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Montgomery personifies the landscape, casting a wild plum as 'a white-clad girl tiptoeing to her own reflection,' so the scenery quietly mirrors Anne's own longing for beauty and belonging. Copying it rewards close study of how a single simile fuses image, figure, and theme.
Here and there a wild plum leaned out from the bank like a white-clad girl tiptoeing to her own reflection.
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Narration Prompt
Reconstruct the chapter's movement: Matthew's dread-filled drive, the mix-up he discovers at Bright River, the decision he reaches, and the long conversation that transforms his view of the child.
Discussion Questions
- Anne's torrent of talk discloses her imagination, her bleak history, and her hunger to belong. How does Montgomery use Anne's speech to shape our first understanding of her, and why might it matter that we come to know her mostly through words rather than looks? Use details from the chapter.
- Matthew suppresses the truth, comparing the coming disappointment to 'murdering something.' Construct the strongest case that his deferral is a moral failure, avoidance dressed as kindness, then weigh it against the case that it is genuine compassion. Which reading does the chapter better support, and why? Use details from the chapter.
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So absurd or ridiculous as to be laughable.
Item 2
Innocently open and frank, without guile.
Item 3
Delicate and light, as if not of this world.
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