Value Points :
• Anne not happy with the attitude of the grown-ups in the annexe.
• Whenever she approached them, they put her off.
• never got a satisfactory response from them.
• felt that her mother lacked motherly feelings – never understood her.
• the grown-ups never allowed the children to form opinions of their own.
• children not given love and care.
• Anne felt elders should respect their opinions.
Detailed Answer :
Anne continued to get frustrated with the adults in the annexe. She was not happy with the attitude of the adults in the annexe. Whenever she approached them, they put her off and she was unable to get any satisfactory response from them. Anne was tired of her parents, interfering and nosey attitude. It was no longer a close and harmonious family which it used to be when they were at their own home. Anne felt neither respect nor admiration for mother. She just loved and admired one person and that was Peter. She found him to be decent and clever. Anne was of the opinion that parents should discuss sex and marriage with their children. They should not leave them on their own to find out the details. She even felt that her mother lacked motherly feelings. She never understood her. The grown-ups never allowed the children to form opinions of their own. They were not given love and care. They were not allowed to form their own opinions.
