Question

4. On Thursday, 16 March, 1944, Anne writes that "I must maintain my outward reserve, no one must know that

Answer 1

Answer:

The war within that Anne talks of is the war between her heart and mind.

Explanation:

Diary of A Young Girl is the diary that Anne Frank wrote while in hiding along with her family and other Jews. Her record of the lives they lived during the hideout provides a helpful insight into how Jews were persecuted during the Germans under the Nazi regime.

In her entry dated 16 March 1944, Anne wrote about how she "must maintain my outward reserve, no one must know that war still reigns incessantly within". This war that she mentioned is the war of the heart and the mind, for she mentioned in her March 3 entry, "Kitty, I sound like someone who's in love and can talk about nothing but her dearest darling. And Peter is a darling. Will I ever be able to tell him that?" The war within is her inability to chose or make any decision regarding her love for Peter Van Daan.