Diary Of Anne Frank

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“Can eat when your in the depths of despair?” This can only be said by the very imaginative child Anne Shirley from the book of Anne of Green Gables. Lucy Maud Motgomery created the novel and fictional character, Anne. This novel is about a little Orphan girl whose life was changed by an elderly brother and sister, Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert. They live in Green Gables in the town of Avonlea on Prince Edward Island. You will see Anne’s life from a very imaginative 11 year old to an accomplished 20-year-old woman.
Anne was not the best-looking person at age 11. When Matthew found her at the train station, Matthew saw, “ A child about age 11, garted in very short, very tight, very ugly dress of yellowish gray wincey. She wore a faded brown sailor hat and beneath the hat, extending down her back, were two braids of very thick, decidedly red hair. Her face was small, white, and thin, also much freckled; her mouth was large and so were her eyes that looked green in some lights and moods and gray in others”. She also had a very pretty nose and her chin was very pointed. In addition, her big eyes were full of spirit.
Anne hated her looks and she especially hated her hair. Once she bought a hair dye from a French peddler. He said it would turn Anne’s hair a raven black but it ended up turning green. Marrila had to cut most of Anne’s hair off after that. Anne hated when people make fun of her looks. Once she assaulted Gilbert blythe because he called her carrots because of her red hair. She broke a chalk slate over Gilberts head. In addition, Anne said, “I’d rather be pretty than smart”.
Anne had a lot of memorable expressions that she made up at Green Gables. She named an avenue of apple trees, The White Way of Delight and a big pond, the lake of Shining waters. When Anne met Marrila, Anne said she would like to be called Cordelia because it was an elegant name; but Marrila refused to call her by that name. In her ro...