Van Daan Persuasive Speech

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“ We are all a little thinner. The Van Daans’ “discussions” are as violent as ever.” The Franks invited the Van Danns in to live with them in the Secret Annex. Which caused more arguments and disagreements about food given to each person. This also made living in closed quarters more difficult for each family. The Franks should not have allowed the Van Daans to live with them.
The Franks were given very little food during their time in the secret annex and inviting another family in to stay with them didn't help their food situation one bit. “The bread! He was stealing the bread!... We’re all of us hungry! I see the children getting thinner and thinner. Your own son Peter…” (425)This shows that adding another family to the secret annex made it more difficult for everyone because nobody got the correct amounts of food and the Van Daans could have been selfish when it came to the amounts of …show more content…

As stated in the play “ Now look what you’ve done . . . you clumsy little fool! My beautiful fur coat my father gave me . . . I could kill you for this. I could just kill you!”(388) This shows that Mrs.Van Dann might have only cared for herself and when someone did something that made her upset she would get really angry which could cause other people to start yelling and blow their cover in the Secret Annex. Although Mrs. Van Daan was very short tempered, she was not the only one “I’ve watched you day after day and I’ve held my tongue. But not any longer! Not after this! Now I want him to go! I want him out of here!.” (425) Mrs Frank began to lose her temper, Mr. Van Daan had gotten on Mrs. Franks nerves long enough. Now she had gotten the courage to tell him what she really thought. Although there were many reasons why the Franks did the wrong thing by letting the Van Daans stay with them they helped out another family

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