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Anne encounters an emotion too large for her vocabulary — joy at being kept overflows 'glad' and reaches toward something she cannot name. The passage models how a writer can show a character outgrowing a word in real time. The repetition of 'glad' (three times) and its rejection captures the experience of feeling something language cannot contain.
I'm crying. I can't think why. I'm glad as glad can be. Oh, glad doesn't seem the right word at all. I was glad about the White Way and the cherry blossoms — but this! Oh, it's something more than gla...
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Tell someone what happened in this chapter in order. When you get to the most important part, slow down and tell it carefully — what happened, why it mattered, and what you think about it.
Discussion Questions
- Anne cries when Marilla tells her she can stay, even though she is happy. She says, 'Glad doesn't seem the right word at all.' Why do people sometimes cry when they are happy? What in the story makes you think Anne's tears mean something different from her crying in Chapter 3?
- Anne used to pretend that her reflection in a glass bookcase door was a girl named Katie Maurice. Was Katie Maurice a real friend or just pretend? What in the story makes you think about what makes a friend 'real'?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
Begging someone with great feeling and need
Item 2
Putting off something you need to do until later
Item 3
To talk about something at length instead of acting
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