Nonfiction Entry 2: Suddenly... Religion?

          So the book is over, and my initial thoughts were in the 2nd microblog if you wanted to check that out, but overall it was a good book, despite the abrupt ending. What I thought was a bit weird was that toward the ending there were a lot of references to God and other religious aspects, whereas there was none int he first half. My thought was that Anne Frank and the others at the Annex got more comfortable and safe, which meant they could openly talk about their religion, of which they were being prosecuted.

          But after a bit of thought, I decided that was not the reason. Instead, I think it's due to the fact that Anne Frank is an oracle. Yes, an oracle, the prophecy making lady in mythology. This is more due to the fact that she had a feeling, instead of the gods bestowing information upon her, but the name still fits. I see it as Anne realizing what could potentially happen to her and her family, so she turns to religion in order to cope with it, and possibly even pray that it may not come to be. That is what drove me to make my advertisement, a simple, yet effective ad that conveys all the right emotions. Seen below:

          This advertisement plays off of one of the most famous ads, the "got milk?" ad, which was an advertising campaign by Goodbye Silverstein, for the California Milk Processor Board in 1993. It begs the simple question: "do you have milk?". It implies that milk should be a necessity, something that everyone should have, and it is considered strange that someone wouldn't have milk. I used this same idea in my "got faith?" ad, which conveys the idea that people should have faith, even in the worst conditions. The star of David is used as an icon to specify Judaism and is also a symbol in the Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank. It is used to represent oppression, as the Jewish people were required to wear a star on them at all times in order to separate them from everyone else. That plays into contrast with the idea of faith, but the faith is meant to show that it overcomes the oppression, as they might put an empty glass with the phrase "got milk?", to say that milk is missing from the image. The star of David is also made out of paper, which is used specifically to reference the fact that Anne wrote all of her ideas on paper, in her diary, and that she should have some faith conveyed in her writing as well.

          Overall, I think the idea of faith and religion is really overlooked in the Diary of Anne Frank, as Anne expresses her lack of faith in the beginning parts, despite it being a very utilized tool in the later parts of her diary, up until the end.