Asking questions
Susan Stamberg is asking questions and then furthermore asking for clarification in this conversation. She asks what the dutch word for diary is, and when Miep Gies answers, she asks for clarification by separating each part of the word for Gies to translate in detail.
The answer would be ''Ivan Ilyich wanted to put him in the School of Law, but to spite him Praskovya Fedorovna entered him at the High School.''
If the character starts and ends in the same place, the plot has gone in a circle. For example, if Charlie was having problems with his teacher at the beginning of the story, and the story talks about the many weeks he has tried to fix these problems, yet the story ends with him still not resolving these problems, the plot had gone in a circle. There is not resolution, no ending, no fix.