Question

Who is ‘kitty’ to whom the narrator, Anne, is telling her story?
A) Anne’s dog
B) Anne’s elder sister
C) Anne’s brother
D) Anne’s diary

Answer 1

Hint: The above question is from the chapter ‘From the Diary of Anne Frank’ is an extract from ‘The Diary of a Young Girl’ written by Anne Frank. She wrote this book while she was in hiding for two years with her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.

Complete answer:
Let us analyze the given options:
Option A) Anne’s dog: The above option is incorrect as Anne doesn’t have a dog. But she had three cats named Tommy, Boche and Mouschi. They were her wartime companions. Since ‘kitty’ is her diary, this option is wrong.
Option B) Anne’s elder sister: The above option is incorrect as Anne’s elder sister was Margot Frank, not ‘kitty’. Since ‘kitty’ is her diary, this option is wrong.
Option C) Anne’s brother: The above option is incorrect as Anne doesn’t have a brother. Even if Anne does have a brother, this option will still be wrong as ‘kitty’ is Anne’s diary.
Option D) Anne’s diary: The above option is correct as Anne was telling her story to ‘Dear kitty’. Anne wrote that she wanted 'to correspond with someone' and she chose that to be her diary, ‘Dear kitty’. Anne addressed her best friend, her diary as ‘Dear Kitty’, ‘My darling Kitty’, and ‘Dearest Kitty’. Anne’s imagination with kitty was very lifelike. For example, one of her sayings was ‘Dear Kitty, I like writing to you most, you know that don’t you, and I hope the feeling is mutual’.

Therefore the correct answer is option ‘D’.

Note: 'Dear Kitty' is the anecdotal person Anne Frank addressed a significant number of her journal letters to. 'Dear Kitty' showed up in Anne's journal on 22 September 1942. By then, at that point, Anne had been excluded from everything in the Secret Annex for almost two months. Despite the fact that life secluded from everything was difficult, individuals there gradually grew new schedules.

For Anne, writing in her journal turned into a significant piece of her daily schedule. Anne wrote that she needed 'to correspond with somebody' and imagined a few anecdotal characters like Kitty, Pop, Phien, Conny, Lou, Marjan, Jettje, and Emmy to do as such. In Anne's dream, these characters shaped a friend network. She began with Jett and Emmy, and afterward the name Kitty showed up. Anne called her diary ‘Dear Kitty’, ‘My darling Kitty’, and ‘Dearest Kitty’.