Amanda
Who is the writer of the poem ‘Amanda’?
Robin Klein is the writer of the poem Amanda.
How old do you think Amanda is? How do you know this/
I think Amanda is a school-going teenager.
This is reflected in the fact that she is being asked to do her homework, and clean her room. A younger child would have been helped by his parents with all these and not expected to do all this on her own. Moreover, she seems to be suffering from acne, a skin condition found in teenagers.
Who do you think about speaking to her?
I believe that it is Amanda’s mother speaking to her.
What could Amanda do if she were a mermaid?
If Amanda were a mermaid she could drift around in a calm sea, away from the interference and scolding of elders.
Is Amanda an orphan? Why did she say so?
No, Amanda is not an orphan.
She says so because she wants to be alone. She wants to roam around the street alone and pattern dust with her bare feet, she finds ‘silence’ golden and ‘freedom’ sweet. It is, for this reason, that she calls herself an orphan.
Do you know the story of Repunzel? Why does she want to be Repunzel?
Repunzel is the story of a girl with long and beautiful hair, she was imprisoned in a high tower by a witch. To allow anyone in the tower she would let down her long hair and the person would climb up using that.
Amanda wants to be a Repunzel so that she could live all by herself in her own tower, where she would not be expected to follow her elder’s orders. She felt that if she were a Repunzel, she could live a peaceful life.
What does the girl yarn for? What does the poem tell you about Amanda?
The girl, that is Amanda yarns for privacy and for her independence. She wants solitude and peace.
From the poem, we understood that Amanda is a free-spirited girl who like any teenager resents being scolded every time and being told what to do and how to do it. She also has a very rich imagination, seeing herself in all sorts of fairytales, and situations where she could just be herself.
According to Amanda what she could do if she were.
A mermaid.
An orphan
Rapunzel
What is common between all three of Amanda’s fantasies.
If Amanda were a mermaid she would like to be the lone mermaid in the calm deep green sea. Where she would happily move about from one place to another.
If Amand were an orphan she would roam through the streets, making patterns on the soft dust with her feet. She would wander through the streets enjoying the silence and enjoying her freedom.
If Amanda were Repunzel, she would live by herself all alone in her tower without a worry about anything. She would also never let her hair down to let anyone come up to her.
In all three of Amanda’s fantasies, her desire to be free and move away from her elder’s dictates is the common feature,
9. What is the instruction Does Amanda get about her posture.
Amanda is asked not to sit with her shoulders hunched, not to slump on her seat, and sit up straight.
10. What all is Amanda asked to clean and tidy up.
Amanda is asked to clean her shoes and tidy up her room.
11. Do you think the speaker has the habit of nagging or is she forced to nag by Amanda.
I think the speaker is forced to ‘nag’ by Amanda because Amanda does not respond to her dictates and does not even look at her when she is speaking. Getting no result the speaker is forced to repeat what she had said earlier and appeared to be nagging.
12. What is a mermaid? What could Amanda do if she were a mermaid?
A mermaid is a mythical female half-human and half-fish.
If she were a mermaid she could drift swiftly alone in the deep green sea.
13. What does Amanda imagine doing as an orphan?
Amanda imagined that if she were an orphan. She would roam through the streets and make patterns on the soft dust with her bare feet and will enjoy the silence and freedom.
14. Why is Amanda asked not to have chocolates?
Amanda has a problem of acne so she is asked not to have chocolates.
15. Why does Amanda wish to be Repunzel?
Amanda wishes to be Repunzel so that she could live in solitude in her tower without any worries.
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