- Karen MacKenzie: I am not a Pollyanna. Not now. Not after what was done to me. And that's why I feel so angry. I want to be a Pollyanna. I don't want to look at the world through rose-coloured glasses, I want the world to be rose-coloured! I want people to be nice. People should be nice. Nice should be the norm. I hate it that I can't trust anyone. I hate it that I can't put my daughter on the front lawn by herself. I hate it that I have to lock my car and that I have to worry about an alarm system in my house and that I can't send cash in the mail. That's not the way it's supposed to be, Gary! I liked being a Pollyanna. I want to be a Pollyanna.