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From the diary of Anne Frank Summary
In this lesson, Anne talks about being lonely and having no one to talk to
despite being surrounded by family and around 30 people whom she called
her “friends”. Thus, she takes the decision of writing her feelings in a diary. It is
unusual for her to write in a diary but she is really in need of a true friend.
Thus, she decides to name her diary “kitty” and unlike other people, she is not
going to mention just facts in it. She starts with writing her background, to
make it easier to understand for anyone who reads it later. She describes her
family and early childhood when they all migrated, her early schooling. After
giving a brief account of her background, she comes to the present day where
she tells us about the result day. Everyone in the class is nervous about their
result and boys are even making bets. Anne was quite sure about herself and
her friends. She had a good equation with all the teachers except her maths’
professor, who was constantly annoyed at her for her talking habits. Thus, he
started giving her punishments in the form of essays on weird topics such as
“Chatterbox” to which she replied with full wit. She wrote essays that were
funny and explained that this was a trait that she inherited from her mother
and not much could be done about it. He kept on giving her essays until she
wrote a satire. After that third and last assignment, Mr Keesing never pointed
her out for talking.
