Peter And Mr Duussel Analysis

Attitudes
During World War 2 the Nazi were killing the Jews and placing them in concentration camps. It was a dreadful time for the Jewish people. In the story of Anne Frank the Frank family, Van Daan family, and Mr.Dussel hid in the secret annex because they were Jewish. The annex was a hidden section in Mr. Frank’s work building. In order to survive their attitudes and how they act plays a huge part in them working together to survive. Peter a shy boy of the Van Daans and Mr. Dussel a dentist are both loyal to their cause for surviving. Their attitudes are very different compared to each other, Peter is shy and quiet, while Mr. Dussel is loud and talkative. -The differences between Peter and Mr. Dussel’s attitudes impacts how everybody works together to survive.

Peter is a serious person even when it’s a joke. One can see this when Peter states, “Think

you’re funny, don’t you” (pg.482) to Anne. He makes Anne feels like she did something wrong but she hasn’t. Sometimes a joke can help it to be more bearable in bad situations. Whereas Mr. Dussel’s character is more light hearted because when Anne gave him ear plugs it accidently went inside his ears. He joked about it by saying, “Good God! They’ve gone inside! I can’t get them out! Thank you, Anne! Thank you!”(pg.484) He made everybody laugh so they could feel better, despite the bad situation they were in.
Mr.

Dussel is a rude person while Peter isn’t. Mr. Dussel’s allergies were acting up so he said, “It doesn’t need to be the cat… his clothes are enough... when he comes out of that room…” (pg.485) to Peter. This makes Peter feel like he doesn’t belong there. Peter showed his generous attitude when he said, “Well, any time you want to let off steam, you can come into my room” (pg. 472) to Anne. Peter wanted to make sure their relationship can get better so they can survive and live a happy life.

Peter is a quiet boy. When Peter was talking he said, “I’m sort of a lone wolf” (pg.457).Peter’s quietness could potentially keep him from forming stronger friendships with their group to survive. On the other hand Mr. Dussel demonstrates his outgoing personality when talking, “… I was born in Holland. My father was born in Holland, and my grandfather” (pg.473). Mr. Dussel is an open type of guy who likes to share a bit about his past so they can get along better. While Peter is the type of person who doesn’t talk very much that can lead to him being distant with

everybody.

Overall, Peter and Mr. Dussel’s attitudes kept the group together to survive. They were characters that you could act and feel the same way in the situation they were in. Peter and Mr. Dussel were more different than similar so it kept them apart. When Peter or Mr. Dussel acted some way it would affect the group in a positive or negative way.