Status Updates From Carta al padre

"(...) but [you] have expected at least some sort of obligingness, some sign of sympathy. Instead I have always hidden from you, in my room, among my books, with crazy friends, or with crack-pot ideas. I have never talked to you frankly; (...) nor indeed ever shown any family feeling; I have never taken interest in the business or your other concerns; (...) and have never lifted a finger for you (...)"