Character sketch of mr. Van dann

Mr van Daan was Otto Frank's business partner and good friend, the plan of hiding in the secret annex in order to escape imprisonment by the Nazis included the van Daan family which comprised him,his wife and his son Peter. Anne tells us initially that she and Mr van Daan were always at loggerheads with each other but occasionally he would behave nicely towards her. He used to quarrel a lot with his wife, they would have terrible fight and sometimes it would also involve their son Peter whom Mr van Daan could never really understand as they were two very different people. Mr van Daan believed in being pushy in order to get ahead in life, he was a smoker and could be grouchy if he did not get his daily fix. In spite of all that, Mr van  Daan was eminently more likeable than his wife and he was a comforting presence in the household. He would not refrain from getting to work or fixing things, a man of actions rather than words but quite different from Otto Frank who seemed to be much more refined than he was. Mr van Daan was highly opinionated, thrusting his political opinions on one and all,he could also be a little uncouth but generally more tolerable than his wife.