The main reason why Francine Prose chose to include the quote from Robert Alter that appears in lines 150-166 is to show that Anne Frank's diary was authentic and showed her innocence
This was a German-Dutch young girl who was honored posthumously after her diary was discovered after she was killed by the Nazis.
Hence, we can see that based on the criticisms of Robert Alter who shared the pessimism of Harry Mulisch that said that her wordings were banal and did not contain much emotional feel and was only popular because it was discovered after she had died.
The counterclaim by Francine Prose to Robert Alter's claims was that the diary of Anne Frank contained a great insight into the Jewish sufferings at the hand of the Nazis and how the book should be categorized as literature and not just a historical document.
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