Hands: A Sculpting Tool
Last year, the brilliant book The Diary of Anne Frank, caught my attention as it lay on my sister’s bookshelf. Attaining so much fame and history, I decided to read this novel I heard so much about. Now looking back on such an amazing story, one quote still stays present in my mind. This quote says, ‘the final forming of a person’s character, lies in their own hands.” (Anne Frank) Character refers to the kind of person someone is. As the quote says, the idea that a person creates their character holds true in many ways. All the time, evidence of people growing up in bad circumstances and coming out with good character or morality, appear. Anne Frank most certainly displays herself as proof of this theory. Even though a part of her life took place in hiding while people searched to kill her, the hope of a better day and belief in others remained. Throughout the years she lived in hiding, this strong character never disappeared.
Anne Frank: Background information
Character: A description of what character means
On the other hand, can someone really resist against change from dramatic events? Even though we try, people cannot control life. Good and bad throw themselves our way and change us. The importance of Anne Frank’s quote still holds true, however sometimes outside forces will change people no matter what. Holocaust survivors live with the death and pain in their past. Obviously the gap of their lives that was taken away from them, must force an impact on their character.
Proposition: A person can control their character only to a certain extent.
