Question

ead this excerpt from Anne Frank Remembered.

He didn't get angry, he just shrugged and shook his head at me. "Go upstairs to my boss." He told me the room number and continued to shake his head.

Determined not to let my knees tremble, I forced myself up the steps to the room where I had been directed. I knocked on the door. No one answered, so I opened it.

As the door swung open, I saw a round table filled with high-ranking Nazis. Their caps were on the table, and in the middle of the table was a radio. The radio was playing an English broadcast. Right away, I recognized the BBC.

All their eyes burned into me. I realized that I had accidentally witnessed them committing a crime of treason, for which the penalty was death.

Which line from the passage supports the theme “People overcome their fears to follow their beliefs”?

“He told me the room number and continued to shake his head.”
“Determined not to let my knees tremble, I forced myself up the steps to the room where I had been directed.”
“As the door swung open, I saw a round table filled with high-ranking Nazis.”
“I realized that I had accidentally witnessed them committing a crime of treason, for which the penalty was death.”

Answer 1

“Determined not to let my knees tremble, I forced myself up the steps to the room where I had been directed.”

This line shows the narrator overcoming fear (trembling knees) to take action, which supports the theme of overcoming fear to follow one's beliefs.