Anne Of Green Gables: Plot Analysis

Introduction to Folklore explores the basic folklore concepts and examines the major genres related. The objective of the course is to help us understand ourselves, communities, and people outside of our everyday lives. This term paper asks us to find an item of digital or family group folklore, analyze the text within its context to determine its validity as folklore. The potential item of folklore I have chosen is the traditions my family has carried in relation to the popular story of “Anne of Green Gables” and how my family has crafted some of our beliefs and values from the history, book, and play.
The book, written by L.M. Montgomery and set in Prince Edward Island, Canada, tells the story of the new family set in place when elderly brother and sister adopt a young girl named Anne. My family has identified with this story throughout my childhood, annually visiting Montgomery Island.
The objective of this term paper is to determine if our family’s identification to the “Green Gables” story is, in fact, folklore. Throughout the rest of this writing, we will analyze these family activities and compare them to Martha C. Sims and
The etic interpretation on “Anne of Green Gables” is that outsiders view people who appreciate fine arts as “pretentious” or “snobbish” (Orlik 307). Other people may view us as uppity people go every year to a stage performance of the play to portray a sense of class, where the real reason is to relate to our heritage and family