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Anne, who has been told she is 'next door to a perfect heathen,' has just recited a piece of the catechism — and immediately turns its solemn vocabulary into music. Six chapter vocabulary words live in the passage. Montgomery is showing young readers a child whose first instinct toward serious language is delight, and showing young writers how to listen for the sound of words as well as their meaning.
There’s something splendid about some of the words. ‘Infinite, eternal and unchangeable.’ Isn’t that grand? It has such a roll to it—just like a big organ playing. You couldn’t quite call it poetry, I...
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Narration Prompt
Recount the events of Anne's first prayer at Green Gables — what Marilla expects, how Anne answers, what Anne actually prays, and what Marilla says to Matthew afterwards in the kitchen.
Discussion Questions
- Marilla is shocked that Anne has 'never said a prayer' in her life. What in the chapter shows you that Anne has not been given any real religious teaching, only words to memorise — and why is that an important difference?
- When asked to kneel, Anne says she would rather pray in a great big field or the deep, deep woods, looking up into the sky 'as if there was no end to its blueness.' How does this answer reveal what kind of God Anne already half-believes in, even before she has been formally taught about Him?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
Very impressive; magnificent or excellent.
Item 2
Without limits; endless.
Item 3
Lasting forever; without beginning or end.
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