Answer the following question in about 150-200 words:

How was the diary helpful to Ann?

We learn a lot about Anne and her surroundings from The Diary of Anne Frank. Anne grew up in difficult times. She found it difficult to share her personal feelings with anyone. The people she met, the situations she encountered and her experiences were shared in the diary. With her mother, she did not share a cordial relationship. She often spoke rudely to her mother and hurt her. Her diary, Kitty, was the only place where she confided. The diary was her soul mate. Anne shared her feelings, loneliness, and adolescent trials freely with Kitty. Through her diary Anne understood herself better. By writing in her diary about her conflicting thoughts, she was in peace. The diary was her comfort. Anne’s diary was her true close friend. Her solitude and her budding friendship with Peter were expressed in the diary. She wrote regularly and maintained her diary from June 12, 1942 to August1, 1944.