Reread lines 5-26. What clues in the entry helps readers make inferences about why “Mr. Kugler hasn’t been able to find anyone else to fill the packages” of powdered gravy?
Dearest Kitty,
This morning I was constantly interrupted, and as a result
I haven’t been able to finish a single thing I’ve begun.
We have a new pastime, namely, filling packages with
powdered gravy. The gravy is one of Gies Co.’s1[1] products.
Mr. Kugler hasn’t been able to find anyone else to fill the
packages, and besides, it’s cheaper if we do the job. It’s the
kind of work they do in prisons. It’s incredibly boring and
makes us dizzy and giggly.
Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of
night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of
their homes. They’re allowed to take only a knapsack and little cash with them, and even then, they’re robbed of these
possessions on the way. Families are torn apart; men, women
and children are separated. Children come home from school
to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return
from shopping to find their houses sealed, their families gone.
The Christians in Holland are also living in fear because
their sons are being sent to Germany. Everyone is scared.
Every night hundreds of planes pass over Holland on their
way to German cities, to sow their bombs on German soil.
Every hour hundreds, or maybe even thousands, of people are
being killed in Russia and Africa. No one can keep out of the
conflict, the entire world is at war, and even though the Allies[2]
are doing better, the end is nowhere in sight.