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Narration Prompt
Before discussing, reconstruct the chapter's movement in your own words: Anne's decision to enjoy the drive, the story of her parents and the homes she passed through, Marilla's silent reconsideration, and the ride along the Shore Road.
Discussion Questions
- Anne resolves to enjoy the drive and recasts her griefs as 'romantic,' a 'graveyard of buried hopes.' What is Montgomery exploring through Anne's habit of dressing pain in beautiful language, and how far does the chapter invite you to trust it as a way of meeting suffering, and why? Use details from the chapter.
- Through most of the chapter we have only Anne's voice, but Montgomery briefly opens Marilla's private thoughts ('She's ladylike. It's likely her people were nice folks'). How does that access to Marilla's interior judgment shape the reader's sense of her, and why might Montgomery withhold it until this turning point? Use details from the chapter.
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