The Diary of a Young Girl-Anne Frank-Sunday-February 27-1944-onwards

 The Diary of a Young Girl-Anne Frank-Sunday-February 27-1944-onwards

We come to know in the beginning of this diary entry that Peter’s impact is becoming stronger in Anne’s mind day by day. His image haunts her mind every time, while waking up or going to bed for sleep. The previous night, she slept with Peter’s image in his mind and also woke up with the same image. She feels that both of them suffer from the same type of void in their hearts. She means to say that neither she nor did Peter receive proper love and care from their mothers. Peter’s mother is too much superficial (not serious/ shallow) and likes to flirt with people. Anne’s mother takes active interest in her but she lacks in tactfulness, sensitivity and motherly understanding.

Both Peter and Anne are too sensitive to be dealt with so roughly. Whenever this happens with Anne, she vents out her anger in several other ways. Peter does it differently. He shuts himself in, sits quietly and does daydreaming to hide his true self.

Monday, February, 1944

Anne feels the pangs of separation with Peter and yearns for his company. She feels his presence every time with her, yet he is not physically there with her. Peter Schiff and Peter van Daan have merged into each other. She feels Peter Schiff reflected in Peter van Daan, she longs for him desperately.

Wednesday, March, 1944

In this diary entry, Anne writes about a burglary in the warehouse. The thief must have used a duplicate key. Peter reported that the projector and Mr. Kugler’s new brief-case had been missing from his office. Mr. van Daan also had also noticed the previous night a terrible mess in the front office.

They reached the conclusion that the burglar must have sneaked (entered secretly) in Earlier in the evening, shut the door quietly waited hiding at somewhere there

for a good opportunity to go out. When the thief heard Mr. van Daan coming, he must have hidden himself somewhere. After sometime, Mr. van Daan went upstairs and the thief had a good chance to escape by opening the door with a duplicate key.