(a) Option A: In Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne shares her feelings and thoughts with readers through her diary.
By reading this remarkable book, readers come to know the author. Read this excerpt, and then answer the questions below about Anne. …I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can’t build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death. I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, I hear the ever-approaching thunder, which will destroy us too, I can feel the sufferings of millions and yet, if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will all come right, that this cruelty will end, and that peace and tranquility will return again. How does this excerpt capture some of the defining aspects of Anne’s personality? What do these personality traits suggest about Anne’s maturity after spending so much time hiding in the Secret Annex? How do excerpts like this one affect readers of the diary?
OR (b) Option B: In the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, readers learn about the life of one remarkable individual and the struggles he endured during his life. Describe Douglass’s personality.
Explain how the genre of the Narrative—a main character who tells his own true story—affects readers and why the climax of Douglass’s story is his battle with Covey and not his escape from slavery.