- Now that Mr. Dussel is around to talk about current events, Anne thinks about how little they knew about the outside world.
- Miep protects them from the news because she knows it will make Mother and Mrs. van Daan cry.
- Anne feels like she can’t be happy when so many people in the world are suffering.
- Anne feels lonely, and as beloved as her father is, he cannot replace all that she has lost. She misses her friends.