Passerby's Parody: A Short Story

At this point, Anne found herself searching for answers. Not only about racial tensions but about her developing body. She was entering a new phase in her life, where

Anne's was a life filled with significant events. The trial and home confinement of her father was the most significant of her childhood. The education she received from her father at this time would prepare her well for her own trial. She had a deep confidence in

In contrast, for Anne, playing the piano is a way to give  "pleasure . . . to herself" (48) and to others.  Anne thinks about Louisa and Henrietta, who are carefree, "living to be fashionable, happy, and merry" (43).  Yet she does not desire to trade places with them because "she would not have given up her own more elegant and cultivated mind for all their enjoyments" (43).  Anne very much values her education and musical training.

Without Anne’s isolation she would have never become so self-reflective of herself. Frank writes, “I never used to feel like this, my fun and amusements, and my girl friends, completely filled my thoughts. Now I either think about unhappy things, or about myself” (55). Frank’s isolation within the annex allows her to develop a sense of self-awareness. However, this self-awareness does not fully develop until later on when Frank realizes the knowledge Frank has of herself.

While Peter is overcome by the immediate tragedy, Anne is able to value the possible decency of the mankind by looking at the positive influences in her world. Generally, Anne concentrates on the tiny wonders in life to provide a positive outlook, and she uses this view to convince Peter to become more positive: “‘Look, Peter, the sky. What a lovely, lovely day! Aren’t the clouds beautiful?’” (Anne, pg. 43).

Next, a yellow cocktail music bursts as the cheers of people raised up into the air again. The crowd moved more swiftly around the garden, flowing, dissolving, and merging back into the same form again. The sky slowly turned orange –the sun was heavily sinking into the horizon – and Tom’s boutonniere enhanced its bloodiness and Daisy’s white dress dyed in an elegant yellow. As Tom looked over the crowd, all the immaculate white dresses that were dancing on the grass like fairies were soaked in the sunlight, each one in vivid, but lusterless colours. However, there was a ray of light that caught Tom’s eyes as he overlooked on the people. It was one of the house maids, sweeping the fallen leaves as her pale ring-finger gleamed a dull reflection of the sunshine. She was a woman with a roundish figure, probably in her early thirties. There were no traces of beauty in her appearances like Mary Pickford or a fashionable stylishness like Pola Nergi, but there was an immediate vitality that could be percept straightaway, just like Myrtle. No, exactly like Myrtle, Tom thought. There were no specific similarities between them, but Tom felt like a child who found a puzzle piece that he’s been looking for ages, or perhaps a fragment of a story from his favorite child

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

* Anne tries desperately to continue to believe that there is good in all people. To spite the fact that she knows in her heart that she and her family will meet a terrible fate if caught ( she just didn't know how terrible), she wanted to believe it would all come to a peaceful end. This passage also shows how thoughtful she is. How many 13-14 year old girls do you know who think that deeply ? Not many. In my opinion, it shows great intelligence on her part as well.

He sat on the back porch, reminiscing, he smiled, remembering Mary Jenkins was a terrific lady even in her late nineties with snow-white hair, she dressed as if she was a model and looked innocent as an angel. She loved and cared for animals and always had a cat lying on her lap while sitting on the front porch waving to everyone who passed by her house. When Mrs. Jenkins saw him, she smiled, “nice seeing you." He thought she did it because she was old and alone. Later, he discovered another reason for her kindness.

For instance, she was always helping people and giving them gifts all through out act one. In act two, she said that she always thought positively and never negatively. She would then pass that attitude on to the adults that were scared for there safety. All in all, Anne was a person who impacted the ones around her in a positive way.

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.

When she looked back of course. In the moment, it was merely an oddity- it almost never rained in Los Angeles. Most often, it was quite dry. But on that chilly Thanksgiving morning, storm clouds rose high into the sky as if they were creating a barrier between Earth and Heaven. However, Anne would soon find that comparison to be incorrect. For on that special day of blessings and gratitude, Anne Emerson’s parents would be murdered. By whom, she would never find out. Extremely close to both her mother and her father, she went through a state of shock for almost a month, in which she would not talk and she was oblivious to the events occurring around her. So she barely recalled the strange manner in which she was put into the orphanage two towns over. Anne did have many uncles, aunts, and grandparents. Nevertheless, she was bizarrely placed in a crumbling and run-down residence alongside children who had nowhere else to

No penetration of any kind. No direct touching of the ‘V’. Stop means stop, or else. Three simple rules. Gosalyn thought they would prevent things like this, that knowing the boundaries and agreeing to them beforehand would allow her to avoid this scenario. Those four words—“We need to talk”.

Danni contemplated turning around and going only god knows where but before Danni could decide she was yanked out of her thoughts by an abnormally loud horn blaring from a car. Sighing she jerked her bike forward and away from the packed Diner. Danni's figure biked down a wide road, not quite leisurely, for her large backpack hanging off of her back had started to dig into their shoulders, but happy. The girl was happy because of the easy escape, she had left the commotion of the town many times. The girl smiled there was the worn path down to the center of her small town, snaking through the trees to meet the rocky dirt roads. Danni had always loved the buzz of the new, the thrill of the unknown, the seeking of new answers that push her limits.

Friendship with this girl was a kind of compromise for we three,for she lived in our colony and had known us since childhood.Although, she seemed nice by her talks,as any new person might be mistaken for her being a nice girl,her other side was known only to her friends.