Anne of Green Gables Research Essay

Anne had always maintained a close relationship with her mother. She respected her work ethic and her determination to raise her family the best she could. Yet most young women face a time in their lives when their relationship with their mother is strained. This somewhat natural occurrence took place, but was intensified by Anne's own discovery of how the world really worked, in terms of race relations. I think that Anne always found her mother's lack of communication, regarding the race situation, as a weakness. This created more distrust for her mother at an already vulnerable time in her life.

The first part of the diary starts with her being a regular girl having fun and turns into a girl going into hiding with seven other people. In addition, she has to deal with relation problems with her mom, sister, and the people she is in hiding with. The problems begin when eight people are confined in a small area and everybody begins to irritate and annoy one another. Anne was especially concerned with herself and with her attitude towards the others in the group. She's mainly concerned with her mother who always treats her like baby. Mr. Frank tires to ease the quarrels between them by telling Anne to help out more around the house, but Anne stubbornly declines preferring to concentrate more on her studies. She especially gets plenty of confrontations with Mrs. Van Daan who thinks she is a spoiled little girl. Mrs. Van Daan constantly tells Anne’s father, “ If Anne were my daughter.” Anne’s respond to this in her diary was, “Thank heavens I’m not!” Of course

Readers are able to actually picture how her life was and able to feel the emotions she portrayed at certain times. The only problem I think with this being an autobiography is that some parts of the novel may be a little biased based on her beliefs because these are based off of her beliefs. In my opinion, whoever is reading Anne’s book can either really enjoy it, or really despise it. This is a very controversial reading because it shows how the beliefs of many people can cause problems and can cause the death of many people. People that read it today can possibly still get offended by this reading, especially if they believe strongly the opposite of what Anne

I strongly believe that this influenced their opinions and inspired their dreams. Although Anne didn't get to personally share her dream with the world like

After the First World War ended, the Anne of Green Gables series by L.M. Montgomery became an important part of Polish life (Wachowicz 9). Wachowicz in her article, “L.M. Montgomery: at home in Poland”, suggests the series appealed to Polish citizens during this time, because it offered a kind of “practical romance” and “cheerfulness” that was needed during this period of reconstruction and independence (11). “The first polish edition of Anne of Green Gables (Ania z Zielonego Wzgbrza)” was published in 1912, and from 1919 to 1939 Anne of Green Gables was published another seven times, and the other novels in the series were also published multiple times (8-9). The CBC reported that series was so popular, that some of the novels were given to polish troops during the Second World War, to remind them of values such as “love, home and family” (Anne of Green Gables big in Poland). Yet despite the series popularity, it was briefly banned from 1953 to 1956 during Poland’s communist regime (Wachowicz 9). This seemingly innocent series was banned for many reasons, such as that it was influenced by western thinking, or that it was too unrealistic, and distracted people from contemporary problems (Looby 15). In addition, the series was considered to show “resistance to[wards] authority, and an uncompromising emphasis on the value of the individual” (Anne of Green Gables big in Poland). While all of these reasons are valid, due to the limited scope of this essay, I will focus on the

This young audience would then be exposed to a positive version of Anne, which would in turn influence how they would see her. I believe this novel greatly impacted what would go into my interpretation of Anne Boleyn, because I do see Anne in a respectful way. In my opinion this book is a great example of rhetoric. As defined before rhetoric can be a piece of writing that is used to persuade someone to think a certain way. Since the book is fiction, most would probably assume that it is just for entertainment. However, if you step back and look at the big picture, you can definitely see a hint of persuasion in it. I feel that Dunn was able to influence her readers to think of Anne the way she does, and sways them to look at Anne in a not so typical way. This novel also shows great support for feminism. Feminism is a belief to advocate women’s rights and interests. Both of the main female characters, Anne and Kate, show an immense amount of strong traits and interests. They are both mature, honest women who stand up for what they believe is right.

I think that Anne made her dream of living on even beyond her death by having her dad publish her journal, or diary. This is true because when her book was published everyone started reading it and it was like her story, and her life were repeating over and over. I felt like her life just kept going and wasn’t really repeating though.

Anne retreats to her imagination to create a dream world, which often acts as a contrast to the environment she lives in. Upon entering Avonlea, Anne’s daydreams and fantasies often pull her away from reality, and she struggles to understand the social normalities and expectations within her community. Even in Anne’s earliest days at Green Gables, the reader gets a sense of her fanciful and dramatic character. Throughout the novel, she often expresses her distaste in her appearance; and is especially wordy when discussing her bright red hair, “I could endure anything if I only thought my hair would be a handsome auburn when I grew up. It would be so much easier to be good if one’s hair was a handsome auburn, don't you think?” (page 65). One of Anne Shirley’s most defining traits is her use of playful language. When discussing aspects of her life which she finds displeasing, she will re-imagine the situation in a more extravagant and romantic way and, in many cases, her fantasies are excessive and

Montgomery was spent time by a feeling helpless and loneliness in isolated at rural before she published her first poem in 1889. After that Montgomery continued to study literature and she taught school briefly. She wanted to overcome Loneliness through writing; therefore, daily diary found her happiness and presence. Although when “Anne of Green Gables” first published, people weren’t interested, she didn’t give up writing. After she continued to publish, as “Anne of Green Gables” became the bestseller in Boston in 1908, the main character, Anne, became the heroine of the girls. Anne also spent time in countryside life with imagination and fiction writing. Unfortunately, she just had one big fan, her best friend, Diana. Adults around her including school teacher and Matthew, Marilla who lived with Anne at green roof house, no one paid attention to her talent, and no one understood her imaginary world. However, Anne never gave up her dream, and continued to h. In the novel, Anne also

At the beginning of the story, one of Anne's guardians, Matthew, picks her up from the train station and drives her home. Along the way, Anne chatters about anything that crosses her mind. During the trip, Anne states: "I just love pretty clothes. And I've never had a pretty dress in my life that I can remember but of course it's all the more to look forward to, isnt it? An then I can imagine that I'm dressed gorgeously" (Montgomery, 13) Whenever Anne faces with something difficult, instead of dwelling on the negative, she manipulates her imagination to create a positive thought to replace the discouraging one. Imagination has the power to pull people ouit of their depression and into joy.

Green Gables is a place Anne always dreamed of living, and, as soon as it seems all her dreams are finally coming true, the adoption turns out to be a mistake. Marilla and Matthew had intended to adopt a boy to help them on the farm because they were getting older. However, through some mix-up they were given a girl instead. When Anne arrives at the place of her dreams, only to find out it has been a mistake and that she will be sent back, she once again relies on the power of her own mind to get her through her difficult situation. She decides that even if she were sent back to the asylum, she would keep Green Gables always in her mind and be optimistic about her situation.

Anne has started thinking about what she wrote about her mother a year ago. She has started to become more mature. She is starting to realize that she will not have her mother forever, and she needs to think a lot of her. She wrote some hateful things about her mother in her diary, including, “I only look at her as a mother…” She has realized that she was a kid at that

As far as Archibald Craven, not only lock the garden, but also his heart that deeply love to his late wife and his son Colin. Fortunately, under Mary’s help, Mr. Craven realizes his emotion and begins to build the relationship with Colin. Mr. Craven is the master of Misselthwaite Manor as well as Colin’s father and Mary’s guardian when her parents die. Mr. Craven suffers deformed spine that has a huge emotional effect on him. He has been in a depression ever since the death of his wife. Since then, Mr. Craven orders to lock the garden, and his precious memory with his late wife. As Colin says that Mr. Craven “doesn’t want to see me”, and “my mother dies when I was born”(159) to Mary when they first meet each other. This is also why Mr. Craven always goes abroad to avoid seeing his son since he misses his late wife. He can’t admit that how much Colin looks like his dead wife. Thus, he escapes from the reality that neither want to see the house nor his son. He hides his emotion to Colin and bears inner pain as a secret in his heart. He is not a bad guy; he has causes lots of trouble in his time with his deep neglect of Colin. He is afraid to hear whether

Lucy Maud Montgomery was a very prolific writer and she published over 500 short stories, many poems, and twenty novels, as well as journals, essays, autobiography and letters. Today, Montgomery's novels, journals, letters, short stories, and poems are still read and studied by general readers and scholars from around the world. Among her most famous writing is the Anne series, consisting of eight books: Anne of Green Gables (1908), Anne of Avonlea (1909), Anne of the Island (1915), Anne’s House of Dreams (1917), Rainbow Valley (1919), Rilla of Ingleside (1920), Anne of Windy Poplars (1936) and Anne of Ingleside (1939).Other series written by Montgomery include the "Emily" and "Pat" books, which, while successful, did not reach the same level of public acceptance as the "Anne" volumes. She also wrote a number

What would it be like to be thought of as a mistake? In Anne of Green Gables, an 1908 novel by L.M. Montgomery, Anne Shirley is exactly that. When Anne finds out she will be taken from the appalling orphanage she resided in, she was overjoyed. She was to be taken to a humble yet charming house called Green Gables on Prince Edward Island in a beautiful town; and there she would be happy, living out her days with the family that adopted her, the Cuthberts. Alas, Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, unmarried siblings, were seeking a boy about the age of Anne. At first, Marilla was sure to give her back, but she ended up keeping Anne, and Anne ended up changing the town of Avonlea for the better. By being outgoing, thoughtful, and kind, Anne Shirley forever changed the town of Avonlea.