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Question
Why did Anne think she could confide more in her diary than in people?
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Solution
Anne did not have a true friend. She had many friends, but she only talked to them about ordinary everyday things. She did not seem to get any closer to them. She felt that maybe it was her fault that she could not confide in them. Knowing that the situation would not change and believing a paper to have more patience than people, she decided to write and confide in a diary.
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Ans: _____________________________
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I don’t want to jot down the facts in this diary the way most people would, but I want the diary to be my friend.
What do these statement tell you about Anne Frank as a person?
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