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Anne is reporting to Marilla on Sunday School. Alone in the east gable she had no trouble imagining her plain dress beautiful, but sitting beside girls with real puffed sleeves her imagination simply stopped working. This passage is the chapter's hinge: Anne notices, for the first time, that imagining comfort by yourself is very different from facing what you lack when the real thing is sitting right next to you.
I tried to imagine mine were puffed, too, but I couldn’t. Why couldn’t I? It was as easy as could be to imagine they were puffed when I was alone in the east gable, but it was awfully hard there among...
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Narration Prompt
Retell the events of this chapter in order: Anne learns about her new dresses, goes to Sunday School alone, and then reports back to Marilla. What are the three or four most important things that happen, and how does Anne feel at each moment?
Discussion Questions
- On her way to church, Anne garlands her plain hat with wildflowers and walks proudly, fully satisfied — yet by the time she sits in Miss Rogerson's class, she feels miserable. Why does the classroom scene change how Anne sees herself, and what details from the chapter show what made the difference?
- Anne tells Marilla it was easy to imagine her sleeves were puffed when alone at home, but at Sunday School, surrounded by girls who "really truly" had them, she couldn't. Why does comparison with real puffs break what imagination does so easily in private — and what does her account in this chapter reveal about imagination's limits?
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A feeling of strong anger or deep offense, as when something feels deeply unfair.
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Made to feel nervous, discouraged, or hesitant about doing something difficult.
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Decorated by wearing or hanging a wreath or chain of flowers and leaves around something.
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