The appropriate word to use in the blank of the sentence is "hope." So the full sentence will be:
Anne's thoughts of going back to school and imagining herself as an adult is a representation of her lasting hope.
Anne was a Jewish girl who lived in hiding for three years during World War II. Anne couldn't live freely because of the Nazis, but she had a hope that everything would be resolved.
Anne's hope was associated with her will to live and this will was so great that it made her hope very lasting.
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