Anne Frank

[8thline]

That's right. A very sad story indeed. It's the first book I have ever read about the holocaust and it led me to reading more and watching movies about that period as well. But Anne Frank, in my opinion, could have really been one of the greatest writers.

[sophiachic]

I haven't but want to.

[Wonderwoman7]

i liked it..it was very interesting and our class acted out some parts so its was pretty fun. 4 1/2 stars (there are some boring bits)

[gali]

I recommend the book to those of you who didn't read it. It may have some boring bits, but it is a truth story.

[npandit]

Wow, I read the Diary of Anne Frank so long ago, and I read Night by Elie Wiesel a couple years ago too. I remember liking them both, but Wiesel's discription of the death marches was so real and touching that I think made it come out first for me.

Has anybody read 'The Sunflower' by Simon Weisenthal? It is the recollection of a jewish man being asked by a dying Nazi for forgivness before he dies. The jewish man didn't know what to do, on one hand it was the man's last dying wish, but on the other, who know how much remorse he really felt, or if he just feared punishment for his sins. Years later, he wrote to many famous people, including The Dalai Lama, Harry Wu, and Primo Levi, and asked what they would do in that situation.
The book is a collection of the letters of replies he recieved. Quite interesting and profound, a good read.

Thanks for posting the recommendation! I'll check out 'The Sunflower'; it sounds really good. As for the original thread; The Diary of Anne Frank has no boring bits! It's perfect!!(And I'm not biased at all!)

Truthfully though, when I was really young I didn't understand the political context in which she was writing. I read it years later and it touched me even more! It's a great book--everyone should read it!

[DebByrne+43]

I am not sure how you can rate someone's diary. The Diary of Anne Frank is not a work of fiction. They were excerpts from her diary, written in her words. The same with Night by Elie Weisel.

[npandit]

I am not sure how you can rate someone's diary. The Diary of Anne Frank is not a work of fiction. They were excerpts from her diary, written in her words. The same with Night by Elie Weisel.

I don't know, I think you can still rate the quality of writing, how well the story threads together, as well as the underlying themes. At the end of the day, non-fiction books are still stories. The excerpts from her diary were edited, as well as sanitized a little (as she made observations of a private nature), and I'm pretty sure--though I may not be correct--that parts of her entries were also rearranged for continuity and ease of reading. All of this was done to create a better reading experience (she, herself, had started editing her own earlier entries), and a well-constructed, complete story. In my view, there are a lot of non-fiction books that didn't tell their stories half as well as Anne Frank did, at the tender age of 15. But then again, it's important to remember that what we are reading is certainly not a rough first draft.

[katielgorton3]

I thought a better book on this subject was Night by Elie Wiesel it is an amazing account and far more touching I thought then the diary of Anne Frank...although that was my first holocaust book and I loved it

Excellent book!