From The Diary of Anne Frank

Chapter Summary

The storyline of from the Diary of Anne Frank represents the background environment of World War II. This is a young girl’s autobiography by Anne Frank with the expression of her thoughts in a diary. The dairy was gifted by her father on her 13th birthday. She named her diary Kitty and stored the experience of hiding herself from the Nazis during World War II. It also describes the depression story of the little girl as she was afraid of the war. She shared the incident of hiding and the secret annexe on the Prinsengracht 263 in Amsterdam with seven other people.

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What Makes Writing in a Diary a Strange Experience for Anne Frank?

Anne Frank received the diary as a gift from his father as a present on his 13th birthday. Before her 13th birthday, she never had a diary and did not have any experience writing a diary. Dairy writing was an unknown experience for her and she considered it her best friend. In this diary, she shared all the incidents she had gone through during World War II.

Why Does Anne Want to keep a Diary?

Anne Frank always felt alone and worried so to get off all the commitment and pain she wanted to keep a diary. Anna did not have any friends and she could not find anyone to share the stories that made her distressed. She wanted to discover a true friend with whom she can share all the stories that bothered her.

Why Did Anne Think she Could Confide More in her Diary than in People?

Anne felt that writing had more tolerance than people to listen to her stories. She could share all the thoughts that were keeping her disturbed and made her distressed. Therefore, it was more comfortable for her to document all kinds of reviews, imaginaries, and thoughts which she had in her senses. She kept the diary as her friend that could take all her thoughts without any interruption.

Why Does Anne Provide a Brief Sketch of her Life?

Anne delivered a brief sketch that can portray an overview of her family and relatives. She believed that the sketch would help her imagine the experience she felt in the past and it will create a connection with the authors.

What Tells you That Anne Loved her Grandmother?

The times when Anne’s parents went down to Hollan, Anne used to live with her grandmother. Anne was really close to her grandmother and she loved her. In the diary, Anne wrote, “no one knows how often I think of her and still love her (NCERT, 2022)”. Anne’s grandmother showed her love for Anne by celebrating Anne’s 13th birthday by lightening up one candle.

Why was Mr Keesing Annoyed with Anne? What Did he ask her to do?

Mr Keesing did not like Anne as she was too talkative and due to this nature, Anne got punishments from him. He punished Anne by giving her additional homework to write essays to keep her silent and the subjects were consistently related to her personality. Anne described him in her diary with the statement of old fogey who teaches math. When Anne got continuous punishment and was dedicated to writing an essay on A chatterbox she decided to keep quiet.

How Did Anne Justify her Being a Chatterbox in her Essay?

Anne explained her standing as a chatterbox in her essay by clarifying that it is due to her mother who was also very talkative and she referred the nature as an inherited student’s trait. Anne wrote about three pages of assignment to complete the task and she thought it would satisfy Mr Keesing. She also discussed the necessity of talking.

Do you Think Mr Keesing was a Strict Teacher?

No, Mr Keesing was not a strict teacher as he gave more tasks as a punishment that did not justify a teacher being strict for the students. Any teacher would be upset easily if children kept talking inside the classroom. Mr Keesing was a good teacher who kept thinking about good for his students in the class.

Anne’s essay covered a poem about a mother duck and a father swan with three Baby ducklings and this poem showcased that, as babies were bitten for too much quacking. At the end of the poem, Mr Keesing took the jokes and meaning of the poem seriously . It made a good relationship between teacher and student and Mr Keesing started to laugh at Anne’s jokes and allowed her to talk.

‘Kitty’ as an Insider or an Outsider

Anne delivered an introduction of her family in the diary as it became hard for others to recognise how a 13 years old girl could write a diary about her stories and experiences. ‘Kitty’ was a present for her on her birthday from her father and she considered it as her best friend and not as an outsider.

How Does Anne feel About her Father, her Grandmother, Mrs Kuperus and Mr Keesing?

Anne kept writing the diary and made written about her feeling, and emotions she gained around the memories of her father, grandmother. Mrs Kuperus and Mr Keesing, have left unforgettable impressions on her intellect and impacted her life a lot. The way she symbolised all of them in her diary, disclosed that Anne was very satisfactory at comprehending people and at growing interpersonal relations.

What Does Anne write in her First Essay?

Mr Keesing ordered Anne to write an essay on A Chatterbox and it was assigned as a punishment to her. She accepted it and start writing the assignment based on how her mother was talkative and it was difficult for her to less talk in class. It made the teacher laugh at the produced argument by Anne.

Anne says Teachers are the Most Unpredictable. Is Mr Keesing Unpredictable?

Anne took the excellent instance of Mr Keesing as an unpredictable teacher because Mr Keesing seemed to be indifferent towards Annes’ behaviour. Anne also used a funny poem that made him laugh and allowed Anne to talk in the classroom, which seemed Mr Keesing unpredictable.

FAQs

Q1. What was ‘Kitty’?

Ans. Kitty’ was a diary that Anne was gifted by her father on her 13th birthday and she kept it as her best friend to write down all her emotions and feelings.

Q2. What did Anne write in her diary?

Ans. The emotional diary of Anne represented anyone else to share and knew her personal thoughts. During World War II she kept hidden and there are different stories and experiences shared by her in her diary.

Q3. What was the relationship between Mr Keesing and Anne?

Ans. Mr Keesing did not like Anne for being talkative in the class, although, she was punished by writing an essay. Later, Mr Keesing laughed at her argument in the essay and allowed her to talk.