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Who uses the lavatory the most and why is this the problem in Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl?

Albert Dussel, a dentist who joins the van Daans and Franks in hiding in the annex, is the person who uses the lavatory the most. This is an issue because his frequent bathroom usage seems to be a reflection of his disinterest in the comfort of the others; with so many people living in such a confined space and all sharing the same bathroom, occupying shared areas fairly becomes a major issue.


Anne, in particular,...

Albert Dussel, a dentist who joins the van Daans and Franks in hiding in the annex, is the person who uses the lavatory the most. This is an issue because his frequent bathroom usage seems to be a reflection of his disinterest in the comfort of the others; with so many people living in such a confined space and all sharing the same bathroom, occupying shared areas fairly becomes a major issue.


Anne, in particular, finds this irritating, as she shares a room with the man and often ends up being at the receiving end of his bad habits. She documents these habits carefully in her diary, even creating a list of times that Dussel occupies the bathroom, which she describes as "his favorite spot." Anne writes of the consequences of Dussel's routine as follows:



Three, four or five times a day there's bound to be someone waiting outside the bathroom door, hopping impatiently from one foot to another, trying to hold it in and barely managing. Does Dussel care? Not a whit... He never deviates or lets himself be swayed by the voices outside the door, begging him to open up before a disaster occurs. 


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