The Cuthbert's as Foster Parents

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This paper discusses how two of the major questions raised by "Anne of Green Gables" are whether Marilla and Mathew Cuthbert were successful foster parents and what type of challenges they faced as foster parents. The argument is made that Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert were successful foster parents and that they provided all of Anne's basic needs(food, water, shelter, etc...), they provided her education, they guided her through life in Prince Edward Island and they provided love and support. It attempts to show that all of these feats were complicated by the fact that, the Cuthbert's were questionable foster parents initially and that Anne was poorly suited to the rigid social environment of rural life in Prince Edward Island.

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"Marilla seems to be the perfect example of what the average person in the Avonlea Community is supposed to be like. She finds it extremely difficult to deal with Anne. To a large extent this is because Anne is such an imaginative free-spirit. Marilla is totally against being imaginative. She even says to Anne, "When the Lord puts us in certain circumstances He doesn't mean for us to imagine them away"(Montgomery 1993: 57). This statement indicates that Marilla and Anne have totally different worldviews. These conflicting worldviews cause a great deal of conflict between Marilla and Anne."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Montgomery, L.M (1993), Anne of Green Gables, Wordsworth Classics, Great Britian.

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