EN 2220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Canadian Literature, Bsc Young Boys, World View
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Anne of green gables: an orphan"s journey of self-discovery. With this novel montgomery shows us the importance of going beyond the constraints that the women faced. The popularity of anne of green gables: given the world a legacy of this character and people want to visit pei where. Books with female protagonist were dismissed as catering to only select audience. Young boys depending on their upbringing would not want to read about feminine things: usually even if there are female protagonist there is always a male doing most of the action like red riding hood and the huntsman. Gables: men are conditioned to believe that you must be affected by masculine things only. The victorian child and the belief in innate goodness: montgomery"s anne is an imperfect child," who is not naturally good but learns to be good, what are some ways in which montgomery challenges the victorian ideal of the.
