Two major conflicts that Anne struggles with internally, as well as externally at times, are her relationships with her mother and with Peter. For the first part of the book, Anne reveals feeling trapped because she feels like an adult, but her mother treats her like a baby.
The second part that begins with not the least all the way to perched above my chamber door because the raven was gentle and proper when flying and was like a lady or lord when he landed making him dignified and elegant.
