The Diary of a Young Girl-Anne Frank-Monday Evening-November 08-1943 onwards

 The Diary of a Young Girl-Anne Frank-Monday Evening-November 08-1943 onwards

Anne begins this diary entry by saying as to how moods change our thoughts. She says that when she is busy reading or writing, she has to arrange her thoughts if she has to get mixed up with others. That evening, Bep was there in the Annex when the bell continued ringing for long. Anne’s face turned white, stomach churned and her heart beats ran fast because she was very much afraid.

At night, she had a horrible dream in which she found herself in a dungeon all alone without her parents and sister Margot. Different types of images emerged in her mind. Sometimes, it appears that the Annex is on fire or she is wandering in the streets or the German soldiers have entered the Annex to catch them and then she hides herself under a bed. Such thoughts keep on disturbing her mind for most of time at night. She is hopeless about future and does not believe that war would ever end and the things would get normal again. Thursday, November, 1943

        Anne gives the following title to this diary entry:
                 Ode to My Favourite Fountain Pen
                                     In Memorium

Anne writes that her favourite fountain pen was her proud possession. When she was nine, it was sent to her by her grandmother from Aachen. It was splendid pen that came in a red leather case. She showed it to her friends and felt herself the proud owner of it. She brought it to the Annex also. But it fell into the stove along with the beans and was burnt. She did not know in the beginning that it fell into the stove along with the peels of beans and got burnt. She remembered how the flame of the stove had got flared up all of a sudden and it was due to the material of the pen. She felt as if her dear pen was cremated into the flames of the fire in the stove.

Wednesday, Nov 17, 1943

Anne begins to write this diary entry mentioning that the inmates of the Annex would face a lot of trouble now because Bep would not be allowed to come in contact with the inmates as she is suffering from diphtheria (a kind of infectious disease that causes fever and chest congestion). Now, cooking and shopping would be very difficult in the house without Bep. They will also miss her sweet company. Mr. Kleiman has yet not recovered fully from his illness. As all know that Margot has been learning Italian language and she has got herself registered under Bep’s name. So she is sending her lessons to the teacher for checking and those are returned after having been checked.

Dussel’s mind is disturbed and the reason in unknown to all. He does not exchange any word with Mr. or Mrs. van Daan. Anne comments that Dussel has certainly got a screw loose. She says that they often laugh together at Dussel at his back because he has no memory, no fixed opinion and no common sense. They are usually amused about his forgetfulness when he passes any news that he has heard from radio several times to them.

Saturday, Nov 27, 1943

Anne, sometimes, remembers her friends whom she cannot meet now as she is living in the hiding place along with her family. She becomes sentimental to think about them. The previous night, when she was asleep, she had a dream about Hanneli, her friend. She was dressed in rags and her face was emaciated (very thin or weak due to illness or hunger) and worn. There was sadness and reproach in her eyes. She could read the message in her eyes: “Oh, Anne, why have you deserted me? Help me, rescue me from the hell!”

Anne’s hearty gets filled with guilt because she was helpless and unable to do anything for the people who were suffering and dying outside. She prays to God to be merciful on Henneli.

Monday, Dec. 6, 1943

Anne begins to write as to how they should celebrate St. Nicholas Day this year as it is coming closer. She wanted to celebrate it with some new idea as it was done the previous year. She consulted her father in this regard and started writing verses for each member of the Annex.

On Sunday evening at quarter to eight, all of them walked together to reach upstairs carrying a big basket. It was duly decorated. On the top of it, there was a large piece of brown wrapping paper on which a note was attached. Anne removed that note and read aloud the poem.

After that, Anne instructed each person to take his or her shoe out of the basket and it was followed by a roar of laughter. Each member of the Annex found a package from inside the shoe that belonged to him or her.