After a while of being trapped in the Secret Annex, Anne Frank feels that she is slowly becoming a “dried-up old beanstalk” (Frank 125). She also begins to develop hatred for the adults living with her in the Secret Annex, “Why do grownups quarrel so easily, so much, and over the most idiotic things?” (29). She feels that every day, all the adults do is plain bickering. “Nothing, I repeat, nothing about me is right; my general appearance, my character, my manners are discussed from A to Z.” (29) These “helpful criticism” come shooting out of Mrs. Van Daan’s mouth daily, and they are simply irritating and unbearable for Anne. Yet even after all of this bickering, Mrs. Van Daan thinks of herself as having an “unassuming nature” (30). The only
