Date: 2/3-4
Part: Page137-155
Reflection:
Recently, there was some good news from the broadcast, but
relationships there in the Annex was getting worse. Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan had
more battles because Mr. Van Daan lost his wallet at the warehouse; and they
were broke. The incidence of air raids increased. What’s worse was that their
friend Mr. Kleiman was terminally ill. “We’ve almost forgotten how to laugh…Let
me out, where there’s fresh air and laughter.”
On October 30, 1943, Anne really felt down in the dumps because of her
dearest father. She had a conflict with Margot; her mother saw it and of course
she took Margot’s side. Later on, Father was here, and without even knowing
what was going on, saw that Margot was being wronged and lash out at Anne. “He
(Father) doesn’t realize that he treats Margot differently than he does me:
Margot just happens to be the smartest, the kindest, the prettiest and the
best.” All parents in the world like to compare their children, and be partial
to the better one. Sometimes they even prod the inferior one by praising the
better one. However, I think this kind of deed only brought about pain, because
it will seriously hurt the children’s heart. Take Anne as an example, she was
crazy about her Father, but this time he really disappointed her. She felt no
one in the family need or care about her, and she only felt isolated.
Anne really bore a lot of things which were not for her age: war,
the Van Daans and Dussel’s irony, the relationship between her family, and the
fear of being found. “If you were to read all my letters in one sitting, you’d
be struck by the fact that they were written in a variety of moods.” Since Anne
was an adolescent girl, this condition was quite normal. Hormones do affect a
lot.
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