Question

List the things which Amanda's mother doesn't want her to do?​

Answer 1

The things which Amanda's mother doesn't want her to do are:

• Amanda's mother did not wat her to bend her shoulders or her body. She wanted her to sit up straight all the time.
• Amanda's mother does not like her pimples and tells her to stop eating chocolates so that her pimples can be controlled.
• Amanda's mother wants her to stop looking disappointed because people would think that she is being controlled or nagged by her mother.

Does Amanda like to be controlled?

• In the poem, the poet described how Amanda does not like being controlled by her parents all the time.
• In order to escape from reality, she makes an imaginary world of her own.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Her mother doesn. t want her to hunch her shoulders and bend her body down. She stops her from eating chocolates as it would not be good for her pimpled face. She wants her to stop sulking as others would think that she is being nagged by her mother.