"Her life is a stream that stirs but is still clear, as if gushing directly from the source, both accumulating a lot of energy and not being polluted in any way."
Anne of Green Gables is a 1904 novel by Canadian writer Lucy Maud Montgomery.
The story tells the story of Anne, a little girl with a desolate life, who died shortly after her birth and became an orphan. After being raised by a neighbor, he was sent to another family to see the children, and finally sent to an orphanage. When Anne was eleven years old, she was mistakenly adopted by Matthew and Marella, and because the two brothers and sisters first wanted to adopt a boy, they did not like Anne as a girl at first. But Anne's lively and cute, warm and cheerful brave and generous, gradually infected the residents of the town, making them like this red-haired, eccentric, imaginative little girl.
Marella and Matthew
Smart and hardworking, Anne went to college on her own merits and won a scholarship. However, Marella has been in poor health since Matthew's death, and in order to take care of Marella, she gave up her studies and planned to study while working.
This story is the growing history of orphan Anne.
Anne's personality traits:
(1) Sad inside, but always optimistic about everything.
"Whenever something pleasant ends, I always feel sad, maybe something more pleasant will follow, but you can never be sure, in fact the fact that many times that have happened does not make people happy, anyway it is my experience, but I am happy to think that I am almost home." 」
"The world doesn't look as bleak and chaotic as last night, and I'm so glad it was a sunny morning. But I also love rainy mornings, all mornings are fun, what do you think? ”
(2) Have a rich imagination
"Listen, the tree speaks in a dream." As Matthew carried her out of the car, she whispered softly, "They must be dreaming beautiful dreams!" ”
"What a lovely round of rainbows! Do you think the tree god will come out and take it away to make a scarf after we're gone? ”
(3) There are many words, and the chatter is non-stop.
"For God's sake, stop talking," Marella said, "and you're talking too much for a girl as big as you."
(4) Be strong and have perseverance
"But, of course, the harder it is, the more satisfied you will be when you catch up."
"When I left Queen's College, the future seemed to unfold in front of me like a straight road. I feel like I can see a lot of milestones along the way. Now there's a bend in the road, and I don't know what's near the bend, but I'm sure there must be the most beautiful view there, and that bend has its charm, Marella. I wonder where the road leads when I cross the curve, whether it is full of youthful magnificence and splendor and a variety of soft light and shadow - new scenery, new beauty, walking past, is there still many bends, many mountains. ”
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(1) Its windows are to the east and west, and from the west window to the backyard, it is a soft June sun; while the east-facing window is entangled in vines, as if draped in a green coat. It can catch a glimpse of the white cherry trees that are blooming in the orchard on the left, and the swaying birch trees in the valley by the stream.
(2) It is a scenic road, traveling through dense farms, sometimes through a forest of balsam fir trees, sometimes over a valley, where wild plum trees are hung with light and transparent flower buds, and large areas of apple trees and green areas extend into the distance, disappearing into the pearl gray and purple mist near the horizon, and the air becomes sweet because of their fragrant smell.
(3) I was thrilled at the thought of finding answers to many things, wasn't it? It makes me feel so good to be alive — what an interesting world it is, and if we already knew the answers to all the questions, the world lost half of its fun, didn't it? Then we don't have room to imagine, don't we?
(4) It is a beautiful thing to be appreciated by others.
(5) "When I talk to little girls, I must always treat them as adults, and when they use big words to speak, I will never laugh at them." 」 I have learned from my own tragic experience that it will greatly hurt a person's feelings. ”
(6) I really think the woods are as beautiful in winter as they are in summer. They were so white, so quiet, as if they were asleep, dreaming sweet dreams.
(7) Watching the dawn rise from those winding hills and watching it shine through those pointed fir trees is really pleasant. Every morning it was new, and I felt as if my soul had been bathed in the rising sunshine and refreshed.
(8) "I haven't changed at all, not at all. I was just cut off the dead branches and sprouted. The real me came back here exactly the same as before, and it didn't matter where I went or how much my appearance changed. In my heart, I will always be your little Anne, and she will love you more intensely every day, Matthew and dear Green Gables. ”
(9) From the night she returned home from Queen's College, her vision was blocked. But even as the road under her feet grew narrower, she knew that there would be a quiet flower of happiness blooming along the way. Sincere work, lofty ideals, like-minded friendships, the joy brought by all this will belong to her. Nothing can take away her innate fantasy rights or dreamy ideal world, there is always a peak and a turn!
God is in heaven, but peace on earth.
Insights and Inspirations:
Be optimistic at all times. Spending every day happily, seeing the sun, seeing wildflowers, can cure unpleasant moods. Whenever the sun rises slowly in the east the next day, it is another day full of hope.
Whether in study or work, we must set good goals and continue to work towards the goals. Anne continued to overcome difficulties in her studies, and at the age of 15, she received a scholarship at Queen's College and was admitted to university.
Don't be swayed by the words of others in life, and don't have vanity. Because Anne's red hair was ridiculed by other classmates for not looking good, Anne bought a bottle of hair dye from the vendor, and the result was that the dyed hair was green and could not be washed off, so she had to cut her hair.
In life, no matter what you do, you must focus, you can't be half-hearted, sloppy, there will always be some low-level outrageous mistakes. Anne also had some ridiculous things happen as she grew up, such as making cakes for guests, using painkillers as vanilla extracts, and a pot of skim milk that should have been poured into pig food buckets, which she put in the food pantry.
Finally, I hope that every orphan can be carefully cared for like Anne, and I hope that every child can be lively and happy, brave and generous, and full of imagination and slowly grow into an adult who stands tall in the sky.