anne’s freedom of expression, due to the fact that consequences of everyday regimes were feared. However, she only had her diary. Her diary wasn’t just her greatest legacy; it also contains Anne’s perspective of life and people during the war. This perspective is equally important today. Without her diary, our understanding of the Holocaust wouldn’t be the same; Anne’s diary has shaped people’s understanding of life and World War 2 itself, earning herself and her diary gratitude for familiarizing individuals about the
Anne Frank, the creator of ‘The Diary of A Young Girl’ hid in the Secret Annex during the German occupation of the Netherlands in 1940. The experience that Anne’s faces are those that we try not to imagine. When Anne went into hiding, you could believe that all she desired to do was to go back to the Prinsengracht(her home) in Amsterdam. When the war seemed close to ending, Anne and her sister Margot lost their lives. At this moment, a strong feeling of regret and sadness dwelled inside of me. Otto Frank(the only survivor …show more content…
They’ve hidden from the Germans and suffered in horrible conditions that would seem cruel and unusual in today’s society, and surprisingly, they’ve died when there was still the chance of (once again) living a normal life. These are the types of situation that reach out to us. Occasionally, these situations give us a new incentive to try and make the situation a better place; to resolve various conflicts. It teaches us to feel grateful for our family, education, and other pleasures we have. Gratitude, on the other hand, is different. In a world where Anne and the Jewish minority had to follow gruff rules such as attending separate schools, having curfews, and no access to places to leisure, for example. Living during the war robbed Anne’s freedom of expression, due to the fact that consequences of everyday regimes were feared. However, she only had her diary. Her diary wasn’t just her greatest legacy; it also contains Anne’s perspective of life and people during the war. This perspective is equally important today. Without her diary, our understanding of the Holocaust wouldn’t be the same; Anne’s diary has shaped people’s understanding of life and World War 2 itself, earning herself and her diary gratitude for familiarizing individuals about the