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    From the Diary of Anne Frank

    Short Answers

    1. What does Anne write in her first essay?


    In her first essay, titled ‘A Chatterbox’, Anne wanted to come up with convincing arguments to
    prove the necessity of talking. She wrote three pages and argued that talking was a student’s
    trait and she would do her best to keep it under control.

    2.How did Anne want her diary to be different?


    Anne did not want to jot down the facts in her diary, the way most people do. She wanted the
    diary to be her friend. She called it a kitty. She wrote about her feelings and experiences in it. It
    was a mature work, reflecting deep insight.

    3.Why was the entire class quaking in its boots?


    The time for declaring the annual results were coming closer. Soon a meeting would be held.
    The teachers would decide whom to pass and whom to retain in the same class. That is why the
    whole class was quaking in its boots.

    4.Why did Anne Frank feel suffocated ?


    Anne Frank was a very sensitive girl. She was cut off from the mainstream of life, her friends
    and her people. She was living in a hiding to escape being arrested by the Nazi agents in
    Holland. Moreover, even with so-called friends, she could not share her intimate and personal
    feelings and problems. She felt suffocated. She was left with no alternative than opening out her
    heart through the pages of her diary. ‘Kitty’ her diary became her most intimate friend

    Long Answer
    1.Give a brief character-sketch of Anne Frank highlighting the contradictions and conflicts she
    faced in her short life.
    Anne Frank was a very sensitive, sharp and mature girl of thirteen. Actually, unpleasant
    circumstances she was living in, made her mature and wise beyond her years. Being a Jew, she
    was constantly hounded by the Nazis. She was living in terrible times. Born in Germany, she
    and her family had to migrate to Amsterdam to escape persecution. They were forced to live in
    hiding when the Nazis occupied Holland.

    No doubt, she had a family, relatives, and friends. But she was an introvert. She felt utterly
    lonely and couldn’t confide in others. She needed a true friend before whom she could open out
    her heart and share her innermost feelings. She found that true friend in ‘Kitty’, her diary. She
    was very emotional. She loved her grandmother very much. She was in tears as she said a
    heartbreaking farewell to the headmistress, Mrs Kuperus. She was `a Chatterbox’ and annoyed
    her maths teacher, Mr Keesing as she talked too much in the class. He punished her by giving
    extra homework to write essays on this subject. But her joke pleased him very much.

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