ENGB35H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Twain
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Engb35 lecture 12 anne of green gables (1908) What good would she be to us? we might be some good to her she"s been a blessing to us . The primacy of the child over the place/setting. Points out anne"s desire for a loving home. Anne"s foster parents treated her as if she was only there to work for them, she didn"t feel she was part of their family. However, when marilla decided to adopt her, she began to feel like she had a home. Anne"s escaping the life of child labor. There wasn"t any talk about giving a child a better life. The quote: what a pity she is such a dark, homely little thing. " marilla was every day of fifty before the sting had gone out of that memory. Child = girl: can"t sleep in the kitchen (spaces in the house) Contrast with you don"t want me because i"m not a boy .
