Question

Which of these quotations from the selection from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl best support the central idea that Anne feels she has no really close friend? Choose two options.

A. I have loving parents and a sixteen-year-old sister. ...
o .. there are about thirty people I can call friends.

B. I have a throng of admirers who can't keep their adoring eyes off me and who sometimes have to resort to
using a broken pocket mirror to try and catch a glimpse of me in the classroom.

C. I have family, loving aunts,and a good home.
All I think about when I'm with friends is having a good time.

D. I can't bring myself to talk about anything but
ordinary everyday things.
We don't seem to be able to get any closer, and that's the problem.

Answer 1

The most relevant quotations indicating Anne Frank's feelings of not having a close friend are options D, where she divulges her inability to discuss profound matters with her friends and option C, which implies superficial interactions focused on fun.

Step-by-step explanation:

The quotations from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl that best support the central idea that Anne feels she has no really close friend are option D and option C. Option D: "I can't bring myself to talk about anything but ordinary everyday things. We don't seem to be able to get any closer, and that's the problem." This quote directly reflects Anne's sense of disconnection from her friends because they do not share deep, personal conversations. Option C: "I have family, loving aunts, and a good home. All I think about when I'm with friends is having a good time." Although this quote does not explicitly state her lack of a close friend, the implication is that her interactions are superficial and focused solely on enjoyment, rather than forming meaningful, intimate bonds.

Answer 2

D

Step-by-step explanation:

Within this quote, you feel her inability to connect to others and how isolated she feels. How you are standing in a room of full of people but you still feel alone.

B

Looking at her words, she describes the admiration of others but there is a disconnect in the way she talks about the broken mirror. An metaphor for the broken state of her relationship to the others. The eyes are looking but there is no warmth or friendship. They see what they want to see, a fantasy that leads to nothing. The world she has built to see more than what she has.