“Everybody is just walking along concerned with his own
problems, his own life, his own worries. And we’re all expecting other people
to tune into our own agenda.” The theme describes that you cannot force
one to understand your situation easily because they have other problems on
their own.
Answer:
Jean thinks that adults are incapable of having any interesting conversation with.
Explanation:
In the story "Homesickness" by Jean Fritz, the author provides a look into the life she lived when she was a child, having to stay in China. The autobiographical yet fictionalized account of her life living in an unfamiliar surrounding in far China gives a sense of what Jean thinks of her own identity, stuck between the two cultures yet unable to identify with any side in particular.
The given excerpt talks about how different the concerns of the children and the adults seem to have. Jean states<em> "grown-ups made friends and talked their usual boring grown-up talk</em>", suggestive of what she thinks about the adults' lives. To her, it seems like the adults are living a rather "boring" life, talking about the useless and boring "grown-up talk". This seems to show that Jean thinks the adults are difficult to have any interesting conversation with.
Answer:
The stage directions reveal Annie’s emotions.
Explanation:
No words are bolded, but I'll try to figure it out and comment the answer.