Post #4 Significance of...

Frank, Anne. The Diary of a Young Girl. The United States of America: Doubleday, 1967. Print. 

I am at the point in the book where the Frank family has gone into hiding. The hiding place is on the third floor of an office building. A quote I found significant is "We have forbidden Margot to cough at night, although she has a bad cold, and make her swallow large doses of codeine." (Frank, 21)  This helps us understand the character's relationship to the setting because the Frank family are in hiding and need to be quiet at all times, so that no one will be able to find them or suspect there are others in the building.
"The knocking, pulling, pushing, and wrenching went on. I nearly fainted at the thought that this utter stranger might discover our beautiful secret hiding place." (Frank, 41) This quote is significant to the story because it creates suspense and maintains the atmosphere. It gets you wondering who is behind the door and what is going to happen to Anne. This quote maintains the atmosphere because it keeps it a scary isolated environment. Through this quote you can feel the underlying fear that the Franks must live through everyday. The fear that at any moment they could be taken away to a concentration camp or even be killed.