From the Diary of Anne Frank Summary Class 10 Chapter Four by Anne Frank
CHAPTER 4: FROM THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK SUMMARY
“The Diary Of A Young Girl” is a masterpiece written by Anneliese Marie, also known as Anne Frank, born on June 12th, 1929. The diary holds the life of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl, and is from the times of World War II. The journal was a gift by her father, Mr. Otto Frank, on her 13th birthday, and she named it Kitty. The chapter deals with one such part from her diary, beautifully written by a thirteen-year-old who thinks paper has more patience than people, which is true. In the beginning, she admits that she is into diary writing because she needs to our her heart out. It is also that though she is not alone, as she has a loving family, because she does not feel that she does not have a kind of friend with whom she can share her feelings and thoughts, and that is why she is into diary writing. Her Kitty is her friend with whom she confides everything. She mentions her family members, her father, Otto Frank and mother Edith Hollander Frank, and her sister, Margot, and very much about her childhood and schools. There is a little mention about her grandmother as well, whom Anne loved a lot. She passed away in 1942. The diary date that Anne mentions is June 20th, 1942. Anne’s writings tell you she had her way with the words. In her diary, the day she writes about is when their grades would be said in the class, and everyone, out of excitement, is talking and chattering. According to Anne, she had legally done well in all her subjects except Maths. She had a great understanding with all her teachers, except Mr. Keesing, the Maths teacher, who would always be annoyed because she chatters. He even gives her additional homework, where he asks her to write an essay on “Chatterbox.” Anne completes her task, offers logical arguments for being a chatterbox, and argues that though she would try to work on her habit, she cannot wholly stop talking since this is a trait that she inherited from her mother. Amused, Mr. Keesing gives her another homework, to write an essay on, “An Incorrigible Chatterbox,” after completing which he does not complain to her for another two weeks. At last, he gives her one more homework, “Quack, Quack, Quack, Said
Mistress Chatterbox’.” She is left without any argument, and so her friend approaches to help her write it poetically, in which she presents a story where the ducklings are killed by their father, as they made a lot of noise. This impressed her teacher, who, too, became a light-hearted person.