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Narration Prompt
Before discussing, summarize the chapter's movement in your own words: Marilla's shock, Anne's despair, the negotiation over her name, the silent supper, and the night-time argument over whether she may stay.
Discussion Questions
- Montgomery stages the chapter almost entirely in dialogue and small action, withholding direct access to anyone's inner life except in glimpses. What does the author gain by dramatizing the crisis rather than narrating Marilla's and Anne's feelings, and why might that restraint deepen the reader's involvement? Use details from the chapter.
- Marilla asks what good Anne would be to them, while Matthew asks whether they might be some good to Anne. Which standard does the chapter make more persuasive, and why, and where does each one show its strength or weakness? Use details from the chapter.
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