My Favorite Passage:"I've asked myself again and again whether it wouldn't have been better if we hadn't gone into hiding, if we were dead now and didn't have to go through this misery, especially so that the others could be spared the burden. But we all shrink from this thought. We still love life, we haven't yet forgotten the voice of nature, and we keep hoping, hoping for...everything." (pg 303)
Anne and the others residents of the Secret Annex live in constant fear of being discovered. The conditions of the Annex ,while not being horrible, are not entirely pleasant. Someone has to wonder, "Is this really worth the misery, going into hiding?" Anne shys these thoughts away with the words in the above passage, which radiate hope for the future. She believes that since the members of the Annex still love life, life in hiding is better than death. With hope, the Jews in the Secret Annex continnue to live. I like this hopeful side of the passage. I also like this passage because of the way it was written. The passage sounds so longing and so unlike the writing of most teeage girls. Anne is astounding writer for her age. If she had survived to live out her life, I bet she would have written some very enjoyable books.
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