From the Diary of Anne Frank Chapter 4

This lesson is an excerpt from “Diary of a young Girl” or “The Diary of Anne
Frank”. It is an autobiography that was first published in 1947. In this, Anne
expresses her thoughts in a diary which was gifted to her on her thirteenth
birthday. She names the diary “Kitty” which she considers as her only true friend.
She mentions about her childhood, her family and a lot other things that she told
no one else.

From the Diary of Anne Frank Summary in English

The author feels that it is strange and unusual for her to write a diary because it is
the first time she is doing it. She feels that in the future no one will read about a
young girl’s past experiences. But then she puts these thoughts away and decides
to write her thoughts. The author is feeling very lonely as she has no friends to
talk to. She wants to give her need of friend a shape, hence decides to name the
diary as “kitty”. The writer feels that the paper has more capacity to absorb
thoughts rather than people who have low patience level. She has a good time
with friends but cannot share everything with them as they are not true friends.
She refers to her father as the most lovable who presents her the Diary on her 13th
birthday.

On June 20, 1942, she mentions how her class is nervous about their results. The
author says that the only subject she is unsure about is mathematics. She and her
friend, G are trying to stop the students from making noise, but to no avail.
According to the author, about the quarter of the class should not pass as they do
not participate in any activities.
Anne recalls how the maths professor is constantly irritated by her talkativeness.
While talking in his classes he gives her extra homework as punishment. The first
punishment is to write an essay on “Chatterbox”, which the author thinks as
weird. She imagines about the topic and decides to present concrete arguments in
support of talking. She writes that she will try to better herself but cannot
eliminate talking completely. The professor finds it amusing but allots another
topic after she did not change her nature.

The topic is An incorrigible chatterbox which refers to a habit that is difficult to

Conclusion of From the Diary of Anne Frank

In the story From the Diary of Anne Frank, we can conclude that a young students
needs to talk and feel joyous in order to stay mentally fit.

Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1.
Describe Anne’s Feelings about having a diary.
Answer:
Anne feels it is silly for a 13 years old teenager to have a diary as it would
seem she has many friends and other people to talk to, but in reality, she
states she feels very lonely in the world. She wishes her diary to become
her friend.
Question 2.
Why does Anne Frank think that ‘paper’ has more patience than ‘people’?
Answer:
Anne believes that paper has more patience than people
because it listens to her more patiently and silently it does not react like
other people and also because she can confide in her diary all her secrets.

Question 3.
What does Anne Frank tell about her family in her diary?
Answer:
Anne Frank tells that she has very lovely and caring family.
Her parents and her elder sister love her a lot. There are about thirty
people near by her whom she can call friends. She has loving aunts and a
good home but she wants to have a true friend with whom she can share
her feelings and thoughts.

Question 4.
Describe your views about Mr Keesing as a teacher.
Answer:
Mr Keesing seems to be a strict teacher but he actually believes taking
actions with good intention and for the development of children. He tries to
control her bad habit of talking too much but as soon as he is convinced
that her habit does not affect her studies, he overlooks her shortcoming.

Question 5.
What was Mr Keesing’s reaction after reading Anne’s poem on the third
essay that he had given to her to write?
Answer:
When Mr Keesing read Anne’s poem on the third essay that he had given
her to write, he took the joke the right way. He understood the intention of
Anne and felt it in good humour. After that he allowed her to talk and did
not punish her by assigning her extra work.

Question 6.
Describe about Anne Frank’s early education.
Answer:
Anne Frank got her early education at the
Montessori Nursery School until she was six. She started in the first form
and in the sixth form, she had developed such a good relation with her
headmistress Mrs Kuperus that both of them were in tears on the farewell.
Long Answer (Value Based)

Question 1.
Why did Anne think that she could confide more in her diary than in the
people?
Answer:
Anne Frank did not have a friend with whom she could share now.
Although she had spent a good time with her friends but she was unable to
share her views and thoughts with them. When she got her diary, she
decided to share everything with it because she believed that nobody
would be interested enough in her musings. So, she treated her diary as her
best friend. It would keep her life a secret and would not react like people.
She confided everything in the diary; her family, her fear, her loneliness,
her life and considered it her best friend.

Question 2.
Write the character sketch of Anne Frank.
Answer:
Anne Frank was born on 12th June 1929 in Frankfurt Germany. She was
four years old when her father went to Holland to find a better place for his
family to live. She was very intelligent and always wanted to become a
writer. She loved Peter even when she had to face opposition from her
family in this regard.
She was a very good reader as well, she continued reading books,
translated chapters, wrote down the vocabulary and worked hard on her
skills. Like any child, she loved her parents but later grew a dislike towards
her mother as she compared Anne to Margot. She was always jealous with
her. She believed that time would come when the problems would be over.
She felt alone although there were thirty people around her but she hardly
could call anyone a true friend. Anne died of typhus in the concentration
camp at Berger-Belsen in late February or early March of 1945.