A Book Report: Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables was written by L. M. Montgomery. This book is about a girl named Anne who is adopted by brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert. To Avonlea and Green Gables, Anne is a bright, sweet girl with a very big imagination. Anne’s parents died when she was very young, and Anne was in and out of the orphanage all her life. This book starts when Anne is eleven and ends when she is almost seventeen.  

The story begins when Matthew and Marilla decide to adopt a boy to help around their farm. Matthew goes to town to pick him up. But, when he gets there, a girl is sitting there waiting instead of a boy. He has no choice but to bring her home and ask Marilla what to do. On the ride home, Matthew grows to like Anne, so he persuades Marilla to keep her.
 
One of my favorite parts of the book is when Mrs. Lynde comes over and makes fun of Anne’s red hair. Anne lashes out at Mrs. Lynde and has to go and apologize to her. 

Another favorite part is when Anne and her friends decide to play “Lily maid,” and they choose Anne to go into the boat and be the “Lily maid.” The boat gets a crack and starts to sink in the middle of the lake. Anne climbs out on the side of a bridge. Gilbert sees her, rows his boat over to her, and rescues her.

The book ends when Matthew dies from a heart attack, and Anne had just won the Avery Scholarship at Queen's Academy. Anne decides to stay home and help Marilla because Marilla is losing her eye sight. Gilbert decides to give up teaching in Avonlea so that Anne can teach there and be near to Marilla. 

I really like Anne’s personality and her imagination. She is a very lovable character. I also think Matthew is a lovable character because of his sweetness for Anne. I found it funny how Anne needed puff sleeves, how she cared so much for her beauty, and how much she hated her red hair. Overall, I would recommend this book.   

– By Jennifer Fuhrman

A Review: Anne of Green Gables

Anne is adopted and lives in Green Gables with her new "owners" Marilla and Matthew. She is very imaginative and makes herself believe that she goes on wonderful adventures, but the only adventures she actually goes through aren't as wonderful as the one she thinks of herself. But each and every adventure teaches her a lesson.

Anne of Green Gables is about a very young and imaginative orphan girl who, with a lot of mix-ups, was adopted. Marilla and Matthew were expecting a boy, but it turned out that they received a girl. Marilla almost sent her back, but Matthew wanted to keep her all along because he liked her personality. When Anne heard that she was going back, she was so upset that she would not have a nice home to live in. However, when Marilla heard about Anne's past, she started to feel sorry for her. She eventually decided to keep her, which made Anne very happy, and it also made her feel like she had a real family and a real home in Green Gables forever. 

  

Overall, I did like this book. It has a lot of good and funny parts and it is very enjoyable to read. There are parts when Anne will talk on and on about a certain thing, then all of a sudden she will change the subject. Those parts were very funny, in my opinion. It also was sad in some parts, but most of the time the sadness would be resolved. Sometimes there were pointless parts where I think the author just put them in there to fill space. But, overall it was still a very good book.

I would recommend this book to others because it is good and enjoyable to read and because it teaches some good lessons about obedience, changes when going through adoption, and figuring out the difference between reality and fantasy. It does take some time to read it, but it is worth it. Personally, I liked this book and would recommend to many people to read.

– By Alexandria Adelle Mcbeth

A Review: Anne of Green Gables

I really enjoyed reading Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery. There are so many parts in the book that I love, but I’ll try to pick out three of my favorites. I really enjoyed how the author describes every event through Anne’s optimistic point of view. I also like how Anne is so adventurous and talkative. I really like the book all together. 

One of my favorite parts is when Anne breaks the slate over Gilbert Blythe’s head. It all starts when Gilbert teases Anne by calling her hair “carrots.” Anne becomes furious because she hates it when people criticize her looks. She stands up in class and picks up her slate and slams it on his head. She, then, never speaks to him for a while, and she denies his request for forgiveness until later on in the book. 

My second favorite part of the book is when Anne sees a peddler on the road, and the peddler says that the dye would turn her hair a beautiful raven black, but, instead of turning her hair raven black, it turns it into an ugly green color. Marilla finds Anne crying in her bed with the covers over her head. She asks Anne what she’s doing, and Anne replies by saying, “I dyed my hair.” Marilla then has to cut Anne’s hair very short. That time vanity got the best of her. 

My third favorite part of the book is when Diana becomes drunk. It begins when Anne invites Diana over for tea while Marilla is out. Marilla told Anne that they could have cake and raspberry cordial out of the cellar. When Diana arrives, Anne acts like a wonderful hostess. When she goes to get the cordial, she picks up the current wine instead by accident. Not realizing her mistake, Anne tells Diana that she can have as much “Raspberry Cordial” as she wants. When Anne is in the kitchen preparing the cake, Diana has several glasses of the current wine and becomes drunk as Anne returns from the kitchen. Diana says that she has to go home, but Anne does not understand why, so she follows Diana home and realizes that Diana was, in fact, drunk. And Diana’s mother does not let Diana or Anne speak to each other until Anne helps out her family in a surprising way.

This book is the kind of book I’m going to remember for many reasons. The characters are cool, and Anne is always talking. The setting of the book is great, and the description of everything is awesome. It really is a great book.

– By Victoria Scarlett Doman