ENGB35H3 Lecture Notes - Red Hair, Little Women, Landed Gentry
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Anne s imagination and the genre of the book. Her imaginary friends, a nice way of the psychic effects of the realistic poverty that anne experiences. It s not just about a hard life, but that it embeds itself in her psyche. So her imagination is compensation for her loneliness. 8: marilla refuses to let anne call her aunt, marilla gives a religious viewpoint. She draws a definite line in the sand here, spokesperson of the older puritan, Imagining things other than they are is sacrilegious. Explains why fairytales and children s fiction took so long to become fantastic. Later implies that the next step from telling fiction, is to tell lies. The absolute worst fault a child could have is to be a liar. The rest of the book shapes the way anne s imagination is framed. The only moralism in this book is centered around the imagination, but not in a straightforward way.
