Anne's Diary Analysis

Anne matures and develops through the course of the diary in many ways. In the beginning she behaved in a spoiled manor. She barely helped do any work, argued with her mother, and she thought every boy liked her. During her time in hiding she started to do work like cleaning and preparing food, she became less argumentative, less talkative and did not joke about everything. She began to enjoy and appreciate sweets like cake rather than take them for granted like before they went into hiding. Anne became interested in history and politics. She learned other languages and studied the family trees of royalty. She even listened to the radio to hear the local news and hoped the war would end soon.
Even though Anne began her diary at the age of 13 and was captured only two years later, shortly after her 15th birthday, Anne’s diary can be seen as a “coming of age” story. During this time, her body went through puberty. Her feeling about Peter changed from thinking of him as just a stupid boy to falling in love with him.
Her time spent in hiding for fear of being sent to a concentration camp forced her to mature more quickly. She became interested in the status of the war by listening to the news and wanted to know if the allies were getting closer to saving them. They listened to the radio at 6 o’clock in the evening when the workers left the
First, Anne has an optimistic attitude. She tries to make the best out of her situation. She makes her small room in their hiding place like home. She jokes, finds joy and happiness in the little things, and continues to write short stories and dreams for the future. Once she is a journalist she then wants to go on to become a famous writer. Anne proved herself a good writer when she wrote her father a book for his birthday. Anyone can clearly tell she already enjoys writing and has the inspiration and skill to do