Wednesday, July 31, 2013

My Kitty, or One Hundred Words



From Wikipedia:
Statue of Anne Frank on Westerkerk church square by Mari Andriessen
See also: http://www.sophiesworld.net/anne-frank-house-amsterdam/


Anne Frank’s “Kitty” probably was based on the character Kitty Francken in Cissy van Marxveldt’s novels, but Sietse van der Hoek suggested she might be Kitty Egyedi, a family friend. Egyedi, although flattered, responded that she did not consider herself Kitty, who “became so idealized and started to lead her own life in the diary.”
(Source: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090218083653AAgd5zN)

Kitty’s great significance for Anne was to provide a structure for the diary entries. In this blog, I find my own format to be writing messages of exactly one hundred words. I hope to continue to meet this challenge and refine my writing.

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