Clearing a sister’s room

Text 1: The Green Jumper, by Molly Ravensworth

An original novel extract.

Mum said I could have Esme’s room now that she had gone to Leeds, as long as I cleared it myself. It should have been the best day of my life. For eleven years I had slept in the box room above the front door, where the radiator banged all night. But when I opened Esme’s wardrobe, it still smelled of her coconut shampoo, and I had to sit down on the bed. Her old school tie was hanging on the hook. Taped inside the wardrobe door was a list in her handwriting: Things to tell Mol before I go. Most of it was crossed out, but the last line said, Tell her she can borrow the green jumper. I looked at the shelves of books and posters and badges, and realised I did not want any of it in boxes. I wanted her to come back and be annoying.

Explain two reasons why clearing out the room is harder than the narrator expected.