The Diary of a Young Girl by Rosa

The Diary of a Young Girl by Rosa - February 2015 Scholarship Essay

Students should read “The Diary of a Young Girl,” by Anne Frank because it is a true inspirational story about a young girl making the best of her situation while hiding for two years with her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. In fact, the lessons someone can take from this diary is not limited to high school students. Everyone can see how one can make the best out of any situation as well as appreciate the little things in life from this moving autobiography of an amazingly brave girl.

When I read Anne Frank's diary, I found that through her, I had learned a lesson that not only applied to me, but to everyone around me. Anne Frank's diary taught that we don't really need all the stuff that we think we really "need", like a TV, or a smart phone. Anne Frank learned how to enjoy even the smallest bits of life, like the sun, or the sound of birds, a sound that I particularly have found quite annoying. Anne also learned, as well as taught, that you don't need to be somewhere to experience it: she learned that imagination is more powerful than anyone could have possibly imagined.

I think that Anne was a very sweet girl. I admire the way she viewed life and how she found something good inside everything. She did not think that people were truly evil. She even chose to believe that everyone was kind, even when the Germans held them bondage. Her diary has ultimately left an everlasting mark on the world, reminding people of the unavoidable possibility that evil is prone to spontaneously ignite at any given time, but no matter what, love will never burn out and that is a lesson that every student can take from “The Diary of a Young Girl.”