Chapter 4

From the diary of Anne Frank

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Anne's feeling about diary

Anne writes her diary. She feels that doing so is a strange experience for one like her. It is so because she has not written anything earlier. Secondly, no one would be interested in reading something written by her as she is a small girl.

Writes a diary

One day Anne felt a bit depressed. She felt that paper had more patience than people. She was wondering whether to stay in Or go out. Finally, she stayed in and thought. She felt that she won't let anyone read her dairy unless she found a real friend. So she wrote it.

Writing about her family

She wrote that she was not completely alone in the world. But she had loving parents and a sixteen years old sister. She had about thirty people around her, she could call friend. Then she had a family, aunts and a good home. But she had no true friend. She thought of having a good time when she was with friends. But she could not get closer. She admitted it her fault that she didn't confide in each other. Since they were not liable to change, she started writing a diary. She made it her friend.

Diary named as ' kitty '-brief sketch of life

She wanted the diary to be her friend. So she named it as her friend Kitty. She wrote a brief sketch of her life, though she disliked doing so. So, she wrote it. She wrote that her father married her twenty five year old mother at the age of thirty six. Her sister Margot was born in Frankfurt in Germany in 1926. She was born on 12 june 1929. Her father emigrated to Holland in 1933. Her mother Edith Hollander frank went with her father to Holland. But she and her sister were sent to Aachen to stay with their grandmother. Then they went to Holland

Anne's school

There she was sent to a Montessori nursery school. She stayed there until she was six. In the sixth class her teacher was Mrs. Kuperus, the headmistress. Both had tears when they bade farewell.

Reason for not writing the diary

In the summe of 1941 her grandma fell I'll. She had to be operated upon. She died in January 1942. She thought of her greatly and she loved her still. They celebrated Anne's birthday in 1942. The four of them were doing well till 20 June 1942. Then Anne wrote her diary again. It was like this.

About class affairs

It was the day of the declaration of results. Everyone in her class was in tension. The reason was who would go to the next class and who would not. They had bets with other boys on who would pass and who would not. She found the teachers as the most unpredictable creatures on the earth . She was not worried about her girlfriends and herself. She was sure to make that. But she was not sure about maths. They could wait and told each other not to lose heart.

Mr. Keesing gives extra work as punishment

She went along her teacher pretty well. Mr. Keesing was a dull person who taught them maths. He was always annoyed with her as she talked much. He gave her as a punishment, extra home work. It was in the form of an essay on" A chatterbox". She was unable to understand what she could write about it. She put a slip of it on her school bag. It was to remind herself to write later.

Does the homework given extra

In the evening, she had done her homework. She began thinking of the subject of the essay. She thought to write good points of arguing to prove the necessity of talking. Then she had an idea. She then wrote the three pages to her satisfaction. She wrote that talking was a feature of a student. Her mother also used to talk much. She inherited this trait from her mother. She tried to keep quiet

Homework as punishment given again

Mr. Keesing read it and laughed. Then he gave her another essay as she didn't stop talking. She was to write it on ' An incorrigible' chatterbox. She wrote it and it satisfied Mr. Keesing continued making jokes in class.

We hope CBSE/MP Board Class 10th English "First Flight" Chapter 4 "From the diary of Anne Frank" will help you.

Written By - Khushi Baghel