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Narration Prompt
Before discussing, reconstruct the chapter's movement in your own words: Marilla's order to fold the clothes and say prayers, Anne's announcement that she never prays, her recitation of the catechism, her grievance about her red hair, her wish to 'feel a prayer' outdoors, the improvised letter-prayer, and Marilla's resolve to Matthew.
Discussion Questions
- Anne recites the whole catechism 'promptly and glibly' and loves how 'infinite, eternal and unchangeable' has a roll 'just like a big organ playing,' yet says she has 'never cared about' God. What does the gap between her delight in religious language and her absence of belief reveal about her, and why? Use details from the chapter.
- Marilla calls failing to pray 'a terrible wicked thing' and decides Anne is 'a very bad little girl,' while the narrator insists the child acts from 'spiritual ignorance,' 'not irreverence.' Construct the strongest case that Marilla's judgment is fair, then the strongest objection that it misreads Anne; which does the chapter endorse, and why? Use details from the chapter.
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