Notes on"From The Diary Of Anne Frank"

"From The Diary Of  Anne Frank" by Anne Frank

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Q1) Why did Anne keep a diary?

Ans:-  Anne had many ideas and views that she wanted to share. But she had no true friends. So she decided to keep a diary and tell all her secrets to it.

Q2) Explain "teachers are the most unpredictable creatures".

Ans:-  When the result was about to be declared, Anne was thinking that there are so many dummies in the class that about a quarter of the class should be kept back.
            But she believed that no one can predict result as it depended on the moods of the teacher and teachers are the most unpredictable creatures.

Q3) How did Anne justify her being a chatterbox in her first essay?

Ans:-  Anne tried to justify that talking is a student's trait.

                She tried to control many times. But she failed because she had inherited this trait from her mother. She could do nothing about the inherited trait as her mother was more talkative than her.

Q4) What was the last essay for Anne and write its result?

Ans:-  Anne was tired of writing on the same topic again and again. She wanted to write the last essay differently to convey her message to the teacher.
               Anne was too worried. Her friend Sanne came to her help to write it in verse. Thus she wrote it like a poem. The teacher was impressed.

Q5) Write the character-sketch of Anne.

Ans:-  Anne was a Jewish girl born in German. She was a decent and intelligent girl. She had an intense love for her grandmother and her teacher.

           But she was lonely. She did not have any friend to share her secrets. She kept a diary to write her views. Later her diary writing became very popular. It turns out to be one of the most widely read books in the world.

          She wrote her daily activities and findings in the diary. She was in the good book of the teacher. But they had complaints about her talkative nature. Mr. keesing, her maths teacher, punished her for her talkative
nature by assigning essays.

         He pacified him with her witty logics.

Q6) "Paper has more patience than people" Elucidate.

Ans:-  Anne had many members in her house and many classmates in the school, but she did not have a true friend with whom she could share all her feelings.
         She was not sure if her friends have enough time and patience to listen to her in detail. She could talk only about everyday things to her friends. She could not disclose her secrets to them.

        She wanted a real friend whom she could tell all kinds of things She
decided to keep a diary.

        She named it as Kitty. She started to write all her observations and views in it.
        The paper would never complain and would never question her any
thought. Hence She called "paper has more patience than people".

Q.7)  What makes writing in a diary a strange experience for Anne Frank?

Ans:- First she had never written anything like this before and secondly she thought that nobody is going to read or would be interested in her diary.

Q.8) Why does Anne provide a brief sketch of her life?

Ans:- Anne provides a brief sketch of her life since no one would understand a word of her musings if she were to jump right in.

Q.9) Why did Anne think she could confide more in her diary than in people?

Ans:- She could confide in her close friend but she didn't have one, the friends she had there were to have more fun and good times rather than the ones on whom she could confide. She also believes that a paper to have more patience than people, so she decided to write and confide in a diary.

Q.10) What tells you that Anne loved her grandmother?

Ans:- Her statement, that no one could understand her intensity of love for her grandma tells that she loved her grandmother. Moreover, the touching gesture of lighting up one candle for grandmother during Anne’s birthday is also a poignant reminder of the love for grandma.

Q.11) Why was Mr Keesing annoyed with Anne? What did he ask her to do?

Ans:-  Mr. Keesing was annoyed with Anne because she talked very much in the class. He assigned her extra homework, asking her to write an essay on the subject, ‘A Chatterbox’.

Q.12) Do you think Mr Keesing was a strict teacher?

Ans:-  Mr. Keesing was a strict teacher. However, he was not rigidly strict. He expected discipline and silence in his class while he was teaching, which is acceptable.He punished Anne by asking her to write an essay on ‘A Chatterbox’. When Anne wrote a convincing essay on it, he received it with a good laugh. However, when Anne continued with her talking, he punished her again by asking her to write another essay; this time the topic was ‘An Incorrigible Chatterbox’. Even after this when she kept talking, he asked her to write on the topic ‘Quack Quack Quack, said Mistress Chatterbox”. He was trying to play a joke on her. However, she came up with a brilliant poem, and he read this poem in the class, acknowledging its content. Therefore, in regard of these events, Mr. Keesing cannot be entirely labelled as a strict teacher. He was fun-loving too.

Q.13) What made Mr Keesing allow Anne to talk in class?

Ans:-  Anne was able to justify her talkative nature every time she was punished by Mr. Keesing. On three occasions, as punishment, he gave her topics to write essays on. However, on each occasion he was impressed by the manner in which she presented her arguments. Finally, Mr. Keesing accepted the fact that Anne would always be that way. Hence, she was allowed to talk in class.

Q.14) Was Anne right when she said that the world would not be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old girl?

Ans:-  No, Anne was not right when she said that the world would not be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old girl.

Q.15) There are some examples of diary or journal entries in the ‘Before You Read’ section. Compare these with what Anne writes in her diary. What language was the diary originally written in? In what way is Anne’s dairy different?

Ans:-  Anne’s diary was originally written in Dutch. Her diary is different from the others in many aspects. She had named her diary ‘Kitty’. She thought of it as her only true friend whom she could confide in. She treated it as another person who was listening to her daily accounts. She wrote all her stories in it. She started by writing ‘Dearest kitty’ and ended the account by writing, ‘Yours, Anne’. Her diary was a lot more personal than other diaries.

Q.16) Why does Anne need to give a brief sketch about her family? Does she treat ‘Kitty’ as an insider or an outsider?

Ans:-  Anne Frank claims that paper has more patience than people. She usually sits depressed and all alone .She claims of having no real friend .This lends the reader the perception that there isn’t any body to take care of Anne Frank. To clear the clouds of doubt , Anne Frank gives the sketch of her adorable father, compassionate mother, kind grandmother, and loving sister.

          She treated Kitty as an insider because she called it her best friend and was ready to confide in it.

 Q.17)  How does Anne feel about her father, her grandmother, Mrs Kuperus and Mr Keesing? What do these tell you about her?

Ans:-  Anne felt that her father was the most adorable father she had ever seen.

           Anne remembered her grandmother even after her death. She wrote in her diary that no one knew how often she thought of her grandmother and still loved her.

           In the sixth form at the Montessori nursery school, her teacher was Mrs Kuperus, who was also the headmistress. At the end of the year, they were both in tears as they said a heartbreaking farewell.

         Mr Keesing was her Maths teacher. He was annoyed with her because she talked too much. However, Anne was able to justify her talkative nature every time she was punished by Mr. Keesing. On each occasion he was impressed by the manner in which she presented her arguments.

        All these incidents show how lovable and smart Anne was. Everybody was attached to her, and even Mr Keesing could not help but laugh at her essays and acknowledge her smart mind.

Q.18) What does Anne write in her first essay?

Ans:-  In her first essay, titled ‘A Chatterbox’, Anne wanted to come up with convincing arguments to prove the necessity of talking. She began thinking about the subject. She wrote three pages and was satisfied. She argued that talking was a student’s trait and that she would do her best to keep it under control. She further wrote that she would never be able to cure herself of the habit since her mother talked as much as she did. There was not much that one could do about inherited traits. Mr Keesing too had a good laugh reading her arguments.

Q.19) Anne says teachers are most unpredictable. Is Mr Keesing unpredictable? How?

Ans:-  Anne felt that a quarter of her class was dumb, and should be kept back and not promoted to the next class. However, she also felt that teachers were the most unpredictable creatures on earth. Mr Keesing could be termed as unpredictable. The way Anne always talked while the class was going on, any teacher would lose his temper. However, after several warnings, all Mr Keesing did was to assign her extra homework. She had to write an essay on 'A Chatterbox'. In this way, he tried to play a joke on her. Each time that he asked her to write such essays, she wrote very well. She kept countering his jokes. One could not have predicted that he would take all the jokes in the right spirit. Finally, when she wrote an entire essay in verse he accepted her talkative nature and actually allowed her to talk in class. He did not even assign her any more extra homework. That is why it can be said that Mr Keesing was unpredictable.

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