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Answer the following questions in about 150-200 words.

The inhuman attitude of the Germans, during the Second World War, is revealed through 'Diary of a young Girl.' Comment.

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Anne is constantly compared to Margot and she detests it. She does not want to be like Margot at all'. What does it show about the attitude of Anne?

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What did the family think when they heard hammering outside? How did Anne react to it?

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Ms. Sullivan was both a teacher and friend. Write an incident to illustrate the statement.

 

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'The Diary of a Young Girl' was written at the time of the Second World War. It describes the pitiable conditions of the Jews, many of whom went into hiding, to escape the clutches of the Germans. In her diary, Anne gives us a dismal account of how inhumanly the Germans treated the Jews. Jews were thrown into concentration camps and trainloads of youth were transported from Holland to Germany, their fate was uncertain and their attempts to escape were punished with death penalty, with people assuming them to be either murdered or gassed. The women and girls, after being subjected to immorality in the Jewish camps, became impregnated. The Germans searched for the Jews by ringing at every door to enquire if there were any Jews living in the house. No one had a chance of evading them. The Jews they found in these expeditions?old and young men, women, children and babies were lined up and driven to the most inhuman fate.

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Their parents constantly compared Margot and Anne. While Anne was the rebellious, independent and vociferous younger sibling, her elder sister Margot is considered more virtuous, intelligent and responsible. Anne does not like this and she was never able to form a close bond with her sister Margot. Even when Anne does mention Margot in her diary, it was only to highlight her jealousy and anger. Anne felt their parents were always more partial towards Margot and she viewed herself as a victim of some great injustice. She recounted instances of their mother suggesting that she emulates Margot but Anne sought to define her own individually without role models. Anne appears to be, to a certain extent, jealous of Margot because of the special attention and privileges she had and also because Margot had a much better relationship with her mother than Anne ever did. Anne cannot bear to be constantly compared with her studious and dedicated sister but gradually we see her attitude softening and they came to a kind of truce.

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On the night of October 20th, all the residents of the secret annexe had a scare when the sound of hammering was heard outside on the landing. Anne immediately assumed that it was the carpenter, who came to fill the fire extinguishers and was hammering on the landing opposite their door entrance. All the residents settled down and tried to be quite but then he stared to knock on their door. Everyone turned white as he was pushing at the door to their secret annexe. Then, they heard the voice of Mr. Koophius, one of their protectors, who had came to check on them. Anne recounts how war can create conflicts between different parts of people?s identities. She was confused and embittered at her inability to trust her own nation and trust men of her own religion.

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'The Story of My Life', reveals Ms. Sullivan as the inspiration behind Helen Keller's extra ordinary life. Helen recognized Annie Sullivan's contribution throughout her life as a teacher, interpreter, friend, companion and motivator. Annie helped Helen to connect with nature and made her feel that birds, flowers and trees are happy peers. Ms. Sullivan made every subject so real that Helen could not help remembering. She spelled each word on Helen's palm and made her feel and touch everything that she wanted to know about and explore. It was Ms. Sullivan who unfolded and developed Helen's skills and possibilities. It was Ms. Sullivan's genius mind as a teacher, her sympathy and loving tact which made learning so beautiful and interesting for Helen Keller.