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Narration Prompt
Summarize the chapter's arc, then identify the central tension Montgomery develops — between candor and charity, or between propriety and feeling — and evaluate whether the chapter resolves it honestly or quietly takes a side.
Discussion Questions
- Montgomery introduces Mrs. Rachel with praise that curdles — 'delightful and popular people who pride themselves on speaking their mind without fear or favour' — and titles the chapter 'properly horrified.' How does the narrator's irony do its moral work, and why might a novelist judge a character by ventriloquizing approval rather than stating censure? Use the narrator's exact words.
- What would you defend as this chapter's deepest claim about the relation between candor and charity, and why? Build it from Mrs. Rachel's 'plain speaking,' Anne's outburst, and Marilla's verdict, using specific words from each, then test it against the moment that most resists your reading.
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