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Question
Anne Frank's statement, "What one Christian does is his own responsibility, what one Jew does reflects on all Jews" presents not only hatred for the Jews but also their pitiable condition in the world. Comment.
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Solution
Anne Frank in her novel shows strong hostility for the antisemitism. Antisemitism is the discrimination and prejudice towards Jews. There are numerous instances of Anne Frank addressing the discrimination done with the Jewish people.
Anne talks about how Jewish people were dehumanized not only by being identified as “lesser beings,” but also by being held to higher standards of conduct than other people. What for a non-Jewish person would be considered a mistake, for a Jewish person could be considered proof of a collective inferiority.
Anne felt bad about the situation where she was safe but her Jewish brothers and sisters were suffering. People who survived the holocaust were also sad and guilty to lose their family members.
In her diary, Anne writes a list of things that are no longer permitted.
She mentions how their freedom was severely restricted by a series of anti-Jewish decrees. Jews were required to wear a yellow star. Jews were forbidden to use trams or ride in cars. They were required to do their shopping at a particular time. They were forbidden to attend theaters, movies or any other forms of entertainment.
Anne shows utmost resentment at the treatment of Jews and in this regard she compares Jews with Christians, who enjoy the liberty of doing what they want. On the contrary, every act of a Jew is strictly guided and checked.
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Ans: _____________________________
Do you think Mr Keesing was a strict teacher?
What does Anne write in her first essay?
What do these statement tell you about Anne Frank as a person?
If you ask me, there are so many dummies that about a quarter of the class should be kept back, but teachers are the most unpredictable creatures on earth.
What do these statement tell you about Anne Frank as a person?
Anyone could ramble on and leave big spaces between the words, but the trick was to come up with convincing arguments to prove the necessity of taking.
What makes writing in a diary a strange experience for Anne Frank?
There are some examples of diary or journal entries in the ‘Before You Read’ section. Compare these with what Anne writes in her diary. What language was the diary originally written in? In what way is Anne’s dairy different?
How does Anne feel about her father, her grandmother, Mrs Kuperus and Mr Keesing? What do these tell you about her?
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
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I started right away at the Montessori nursery school. I stayed them until I was six, at which time I started in the first form. m the sixth form my teacher was Mrs. Kuperus, the headmistress. At the end of the year we were both in tears as we said a heartbreaking farewell. In the summer of 1941 Grandma fell ill and had to have an operation, so my birthday passed with little celebration. |
- The narrator 'I' refers to _____. (1)
- Mr. Keesing
- Mrs. Kuperus
- Anne Frank
- Miss Margot
- The phrase 'right away' in this extract most nearly means: (1)
- with delay
- the correct way
- immediately
- overtaking from right
- What does the narrator mean by saying 'we were both in tears'? (1)
- Complete the analogy by selecting a word from the text: (1)
dawn: dusk:: mourning: ______. - Select the option that correctly captures the application of the word 'form' as used in the extract. (1)
- Raghav was in good form while playing the match.
- Saheb was promoted to the next form after the annual exam.
- My brother did not know how to form a circle.
- Anne saw the form on the headmaster's desk.
