Question

How does Anne feel about her father, her grandmother, Mrs Kuperus and Mr Keesing? What do these tell you about her?

Answer 1

Hint: The context of the above question is given in the chapter “ From the Diary of Anne Frank” written by Anne Frank. The story has been extracted from The Diary of a Young Girl, with slight adaptation. The diary was a gift to Anne Frank for her thirteenth birthday and it contains narration of the events of her life from 12 June 1942 until its final entry of 1 August 1944

Complete answer:
Anne was a German-born Jewish girl. She hid with her family in Amsterdam when Nazis gained power in Germany.

She felt about her father, her grandmother, Mrs Kuperus and Mr Keesing as follows-
Father - She found him to be the most adorable father she had ever seen. His father married her mother at the age of 36 when her mother was 25.
Grandmother - She loved her grandmother a lot. When her father and mother had left for Holland, she and her elder sister Margot stayed with their Grandmother in Aachen. Her Grandmother died in 1942 but she never left Anne’s memories.
Mrs Kuperus - When Anne joined her family in Holland, she straightaway joined Montessori nursery school and stayed there till the age of six. In the first form, her class teacher was Mrs Kuperus who was also the headmistress. Anne was very attached to her. At the end of the year, during farewell, both of them were emotional while bidding farewell to each other.
Mr Keesing - She referred to him as the old fogey who taught maths. He didn’t like him much because she wasn’t fond of the subject maths. Mr Keesing also remained annoyed with her because she would talk too much. But later her witty assignments made both of them even and they became fine with each other.

This tells that Anne had great interpersonal skills and she was an optimistic young girl. She rarely disliked anyone and was emotionally attached to all the people. Perhaps, she valued relationships in her life.

Note: Anne Frank died at the young age of 13 but her diary has been translated into different languages all over the world. Her work has been loved by people across the ages. She died in a concentration camp along with her sister due to sickness.