Frank, Anne. The Diary of a Young Girl. The United States of America: Doubleday, 1967. Print.
A poetic device used throughout the novel The Diary of a Young Girl a symbol is used. The symbol used is the cupboard.
"Dear Kitty,
The entrance to our hiding place has now been properly concealed. Mr. Kraler thought it would be better to put a cupboard in front of the door (because a lot of houses are being searched for hidden bicycles), but of course it had to be a movable cupboard that can open like a door." (Frank 24)
The cupboard used as a door for the Frank family symbolizes how the Jews struggled to survive during World War Two. They had to hide from everyone and live behind a cupboard because if they were found they were most likely going to be killed just as other Jews before them. It also symbolizes the hope that every single person living behind it had. They had hope for their lives, they trusted in that cupboard to keep their "secret annexe" a secret.
