Anne Frank and Etty Hillesum also share several differences. To begin, Anne Frank was given her journal when she was thirteen as a birthday gift. She perceived it as someone to speak to about her inner most thoughts about her situation. Anne starts every diary entry with, “Dearest Kitty,” referring to her diary as a person. Etty Hillesum never mentions a name in her journal. She starts every entry by getting right into the events that have happened along with a date. This simple observation can be explained with the age difference between the two. Anne Frank was thirteen to fifteen when she was writing in her diary, yet Etty Hillesum was in her mid twenties maker her older than Anne thus removing the child-like name. Anne and Etty are also
