

Unless it's only Marnie or Anna's imagination of the party. Ambiguous Time Period: The women at Marnie's parent's fancy party are in fashions ranging from the 1920s to the early 1960s, making it vague as to when it takes place.The last minute reveal that Marnie is Anna's Dead All Along grandmother as a child really muddles up the story's intentions. She also gets upset when Marnie shows interest in a boy. They go on a Old-Fashioned Rowboat Date, cute dancing together, and declaring their love for each other. Ambiguously Gay: Anna develops a close and intimate friendship with the titular Marnie.Some of her behavior can be attributed to her fearing that her foster mother is only keeping her for the money, but her reaction to that still comes across as unusual for an upset child. She also doesn't seem to have many friends, but the people she does meet and bond with (Marnie and, later, the family that moves into her house) she's able to form very close ties to. At one point, she goes into a fury over an insult which everyone, even the narrator, considers to be silly. She views the world as being a circle with people on the "inside" and on the "outside", believing herself to be on the outside and separate from everyone else. As the book begins, she acts detached from other people, enjoys spending time alone, has little time for the family she lives with, and sends postcards to her guardian that are only a few sentences long.


That didn't stop her name being put all over the advertising.

Your child being abused by the people who are supposed to care for her while you are away.Marnie: So please, Anna, I need you to forgive me. Marnie is in tears when she has to tell Anna that she's sorry for leaving her, and that she can't stay longer. Then just as you get a second chance with your granddaughter, to raise her, you die and leave her in foster care. Suffering a nervous breakdown due to your husband dying, which ruins ties with your daughter.Thinking that even though your foster parents are sweet, that they get a subsidy to take care of you and may be Only in It for the Money which makes your relationship complicated because of abandonment issues.Anna is found multiple times lying unconscious on the ground while in the countryside.
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Setsuko recounts that Yoriko would call her everyday to ask for advice on how to raise Anna. Having an Ill Girl who always seems to collapse at any time as a foster kid, who in turn is worried about costing you money with doctor visits.By the end of the film, Anna has apologized for her behavior and Nobuko asks her to join in on trash clean-up next summer. (She does so because she genuinely thinks they're cool and pretty.) When Sandra gives an angry retort to Anna's outburst, she follows up with the suggestion that they put the whole thing behind them and enjoy the evening. While she does upset Anna by pointing out her unusual blue eyes, it's more Innocently Insensitive than actual malice.
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Nobuko, the movie version, is perfectly friendly towards Anna when she joins her at a festival.
