Question

How does Amanda describe her life as an orphan

Answer 1

she feel like a orphan because she had been nagged from his mother . It is usually the reaction of a child who is nagged and scold time an again and every child would like to see itself liberal and free.

Answer 2

Answer:

Amanda by Robin Klein.  Here the poet describes Amanda as a girl who is fed up with her parents for constantly being nagged by her mother.  She is always being scolded for eating too many chocolates and keeping her room untidy.  She feels her mother as a nagging parent so she feels as an orphan, she roams around the outside in bare feet and wants to enjoy her life.

Explanation:

Amanda is fed up with her mother's constant nagging and being told what to do. Hence, she imagines herself to be an orphan with no parental figure to control her. She wants to roam around freely and enjoy the silence that would come when there is no one around to scold her.

The poet is describing Amanda, a little girl who is always pointed out by her mother for her mistakes and how she imagines her life to be. The poet says that the mother is pointing out Amanda for biting nails which is a bad habit.