Anne of Green Gables - Chapter Eight

Anne's Bringing-up is Begun

Another short chapter yay! Short chapters are good because it means I have to spend less time reading this boring, boring book. I don't even care that the sticker on the front proclaims the book to be in the Whitcoulls Top 100 List. Although I've just checked it now and it's no longer on the list. Twilight managed to make it to #2 though!

The REAL cause of the disappearances in Gone.

So, anyway, (man, I should really stop starting my sentences with the word 'so'), Marilla decides to keep Anne (I knew it!) and Anne cries tears of joy. Of course Marilla will kill that buzz:

"'I suppose it's because you're all excited and worked up,' said Marilla disapprovingly."

Dear orphan: Please have THE BEST NEWS OF YOUR LIFE but your emotional reaction terrifies me as I am a very old woman who has never known love

Well good thing Anne's to call her Marilla because that's all I'll be calling her. Marilla then flabbergasts Anne by explaining that she never imagines things to be other than they really are. Oh Marilla you realist you. Realism/Idealism CONFLICT.

"'Here is something for you to notice, Anne. When I tell you to do a thing I want you to obey me at once and not stand stock-still and discourse about it."

Laying down the LAW.

Anne then gets down to work learning the Lord's Prayer, and we learn about Diana Barry, a possible friend for Anne. I do hope Diana is like Rachel and Marilla and that Anne will convert her. Anne then talks about her imaginary friend Katie Maurice (they were 'very intimate'), and her other imaginary friend Violetta (who was AN ECHO) but Marilla is all go to your room you fickle fool and Anne is all blah blah blah.

Then Anne calls herself 'Anne of Green Gables' THE BOOK TITLE ZOMG.

And tomorrow I get up to chapter 9 which I have been waiting for for a while!
PS: Although it's tomorrow for me, it won't be tomorrow for you, dear reader, because I'm going away the day after that and so am scheduling my reviews automatically over the next week. So you won't get to read my review of chapter 9 until Thursday I'm afraid. No more weekend posts.