Anne Frank's Tree Jessica Ravitz Analysis

The article entitled “Anne Frank’s tree, now dying, still inspires hope and new life”, written by Jessica Ravitz, tells the story of a 170 year old chestnut tree that gave faith to Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl who suffered during the Holocaust. This tree, now having been sick of a fungus for ten years, is dying. Afraid of this historical treasure’s demise, the museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, at which the tree lives has begun to plant fallen chestnuts in hopes of growing others trees. The author gives the reader a passage in Anne’s diary dated February 23, 1944, in which the young girl writes that the tree is an uplifter of spirits and, in any situation, will provide hope to all of those around it. The people of the museum are hoping that