English 2033E Lecture 8: Lecture 8 – November 10

• School: Western University
• Department: English
• Course: English 2033E
• Professor: Gabrielle Ceraldi

Document Summary

Lecture 8 november 10, 2016 (anne of green gables) About a community that is reluctant to accept outsiders: miss rachel lynde suspicious of outsiders, pg. Orphans: regarded as a source of cheap labour, expected to work in exchange for things, pg. 35 (end of chapter 3) (cid:862)(cid:449)e (cid:373)ight (cid:271)e so(cid:373)e good to her(cid:863) 169 a(cid:374)(cid:374)e"s experie(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:449)ith (cid:272)hild (cid:272)are i(cid:374) the past e(cid:374)a(cid:271)les her to help (cid:449)he(cid:374) Focuses on the conflict between anne and the rest of avonlea. Temper is most obvious obstacle: freaks out on rachel lynde; it evokes the empathy from rachel. Is able to demonstrate her internal thoughts and feelings. She is as different as the community can possibly accept, and different enough that she will challenge them. Do(cid:374)"t get ex(cid:272)ited a(cid:271)out thi(cid:374)gs a(cid:374)d (cid:271)e self-protected. Marilla worries that there is something sinful to the extent she is loving anne: stunned by the emotion she feels, because it is foreign to her.