The Natural World In Anne of Green Gables

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Both nature and the natural world in Canadian literature are viewed as significant themes in representing an alternative composition to a landscape. It insists on painting a bigger picture and changing the perspective on how we interpret the world. The natural world is diverse with the notion that it can be seen through malevolency, in which it can instill fear or be seen as a threat. In addition, it can be seen as nuanced and viewed in a more positive structure, where it is celebrated. In the coming of age story, Anne of Green Gables, Montgomery represents nature in an optimistic standpoint and therefore, establishes that nature is emphasized through the genre of romanticism. It can be argued that in the novel, Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, the protagonist Anne Shirley brings nature into a diverse, but positively constructed setting through her relationship and engagement with the natural world. Anne Shirley is characterized for having a vivid and wild imagination, which enforces her intelligence. Her imagination is seen through her personified and metaphorical engagement with nature. Through her imagination with nature she is able to interpret Green Gables with goodness. Through her appreciation with nature she celebrates the natural world in its beauty, and doesn’t take it for granted. In addition, she sees it as a source of inspiration. Lastly, nature is a form of empowerment for Anne, because it gives her something to look forward to. It gives her agency, because it develops the way she views the world and her life. She is able to take the natural world and make it her own.
The ideology of Anne’s imagination as a means to construct herself within nature is a significant way of analyzing her relationship with ...

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... love for nature in an optimistic form. Her true emotions are revealed through the beautiful sights of Avonlea, in which her visual perception is revealed with multiplicity. She is drawn by nature and nature is drawn to her, and therefore she becomes one with nature. Lastly, her relationship with nature evidently, resonates with empowerment. With nature she is able to gain power by understanding that her future is full possibilities. Her development signifies that she is able to read the natural world in a metaphorical sense. With nature she has the power to make it her own world and perceive it with diversity.

Works Cited

Gammel, Irene. “Embodied Landscape Aesthetics in Anne of Green Gables.” Lion and the Unicorn 34.2 (2010): 228–247. Print.

Montgomery, L. M., and Cecily Margaret Devereux. Anne of Green Gables. Peterborough, Ont.: Broadview, 2004. Print.

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