My Favorite Author

                  My favorite author is Anne Frank. She was one of the million Jewish children who died in the Holocaust,  She was well-acclaimed for her style of writing in her diary, which she wrote during the Nazi invasion period. Her diary was later adapted into several plays and films. I like her style of writing, for instance, The Diary of a Young Girl. It's possible to feel both intrusive and honored at the same time. She has clearly entrusted all of her innermost feelings and thoughts in her diary, and when I was reading her book, i feel sort of like having a close friend gushing her private thoughts to you, trusting you with her most valuable secrets. I feel like my diary wouldn't be so beautifully written when I was that age. Additionally, what's also interesting about the text is how it subtly captures her maturation as a writer. For instance, there was a text which said “Mother’s reading Gentlemen, Wives and Servants, and of course I’m not allowed to read it (though Margot is!). First I have to be more intellectually developed, like my genius of a sister. Then we discussed my ignorance of philosophy, psychology and physiology (I immediately looked up these big words in the dictionary!). It’s true, I don’t know anything about these subjects. But maybe I’ll be smarter next year!” (9/21/1942). Due to Anne’s rather mature style, many conspiracy theories questioned and outright denied the diary’s authenticity. Her ability to examine her own actions, feelings, and neuroses, it makes me feel like it was written by someone older and wiser. And that is the reason why Anne Frank is my favorite writer.