A novel for class 10- English CBSE
By Anne Frank Â
Chapter 4- Notes and Study Material
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Letters from 30 January 1943 -11 July 1943
1.’The clothes of the residents were worn out and the stock of food was diminishing’. How did the residents manage such a difficult situation?                                             Â
 Ans. Anne compared her free and cheerful life with that she was living now. She said, that they had sunk to very a low level. By this meant their declined manner. In the Secret Annexed, everything from clothing to eatables had gone short. She had a single oilcloth which she tried to clean with a dirty dishcloth. The Van Dan had been sleeping on the same bed-sheet the whole winter, the reason being the soap powder was insufficient. Mr Frank moved about in frayed trouser. Mrs Frank had to stick to split corsets. Margot also had not enough clothes to wear on and Anne’s vests were so small that they did not reach even her tummy. Also, Mrs Frank and Margot had to manage the whole winter with three vests between them. The people in the hiding place had to struggle for their food supply. It was meagre in quantity and quality. Their food was miserable. For breakfast, they depended on dry bread and coffee. For dinner, they had spinach or lettuce —Anne had a satire on the shortage of eatables. She said, whoever wanted to follow a slimming course, should stay in the Secret Annexe. Her statement is enough in itself to explain the degree of shortage of eatables in the Secret Annexe.
2. Who were Moesha and Bache? Describe their relationship with each other. Â
 Ans. Moesha and Bache were the cats that lived in the secret annexed. Bache was the warehouse and office cat kept down that rats in the storeroom. Moesha was the attic cat Whenever the two cats met, the result was always a terrific fight. The warehouse cat was always the aggressor but was always defeated. The scene provided a comparative example to the secret annexed dwellers. They named the warehouse at the German or Bache as it was aggressive.
The attic cat who always stood as a winner was named the English or wimpy”. The naming of the two cats is predictive of what view the members of the secret annexed had for German and Britain with regard to the ongoing war between the nations.
3. Describe the mental agony of Anne through her diary entry of January 30, 1943.
Ans. The diary entry reveals that Anne was boiling with rage because she had to hear horrible comments from the grown-ups. She was fade up with the mocking looks and accusations which were levelled at her every day, repeatedly. She waited to shout at Margot, Van Dan Dassel and her father. She wanted to live in peace but she could not. She did not want to let the members of the Secret Annexed see the wounds which they had caused to her by their inconsistent words and behaviour. Anne kept weeping alone and did not share her feelings with the others. She did not like the words of sympathy from them and there that she was r jokes. If she talked, people said she was showing off. If she kept silent, people thought ridiculous. If she answered, she was branded a rude. She gave a food idea and was declared a sly. If she felt tired, people called her lazy. If she ate a mouthful more than usual, she was considered selfish. She was taken as an insufferable baby. She knew she was not an ill-natured girl. She tried her best to please everybody, far more than they would ever guess. She was annoyed at the behaviour of the grown-ups towards her, sometimes sweet and suddenly sour.
4. What different aspects of Peter’s personality made Anne crazy for him? Explain.
Ans. Through Anne’s eyes at the beginning of her diary, Peter is lazy and has a weak character. He’s also shy and extremely awkward, hardly a person worth her notice. But a year and a half after they’ve been in hiding, Anne suddenly starts to notice that Peter looks at her with longing. Soon she has a crush on him and decides that he is very sweet and desperately in need of affection. But, Anne is soon disappointed with Peter making this teenage romance totally similar to so many others. He doesn’t like religion and he is too lazy and weak to improve himself. He seems satisfied with mediocrity and takes the easy path in life rather than one of work and personal growth. Anne also realizes that the romance was a by-product of loneliness. Peter promises Anne he will never fight with her because neither one of them wants things to get uncomfortable. He was just a passive guy.
5. Discuss Mr Van Dan and Mrs Van Dan’s attitude towards war.
Ans. According to Mr Van Dan, those in the Annex could have to stay there till the end of ’43. Mrs Van Dan was always in fear. One day she could declare her decision to get baptized, and the other, to go to Jerusalem. Her fear and Mr Van Dan’s apparent indifference can be seen through the incident of 14th May 1943, there was a terrific air battle between German and British planes. It was night and Anne’s mother had shut the windows because of all the banging. Suddenly, Mrs Van Dan jumped out of her bed, followed by a loud clap. Anne shrieked, but nothing happened for the next few minutes. They all hurried upstairs to see what was going on. Mr and Mrs Van Dan had seen a red glow through the open window. Mr Van Dan thought that there was a fire in the neighbourhood, while Mrs Van Dan thought that their house was on fire. When the clap was heard, Mrs Van Dan was already on her feet. However, nothing happened and they all crept back into their beds. Before a quarter of an hour had passed, the shooting began again. Mrs Van Dan sat upright at once and went downstairs to Mr Dassel’s room who received her with the words, “Come into my bed, my child.” This sent the inmates into an uncontrollable laughter and their fears were banished.
6. The refusal to pray with the mother affected Anne’s relationship with her parents. Did Anne repent about her attitude? Elaborate.
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 What had caused Anne to get another black mark against her? How did Mr Frank React?
Ans. One evening when Anna lying in me he bed, waiting for her daddy to come, say a prayer with her and W1911 her goodnight her moa her came and asked Anne if she could soy the prayer since daddy would be late. Anne Out blank and it hurt her mother. Anne Just lied this “I don’t want to he cross, love cannot be forced.” The mother however cried for Anne’s attitude. I heart shrank to know that her daughter did not love her. When daddy came to know of the incident he did not speak to Anne. Just his looks said how Anne could h so unkind to her mother. Ile I then asked Anne to apologize, which she refused. She defends her at tide it he thought that she had only spoken the truth; that it was better to know the truth. For, the longer it is put off, the more difficult it would be for them to bear it.
7. Why did Anne call secret dwelling a paradise?
 Ans. When they are in the ‘Secret Annexe’ the Franks and the Van Dan had to forego several things. As days continued to months and months to years, they were pushed to desperation about their life. One day, as Anne was thinking of how they live in the hiding, she suddenly felt that is a paradise, compared with how other Jews not in hiding must be living. While the families in hiding are able to survive at least, though, with many compromises, there were several thousand who lived a life in fear. Many men, women and children were taken away by the German soldiers to their camp. These Jews were made to stay and sleep together in a small room. With just one cubicle for the bathroom for many. Anne and her family at least had space each for his own, though in hiding. They had at least a few clothes to wear, while there pliers many Jews outside wearing torn clothes. Shortage of food and clothes could be overcome and managed, but not the threat to life or the fear of death every minute.
8. What did Anne note about their life of compromises in the hiding?
Ans. Though they had moved into Secret Annexe nearly a year before, Anne came to think of how the inmates lived in their hiding, only in May 1943. Earlier she found her place to be a paradise compared to Jews who were not in hiding. Later, when she realized that her family which was so spick and span at home, should have sunk to such a low level, she was amazed. The manners of the inmates had declined. For instance, they had been using the same oilcloth on the table for over a year now. The table too looked unclean even after hard scrubbing. The Van Dan had been sleeping on the same flannelette sheet the whole winter. They could not wash it because the soap powder they got in the ration was not sufficient and good enough. Anne’s father moved around in frayed trousers and worn out a tie. Mummy’s corsets which got split were too old to be repaired. Also, mummy and Margot had managed the whole winter with three vests between them. These compromises made Anne realize with shock how they were ever going to get back to their pre-war standards.
