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4.27 AVERAGE
4.27 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Kayaknya tokoh Philippa Gordon itu mirip siapaaa.. gitu... *lirik2 cermin kegeeran*
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
"Oh", thought Anne Shirley, "how horrible it is that people have to grow up - and marry - and change"
I am just devouring these books at the moment. This is Anne: the college years, and sees her leaving Avonlea to go to study for her BA at Kingsport in Novia Scotia. So we have four years of higher education (although honestly there's precious little about the actual courses and studies, it's really about the friends and social life) with trips returning to Avonlea on the holiday when Anne starts to feel more and more out of things. Avonlea never stops being home, but she's growing up and out of it. This is the great thing about uni, it's a half way house between the childhood and the adult world. Taking yourself out of where you grew up and putting yourself in a completely new environment is bewildering at first, as Anne finds, but it also means you get to know and become more yourself.
She goes to Kingsport with three other Avonlea friends, Priscilla, Charlie Sloane and Gilbert Blythe (I find it funny that during the story he's portrayed as being so perfect in looks, ambition, hard work and achieving the top places. Moments when you think, oh, how dull. And when Anne writes a story where the villian dies and the hero gets the girl, everyone says how dull it is that the villain didn't get the girl as there was more interesting about him).
On one of her holidays back at Avonlea, she spends time with a former pupil, Paul Irving, who used to have imaginary friends down on the shore which he called the rock people. He's horrified to find they've all gone when he returns now.
"oh Paul, it is you who are changed," said Anne. "You have grown too old for the Rock people. They like only children for playfellows. I am afraid the Twin Sailors will never again come to you in the pearly enchanted boat with the sail of moonshine: and the Golden Lady will paly no more for you on her golden harp. Even Nora will not meet you much longer. You must pay the penality of growing up, Paul. You must leave fairyland behind you."
It takes Anne a little longer to learn this lesson herself. At the start she's full of overly romantic notions of what her ideal man is like, what the ideal proposal will be like, and even writes an overly melodramatic tragic love story, which Mr Harrison says needs to lose all the descriptions, and really she should write about the world she knows and leave it another ten years until she has some more experience. It gets rejected when submitted. Diana Barry, in her innocence, adds a few comments about baking powder and sends it off to a baking powder competition, which it wins, much to the horror of Anne's artistic integrety.
Anne gets a number of proposals, most of which are a long way from her idealised setting. The first is even conducted by the guy's sister as he's too scared to ask - which just goes to show that at 18 - 22 they're still just really kids and should have the time to grow and develope. But in those days if you wanted any kind of romantic entanglement, you needed to crack on and get engaged for the sake of decency. Even a hillbilly farmer at a summer job where she is teaching for a couple of months, comes out with a very random proposal. So bit by bit her romantic notions are chipped away, until she bumps into Roy Gardener, who is the spitting image of her romantic ideal, and after a couple of years of courting, even does the proposal just as Anne's girlish fancy always dreamed. But she realises she was in love with the girlish fancy and swept away by it, but not in love with Roy enough and so turns him down and finds herself very distraught, wondering why on earth she said no when she got what she wanted, and whilst all her friends are pairing up and moving on - as her mad friend Phillippa consoles her : "Oh Anne, things are so mixed-up in real life. They aren't clear-cut and trimmed off, as they are in novels." I think at some point as young adults, a lot of us have felt a bit muddled and left behind. I can also understand why she turns down Gilbert Blythe first time around and why she feels frustrated by it all. EVERYONE assumes its going to happen and tells her so, and I know things like that irritate me and want me to dig my heels in like a stubborn donkey and do the exact opposite. I want things to feel like my choice, not as though I'm just going along with what I'm told to do.
Oh, and a word of warning. Signs of the times etc. There is a DIY pet euthansia moment - these delicate girls aren't above a bit of animal killing. I was quite shocked by it to be honest, although rest assured, one of the tools is faulty and the job is unsucessful.
I am just devouring these books at the moment. This is Anne: the college years, and sees her leaving Avonlea to go to study for her BA at Kingsport in Novia Scotia. So we have four years of higher education (although honestly there's precious little about the actual courses and studies, it's really about the friends and social life) with trips returning to Avonlea on the holiday when Anne starts to feel more and more out of things. Avonlea never stops being home, but she's growing up and out of it. This is the great thing about uni, it's a half way house between the childhood and the adult world. Taking yourself out of where you grew up and putting yourself in a completely new environment is bewildering at first, as Anne finds, but it also means you get to know and become more yourself.
She goes to Kingsport with three other Avonlea friends, Priscilla, Charlie Sloane and Gilbert Blythe (I find it funny that during the story he's portrayed as being so perfect in looks, ambition, hard work and achieving the top places. Moments when you think, oh, how dull. And when Anne writes a story where the villian dies and the hero gets the girl, everyone says how dull it is that the villain didn't get the girl as there was more interesting about him).
On one of her holidays back at Avonlea, she spends time with a former pupil, Paul Irving, who used to have imaginary friends down on the shore which he called the rock people. He's horrified to find they've all gone when he returns now.
"oh Paul, it is you who are changed," said Anne. "You have grown too old for the Rock people. They like only children for playfellows. I am afraid the Twin Sailors will never again come to you in the pearly enchanted boat with the sail of moonshine: and the Golden Lady will paly no more for you on her golden harp. Even Nora will not meet you much longer. You must pay the penality of growing up, Paul. You must leave fairyland behind you."
It takes Anne a little longer to learn this lesson herself. At the start she's full of overly romantic notions of what her ideal man is like, what the ideal proposal will be like, and even writes an overly melodramatic tragic love story, which Mr Harrison says needs to lose all the descriptions, and really she should write about the world she knows and leave it another ten years until she has some more experience. It gets rejected when submitted. Diana Barry, in her innocence, adds a few comments about baking powder and sends it off to a baking powder competition, which it wins, much to the horror of Anne's artistic integrety.
Anne gets a number of proposals, most of which are a long way from her idealised setting. The first is even conducted by the guy's sister as he's too scared to ask - which just goes to show that at 18 - 22 they're still just really kids and should have the time to grow and develope. But in those days if you wanted any kind of romantic entanglement, you needed to crack on and get engaged for the sake of decency. Even a hillbilly farmer at a summer job where she is teaching for a couple of months, comes out with a very random proposal. So bit by bit her romantic notions are chipped away, until she bumps into Roy Gardener, who is the spitting image of her romantic ideal, and after a couple of years of courting, even does the proposal just as Anne's girlish fancy always dreamed. But she realises she was in love with the girlish fancy and swept away by it, but not in love with Roy enough and so turns him down and finds herself very distraught, wondering why on earth she said no when she got what she wanted, and whilst all her friends are pairing up and moving on - as her mad friend Phillippa consoles her : "Oh Anne, things are so mixed-up in real life. They aren't clear-cut and trimmed off, as they are in novels." I think at some point as young adults, a lot of us have felt a bit muddled and left behind. I can also understand why she turns down Gilbert Blythe first time around and why she feels frustrated by it all. EVERYONE assumes its going to happen and tells her so, and I know things like that irritate me and want me to dig my heels in like a stubborn donkey and do the exact opposite. I want things to feel like my choice, not as though I'm just going along with what I'm told to do.
Oh, and a word of warning. Signs of the times etc. There is a DIY pet euthansia moment - these delicate girls aren't above a bit of animal killing. I was quite shocked by it to be honest, although rest assured, one of the tools is faulty and the job is unsucessful.
Another gem from LMM! Anne’s college experiences are sweet and funny. But seriously, how could she say “no” to Gilbert’s proposal?! I’ll never get over that (GILBERT BLYTHE IS THE STANDARD) but how my heart thrilled when she finally says yes. ❤️
P.S. That last sentence cannot possibly be a spoiler considering how long this book has been in print PLUS the Canadian made-for TV classic film we all know and love!
P.S. That last sentence cannot possibly be a spoiler considering how long this book has been in print PLUS the Canadian made-for TV classic film we all know and love!
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book makes me very happy every time I read it.
The only thing I particularly dislike is Roy, but I don't think he's made to be liked, so I'll accept his presence.
Philippa + are one of the best couples in fiction, and Anne's college experience (esp. her housemates) gives me much anticipation for my own next year.
Anne was always glad in the happiness of her friends; but it is sometimes a little lonely to be surrounded everywhere by happiness that is not your own.
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reread 12/6/2017
reread February 2020
The only thing I particularly dislike is Roy, but I don't think he's made to be liked, so I'll accept his presence.
Philippa +
Spoiler
JonasAnne was always glad in the happiness of her friends; but it is sometimes a little lonely to be surrounded everywhere by happiness that is not your own.
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reread 12/6/2017
reread February 2020
I picked this up with the previous books in the series because I was feeling nostalgic for some childhood books. In retrospect I probably shouldn't have bothered reading it because I found I had lost all interest in the characters. This book was fine for when I was ten, but is not very exciting for an adult living in modern times.
I adored this book and watching Anne grow and help others grow is so fascinating!
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes