Read this passage from "The First Seven Years." What is the chronological order of the events? After the incident with the broken last, angered by Sobel's behavior, the shoemaker decided to let him stew for a week in the rooming house,
although his own strength was taxed dangerously and the business suffered. However, after several sharp nagging warnings from both his wife and
daughter, he went finally in search of Sobel, as he had once before, quite recently, when over some fancied slight-Feld had merely asked him not
to give Miriam so many books to read because her eyes were strained and red--the assistant had left the place in a huff, an incident which, as
usual, came to nothing, for he had returned after the shoemaker had talked to him, and taken his seat at the bench. But this time, after Feld had
plodded through the snow to Sobel's house-he had thought of sending Miriam but the idea became repugnant to him—the burly landlady at the
door informed him in a nasal voice that Sobel was not at home, and though Feld knew this was a nasty lie, for where had the refugee to go? still
for some reason he was not completely sure of-it may have been the cold and his fatigue-he decided not to insist on seeing him. Instead he went
home and hired a new helper.

hmm, sadly there is no dialogue. there is no place in the story where he is talking to anyone. it's more of just describing what he eats and where he sleeps. you have to become anne frank, give details of where you are, what other folks look like, how the environment is. have a little bit of dialogue tell of what people are specifically saying. anne frank talked about her entire household including the people, the objects, the lighting, the food they ate, and even the smell in the air. there has to be more to your diary entries, the whole story in its current state is only about peter van daan, the food, the sounds, and where he sleeps. also he seems to be writing only once a year yet more than that happened from day to day. for a friend, i can you write it out, if you want.

the chosen symbology is the 'sweet secret' which anna confesses on january 6th.

anne's thoughts on her mother are further indication of her growing maturity and of her feelings of isolation from her mother.

the homoeroticism of this passage led it to be excluded from early editions of the journal. this passage shows anne's simultaneous innocense about and fascination with sex. she's clearly aware and unafraid of being sexual, but at the same time is seemingly unaware that her homosexual feelings could be considered taboo back then.

hope this !