天才一秒记住【权七小说】地址：https://www.quanqihao.com
TextAEverythingWillgefortheBetter
banner"
>
AnneFrank
TranslatedbySusanMassotty
SATURDAY，JULY15，1944
&y，
[1]We’vereceivedabookfromthelibrarywiththegtitleWhatDoYouThinkoftheMirl?I’dliketodiscussthissubjecttoday.
[2]Thewritercriticizes“today’syouth”
fromheadtotoe，thoughwithoutdismissingthemallas“hopelessthetrary，shebelievestheyhaveitwithintheirpowertobuildabigger，betteraifulworld，butthattheyoccupythemselveswithsuperfigs，withoutgivingathoughttotruebeauty.InsomepassagesIhadthestrothewriterwasdiregherdisapprovalatme，whichiswhyIfinallywanttobaremysoultoyouanddefendmyselfagainstthisattack.
[3]Ihaveoandingcharactertraitthatmustbeobvioustoanyonewho’sknthoftime:Ihaveagreatdealofself-knowledge.IhingIdo，IwatchmyselfasifIwereastranger.IdatheeverydayAhoutbeingbiasedexcuses，watchwhatshe’sdoing，boththegoodahisself-awarenessneverleavesme，aimeIopenmymouth，Ithink，“Youshouldhavesaidthatdifferently”
or“That’sfiis”
.IyselfinsomanywaysthatI’mbeginhetruthe:“Everychildhastoraiseitself.”
Parentslyadvisetheirorpoiherightdireately，peopleshapetheirowncharaadditioharaordinaryamounte.Ifeelsandcapableburdens，soyoungandfree!WhenIfirstrealizedthis，Iwasglad，becauseitmeansImoreeasilywithstandtheblowslifehasinstore.
[4]ButI’vetalkedaboutthesethingssooften.NowI’dliketoturer“FatheraUandMe”
.Myparentshavealoiledmerotteedmekindly，defethevanDaansaparentsdyetfesttimeI’vefeltextremelylo，edaood.Fatherdideverythiocurbmyrebelliousspirit，butitwasnouse.I’vecuredmyselfbyholdingmybehavioruptothelightandlookingatwhatIwasd.
[5]Whydidmeinmystruggle?Whydidhefallshortwheooffermeahelpinghand?Theansweris:heusedthewrohods.HealwaystalkedtomeasifIwereagthroughadifficultphase.ItsoundsceFather’stheonlyonewho’sgivenmeasenseofdmademefeelasifI’maseheoverlookedohioseethatthisstruggletotriumphovermydifficultieswasmoreimportahananythiwa“typicaladoless”
irls”
or“you’llgrowoutofit”
.Ididn’twaedthesameasall-the-irls，butasAnne-in-her-ht，andRimdidhat.Besides，Ifideiheytellmealotaboutthemselves，andbeowverylittleabouthim，I’tgetoefooting.Rimalwaysactsliketheelderlyfatherwhoohesamefleetiwhogerrelatetomeasafriend，nomatterhowhardhetries.Asaresult，I’veneversharedmyoutlook-pohamydiaryand，onawhile，Margot.I’vehidanythinghavingtodowithmefromFather，neversharedmyidealswithhim，deliberatelyalienatedmyselffromhi
[6]I’thavedoanyotherway.I’veletmyselfbeguidedentirelybymyfeelings.Itwasegotistical，butI’vedowasbestformyownpeaind.Iwouldlosethat，plustheself-ceI’veworkedsohardtoachieve，ifIweretobesubjectedtocriticismhalfwaythroughthejob.Itmaysoued，butI’ttakecritieither，beotonlydoIneversharemyihoughtswithhim，butI’vepushedhimevenfurtherawaybybeingirritable.
[7]ThisisapointIthinkaboutquiteoften:whyisitthatRimannoysmesomues?Ihardlybeartohavehimtutorme，andhisaffesforttobeleftalone，andI’dratherheignoredforawhileuntilI’mmoresureofmyselfwhenI’mtalkingtohim!I’mstilltuiltyaboutthemeaetohimset.Oh，it’shardtandbraveinevery>
[8]Still，thishasn’tbeedisappoi.No，IthinkaboutPetermuchmorethanIthinkaboutFather.Ikhathewasmyquest，aherwayarouedanimageofhiminmymind，picturedhimasaquiet，sweet，sensitiveboybadlyinneedoffriendshipandlove!Iopouroutmyhearttoalivingperson.Iwantedafriendwhowouldhelpmefindmywayagain.IaplishedwhatIsetouttodoanddrewhim，slowlybutsurely，towardme.WhenIfinallygothimtobemyfriend，itautomaticallydevelopedintoanintimacythat，whenIthinkaboutitrageous.Wetalkedaboutthemostprivatethings，butwehaveouthethiomyheart.Istill’tmakeheadortailofPeter.Ishesuperficial，orisitshyholdshimbawithme?Butputtingallthataside，Imadeoake:Iusedintimacytoget，andindoingso，Iruledoutotherformsoffrieobeloved，andIseehe’sbeginningtolikememoreassingday.etherleaveshimfeelingsatisfied，butjustmakesmewanttostartallain.Ineverbroachthesubjegtoutintotheopeer，morethaogete，andnowhe’sholdingonfordearlife.Iholydon’tseeaivewayofshakinghimoffainghimbahisow.Isoonrealizedheeverbeaki，butstilltriedtohelphimbreakoutofhisnarroandhisyouthfulhorizons.
[9]“Deepdown，theyoungareloheold.”
Ireadthisinabooksomewhereandit’sstumymind.AsfarasItell，it’strue.
[10]Soifyou’rewwhetherit’sharderfortheadultsherethanforthe，theanswerisno，it’slynot.Olderpeoplehaveanopiniohingandaresureofthemselvesaions.It’stwiceashardfpeopletoholdontoouropinionsatatimewhenidealsarebeingshatteredaroyed，whesideofhumanes，wheneveryonehasetodoubttruth，justidGod.
[11]Anyonewhoclaimsthattheolderfolkshaveamoredifficulttimeirealizethattheproblemshaveafargreaterimpaus.We’remuchtooyouheseproblems，buttheykeepthrustingthemselvesonusuntil，finally，we’reforcedtothinkupasolution，thoughmostofthetimeoursolutionscrumblewhehefacts.It’sdiffitimeslikethese:ideals，dreamsandcherishedhopesrisewithinus，onlytobecrushedbygrimreality.It’sawonderIhaven’tabandonedallmyideals，theyseemsoabsurdandimpractical.YetIbecauseIstillbelieve，inspite，thatpeoodatheart.
[12]It’sutterlyimpossibleformetobuildmylifeonafoundationofchaah.Iseethewslowlytraoawilderheapproaderthat，oneday，willdestroyustoo，Ifeelthesufferingofmillio，whenIlookupatthesky，Isomehowfeelthateverythingwillgeforthebetter，thatthiscrueltytooshallend，thatpeadtranquilitywillreturnohemeaholdontomyideals.Perhapsthedaywillewheorealizethem!
Yours，AnneM.Frank
[1993]
Notes
&AisoingfromAheDiaryofaYoungGirl.
本章未完，请点击下一章继续阅读！若浏览器显示没有新章节了，请尝试点击右上角↗️或右下角↘️的菜单，退出阅读模式即可，谢谢！