English 2033E Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Blossom
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Anne doesn"t have the want to get away from home as typical children might and as peter does in peter rabbit. Marilla doesn"t know what to expect from adopting an orphan says that she doesn"t know if he will burn the house down or pour poison down the well. There is the sense that orphans are a burden on society. There is the expectation that orphans that are adopted will take on an extra role in order to offset the burden that orphans pose. There isn"t a need for a girl at green gables marilla is able to handle cooking and housekeeping herself. The assumption is that the child has to earn their food and shelter. A biological child would earn those things automatically since they are. But since an orphan introduces an extra burden , they have to work for these originally part of the family things.
