Book review

Love gives us courage! Ivy

Anne of Green Gable
by L.M.Montgomery
(314 pages, $5.99)

Lucy Maud Montgomery is the writer of the “Anne of the Green Gables”. She was a Canadian author. She was an orphan when she was young. Her mother died of tuberculosis, and her father left after her mother death. She was raised by her grandparents, but they didn’t treat her well. In 1984, she got teaching certificate in Prince of Wales College in Charlottetown. In 1902, she went back to live with her widow grandmother in Princess Edward Island. During this time, she wrote her first book “Anne of Green Gables”. In 1908, this book was published. It became popular in the world. It was not only children’s favorite, but also be loved by adults. It has been translated into 17 different languages and has sold millions of copies. Also, it was made in films, carton, or musical forms. It was so successful that followed series of sequels with Anne. There were 8 books in total to describe the whole life of Anne.
“Anne of Green Gable” is the first section. Lucy Maud Montgomery emphasized the childhood of Anne in this section. Anne was an orphan because her parents died of fever. She was eager for a family. Matthew and Marilla lived in Princess Edward Island (Green Gable). They were unmarried brother and sister. They wanted to adopt a boy to help them do the farm work. But they received a little red hair girl—Anne, it was entirely unexpected. Anne didn’t give up herself. She tried to work hard to let her stay. Finally, not only Matthew and Marilla, but also everyone loved her. After many years, Anne graduated from high school. She had a best chance to study with scholarship in Redmond, but she give up, because of Matthew’s death. She wanted to stay in this small island and look after Marilla. She thought it is worthy because she loved her “family” very much. Lucy Maud Montgomery created this little girl who everybody loved because she was an orphan who nobody loved when she was young. She wanted to inspire herself and everyone who live without love. Family and friends are very important for us. We should cherish everything we had, especially love. We should appreciate everyone who loved us. Also, Anne’s optimistic spirit helps her overcome difficulties one by one, never afraid of challenges.
The most success of this book is the attractiveness of Anne’s character. She was an optimistic and hardy girl, although she had a hard life before she came to Green Gables, she wasn’t a pessimistic and never give up. She had full of enthusiasm for everything. Even she just lived in a very small Island—Princess Edward Island. There were no TV, no radio, and no car at that time, but she still enjoyed the life. She was a nature-lover. She had an enormous imagination. She could talk with trees, flowers, river, birds and so on. Also, She is a frank and talkative girl, expressed everything what she thought or imaged. This was also the reason why this book is so popular in Japan. Little girls in Japan were careful to observe the proprieties. They can’t speak out whatever they like. Therefore, they curious about this little girl and had a great yearning to be her.
This book is in chronological order, it is easy for reader to follow and understand the story. Also, it is encourage novel, especially for people who are facing problems and feel hopeless. Don’t worry, this book will give you power of hope in the life and it may be help them begin a new life. Moreover, you must be attracted by the wonderful descriptions in this book. You will have pictures in your mind. Furthermore, it is very realistic because the author putted some her experiences in the story. After finishing this book, you must desire to visit Princess Edward Island where did Anne grow up. It is an amazing place!! This is an amazing book!