Mr. Van Daan In The Diary Of Anne Frank

Have you ever felt like you were trapped? In the play “ The diary of Anne Frank” by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. Mr.Van Daan is a non trustworthy person because he is a selfish, impolite, and dishonest man that no one can trust. Mr.Van Daan can first be described as selfish. Mr.Van Daan goes to the food safe and takes out a half-loaf of bred. Late at night Mrs. Frank catches Mr.Van Daan taking the food from the food safe and Mr.Dussel shoes everybody the loaf of bred and says “ you greedy, selfish”(558). This scene reveals that Mr.Van Daan is stealing food everybody in the hiding place when everybody thought it was rats. Mr.Van Daan can also be described as impolite. When Anne is on the floor listening to the people down stairs. When their on the floor because the green police where trying to get in and Mr.Van Daan says to Anne “Isn’t it bad enough here without your sprawling all over the place” (525). This scene reveals that Mr.Van Daan does not like Anne because she is always running around and being nosey. The most important trait Mr.Van Daan is that he is dishonest. When Mr.Van Daan takes Mrs.Van Daan’s coat and fives it to Miep. When Mr.Van Daan gives Miep the coat and says “If …show more content…
I do not connect to Mr.Van Daan because I am not impolite and selfish. I am not impolite because I use manners that my parents taught me and I dont use foul language and I am also not selfish because I always share with my family and friends and I don’t steal anything from them. Have you ever felt trapped? Like you were stuck and couldn’t go nowhere for a really long time. In the play “The Diary of Anne Frank” by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. They were stuck in the annex with barley any food and water to share with seven people and a cat and they could only move around when there was no people