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In one long, intricate sentence the narrator names the chapter's deepest insight: Anne cannot know God's love because it was never 'translated to her through the medium of human love.' Copying it lets students study the em-dash appositive, the periodic build, and the way Montgomery defines a 'sense of humour' as 'a sense of the fitness of things.'
But she had, as I have told you, the glimmerings of a sense of humour—which is simply another name for a sense of the fitness of things; and it suddenly occurred to her that that simple little prayer,...
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Reconstruct the chapter's movement: Marilla's rule about prayers, Anne's talk of God and her red hair, her wish to pray outdoors, the prayer she improvises, and Marilla's words to Matthew.
Discussion Questions
- Anne announces she has 'never' said prayers, offering both her weariness and a cruel word about her red hair as reasons. What do those reasons reveal about the life Anne has come from, and why? Use details from the chapter.
- Anne loves how 'infinite, eternal and unchangeable' sounds 'like a big organ playing,' yet she does not speak of God with trust or affection. What does that gap between her delight in the words and her unformed faith reveal about Anne, and why? Use details from the chapter.
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
Holy; set apart and treated with reverence.
Item 2
Highly unusual; far beyond the ordinary.
Item 3
Inserted a remark, breaking in briefly.
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