CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

FROM THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In the selection from Anne Frank:The Diary of a Young Girl, why does Anne make diary entries as if she were writing letters to a friend named Kitty?
A
She has no friends because she lacks confidence.
B
She does not want her father to know she is keeping a diary.
C
She decides to act as if she has a deep friendship with her diary.
D
She knows that while she is in hiding, she cannot send letters to her friend Kitty.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Anne believed that she does not have any close and true friends whom she can confide in. Though she had friends, she was never able to truly open up about her feelings with them. So she decided to confide all her thoughts and innermost feelings to her diary instead.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kitty was the fictional character Anne eventually addressed all her diary letters to. The name Kitty came from a series of books Anne had read, by Dutch author Cissy van Marxveldt.

Detailed explanation-3: -Anne Frank was forced to leave her own cat, Moortje, behind after the Nazi invasion.

Detailed explanation-4: -In her final entry, Frank wrote of how others perceive her, describing herself as “a bundle of contradictions.” She wrote: “As I’ve told you many times, I’m split in two. One side contains my exuberant cheerfulness, my flippancy, my joy in life and, above all, my ability to appreciate the lighter side of things.

Detailed explanation-5: -She described Kitty as ‘a nice 14-year-old girl’ and said that they were becoming ‘close friends’. Out of all the characters from her club, Kitty was the one who slowly but surely emerged as Anne’s best friend.

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