Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Kitty - This is the name that Anne gives to her diary. She writes to this object as if she were a friend, addressing each letter "Dear ____."

Anne wants to share her thoughts completely with someone who is a real friend, and since she does not have one of these, she shares them with this object.

Anne's entries become more and more frequent as her time in the Secret Annex grows longer.

Secret Annex - This is the place where the Franks, the Van Daans,...
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