KINDERD SPIRIT IN LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY’S ANNE OF GREEN GABLES

Author (s) : Dr.M.BALAGANAPATHY and Dr.V.L.SATHYA

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Abstract :
Lucy Maud Montgomery November 30, 1874, L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables. The book was an immediate success. The central character, Anne Shirley, an orphaned girl, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. This project work aims to explain the use of imagination, nature, need for human connection and female independence in the character of Anne Shirley. She is the main character of one of children literature most enduring novels, Anne of Green Gables. The novel's author, L.M. Montgomery created the character of Anne as a role model for young readers, mostly because the author herself did not grow up with any independent, female literary characters. As a result, Anne becomes the manifestation of the dreams that Montgomery did not manage to achieve in her own life. Anne is an orphan, yet she manages to escape the fact and earns a place. At last Anne forgives Gilbert, then they become good friends, it deeply shows the Kindred Spirit.

Keywords : Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

Conference Date : 17/09/2021

Pages : 35

Paper ID : IESMDT34