In the green highlands

Author's Name: Lucy Maud Montgomery

Anne of Green Gables chronicles the life of an orphan, from childhood to late adolescence, with the transformations she goes through and how she deals with life's situations and circumstances based on the way of thinking at each stage of her life. Most importantly, the focus is on positive thinking, optimism, and indirectly seeing the bright side of life. The heroine of the novel is an orphan, full of energy and enthusiasm. Despite losing her parents as an infant and working in several homes until she was eleven, where she took in several children her own age, her optimism about life remains a firm part of her character. Anne arrives at Green Gables Farm, her joy at the beauty of the nature and the place beyond description, but she soon realizes that her arrival was the result of a mistake by the head of the orphanage. The elderly owner of the farm, Matthew, and his spinster sister, Marilla, take pity on Anne, who arrived instead of the orphanage boy. Matthew had asked for a boy from the orphanage to help with the farm work, but Anne's cheerfulness, enthusiasm, and fluency in expressing her feelings made Matthew sympathize with her. He quickly warmed to her conversation and then to her, despite his shyness and difficulty interacting with women of all ages. Marilla initially opposed her staying, but she, too, sympathized after hearing her story and circumstances. The child spreads energy and cheerfulness throughout the farm, and the brothers consider her like a daughter. Anne's constant desire to please others and gain their love and approval is evident, having previously been obsessed with belonging to a family and a place. Feeling settled and making friends, she devoted her energy to her studies, finding role models in both her teacher and later the minister's wife. Comical situations unfold whenever Anne becomes excited about someone; her excitement and confusion drive her to act foolishly and clumsily, but her kindness and sincerity ultimately overcome all else. As each year passed, the author delved deeper into analyzing the events and the characters of Anne and Marilla, thus observing the successive stages of Anne's intellectual maturity. Her impetuosity and vitality transformed into calm and poise, evident in her friendship with Gilbert Blythe, which began poorly in her early years. Due to her pride and stubbornness, she insisted on keeping a low profile with him.