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Anne defines what she means by a 'bosom friend' — not just a playmate, but a 'kindred spirit' who can be trusted with her deepest thoughts. The triple naming (bosom, intimate, kindred) layers Anne's longing for friendship into a single sentence and shows how seriously she takes the idea of being truly known by another person.
A bosom friend—an intimate friend, you know—a really kindred spirit to whom I can confide my inmost soul. I’ve dreamed of meeting her all my life. I never really supposed I would, but so many of my lo...
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Narration Prompt
Narrate Chapter 8 of Anne of Green Gables in three or four paragraphs. Cover Marilla telling Anne she may stay at Green Gables, the picture of Christ Blessing Little Children, Anne's stories about her imaginary friends Katie Maurice and Violetta, and Anne's bedroom imagining of being Lady Cordelia Fitzgerald.
Discussion Questions
- Marilla tells Anne, 'I don't believe in imagining things different from what they really are.' Anne answers, 'Oh, Miss—Marilla, how much you miss!' What does this exchange reveal about how Marilla and Anne see the world differently — and is one of them more right than the other?
- Anne tells Marilla that the lonely girl in the picture 'didn't belong to anybody, like me.' What does Anne's identification with that little girl in the blue dress show us about Anne's deeper feelings about herself, even after Marilla has said she may stay at Green Gables?
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Item 1
begging earnestly; pleading with great feeling.
Item 2
in a way that shows quiet, gentle longing for something.
Item 3
similar in spirit or feeling; closely related in heart.
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