The Conflict between Personal Development and Social...

As Lissa Paul points out in her essay the period from the late nineteenth till the early twentieth century plays an important role in the development of children’s literature. According to Paul during this period â€Å"colonial and patriarchal values† became more apparent in culture and society. As a result, British story papers as Girl’s Own Paper started to circulate. This magazine for girls was founded in 1880 and canvassed the struggle between traditional domestic ideologies and the idea of the â€Å"new woman† (Paul 119). Claudia Nelson argues that by reading those magazines girls were expected to adopt virtues such as â€Å"purity, obedience, dependence, self-sacrifice and service† (141). However, they also encouraged girls to have â€Å"intelligence,†¦show more content†¦In creating Anne Shirley, the protagonist of Anne of Green Gables, Montgomery dramatizes the struggle of a girl who initially does not conform to the conventional i deas and the expectations society imposes on her. However, tracing her developments, the novel narrates how Anne eventually learns to negotiate between social expectations ad her own desires. When Lucy Maud Montgomery published her most memorable novel Anne of Green Gables in 1908 it was an immediate success. The story about the little red-headed orphan girl Anne Shirley bears some similarities to Montgomery’s own life. Although she was not an orphan as Anne was, Montgomery did also suffer from a rigid upbringing. Maud’s grandparents took her in after her mother died before she was only two years old and her father, grief-stricken over his wife’s death, left her and Prince Edward Island shortly after that. Like Anne, Maud Montgomery was a very emotional and passionate girl, who loved nature and observing the world around her. From a very early age onwards Maud used her writings as a way to express herself. At age sixteen, she began publishing poems and stories a nd later she became a novelist (Watson 486). After her grandfather died in 1898, Maud, at age twenty-four, became responsible for the household duties, helping herShow MoreRelatedLittle Women By Louisa Alcott1260 Words   |  6 PagesChapters 24 to 47 were published in 1869 under the title Good Wives Louisa (1869). Louisa May Alcott’s personal life is demonstrated in the first book hence acting as a form of semiautobiographical where it largely reflects on the experiences as she grows up with her sisters in New England. She was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania on November 29, 1832 (Reisen). Thus, the book reflects her personal live with the authors demand on the need to know whether who of the sister married forcing her to addRead MoreLiterary Criticism : The Free Encyclopedia 7351 Words   |  30 Pageslife s questions with the expectation that these will result from gaining experience of the world. The genre evolved from folklore tales of a dunce or youngest son going o ut in the world to seek his fortune. Usually in the beginning of the story there is an emotional loss which makes the protagonist leave on his journey. In a Bildungsroman, the goal is maturity, and the protagonist achieves it gradually and with difficulty. The genre often features a main conflict between the main character and societyRead MoreRelationship Between Tourism and Cultural Heritage Management: Evidence from Hong Kong7693 Words   |  31 PagesARTICLE IN PRESS Tourism Management 26 (2005) 539–548 Relationship between tourism and cultural heritage management: evidence from Hong Kong$ Bob McKerchera,*, Pamela S. Y. Hoa, Hilary du Crosb b a School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong Department of Geography, The University of Hong Kong/School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Received 24 November 2003; accepted 4 February 2004