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Child Development Student 💚🇹🇷☪️🇵🇸 "The world calls them its singers, poets, artists, and storytellers, but they are just people who have never forgotten the way to fairyland..."

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AYEESHA                       

I am a little boy from Sudan. I live hand in hand with death, like every person living here. Every day someone among us dies. One of these dead people was my little sister. Me and my sister got along very well, and we would get away from our painful life together and dive into different dreams. But my poor sister Ayeesha couldn't stand the hunger and thirst that weighed heavily on her tiny body and she died in her sleep one night. The name Ayeesha actually means so living. My mother and father gave her this name so she would live for many years. But unfortunately, my little sister didn't live long. Since the day I lost her, I stopped dreaming and started feeling hopeless. I kept thinking about my sister's death. Was it better for her to die? Maybe because she passed away from this world, she was now free from her painful life and found peace. But I was left alone and continued to struggle with these troubles. All my beautiful dreams were crushed to dust under the bitter realities I experienced. My hopes that I could have a future were gone…

For me, living in Africa means not being able to experience my childhood. From the moment we are born, we begin to receive painful blows from life. Life makes us grow up early because of the troubles we experience. From the moment we come into the world, we find ourselves in a life-and-death struggle. So why do we have to live in this war? The only question in our minds when we wake up every morning is: Will we find a slice of bread to eat or a drop of water to drink today? Our only desire in this life is to feed ourselves, quench our thirst, and find some clothes to wear. If we can find clean water, we use it for drinking. That's why we never wash. We cover our entire bodies with mud to protect ourselves from getting lice. But why do we have to suffer these troubles? Why does life despise us? Why can't we live a happy and peaceful life like other people? When I asked these questions to my mother, she said that this life is our destiny and we must live our destiny. But why is our destiny written this way? Or can we change our destiny by doing something? Or will we always live struggling with these troubles until we die? I wonder if we will have happy and peaceful lives in the future, like the dreams we had with my brother in the past? Will we live to reach that future? I don't know… All I know is; that I have to continue living no matter what…

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Illustrations by Hideaki Matsuura from "Anne of Green Gables Handmade Picture Book".

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"Is it settled yet where you are going to live?" asked Diana, cuddling Small Anne Cordelia with the inimitable gesture of motherhood which always sent through Anne's heart, filled with sweet, unuttered dreams and hopes, a thrill that was half pure pleasure and half a strange, ethereal pain."

Illustrations by Hideaki Matsuura from "Anne of Green Gables Handmade Picture Book".

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Ernst Stöhr  - Couple by the Lake

This picture gives me the Shirbert vibe. It especially reminds me of this moment:

"They were leaning on the bridge of the old pond, drinking deep of the enchantment of the dusk, just at the spot where Anne had climbed from her sinking Dory on the day Elaine floated down to Camelot. The fine, empurpling dye of sunset still stained the western skies, but the moon was rising and the water lay like a great, silver dream in her light. Remembrance wove a sweet and subtle spell over the two young creatures."

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"Miss Cornelia is a darling, isn't she?" said Anne. "Gilbert and I were invited to her house to a state tea last week. You've heard of groaning tables."

"I seem to recall seeing the expression in the newspaper reports of weddings," said Leslie, smiling.

"Well, Miss Cornelia's groaned--at least, it creaked--positively. You couldn't have believed she would have cooked so much for two ordinary people. She had every kind of pie you could name, I think--except lemon pie. She said she had taken the prize for lemon pies at the Charlottetown Exhibition ten years ago and had never made any since for fear of losing her reputation for them."

"Were you able to eat enough pie to please her?"

"I wasn't. Gilbert won her heart by eating--I won't tell you how much. She said she never knew a man who didn't like pie better than his Bible."

Illustrations by Hideaki Matsuura from "Anne of Green Gables Handmade Picture Book".

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"Anne and Gilbert put their nest in order, rambled on the shores, sailed on the harbor, drove about Four Winds and the Glen, or through the ferny, sequestered roads of the woods around the harbor head; in short, had such a honeymoon as any lovers in the world might have envied them."

Illustrations by Hideaki Matsuura from "Anne of Green Gables Handmade Picture Book".

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Manhwa icons

character: hyeondo oh

manhwa: selfish romance/ 이기적 연애론

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Illustrations by Hideaki Matsuura from "Anne of Green Gables Handmade Picture Book".

Gil proposes to Anne for the second time.

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AYEESHA                       

I am a little boy from Sudan. I live hand in hand with death, like every person living here. Every day someone among us dies. One of these dead people was my little sister. Me and my sister got along very well, and we would get away from our painful life together and dive into different dreams. But my poor sister Ayeesha couldn't stand the hunger and thirst that weighed heavily on her tiny body and she died in her sleep one night. The name Ayeesha actually means so living. My mother and father gave her this name so she would live for many years. But unfortunately, my little sister didn't live long. Since the day I lost her, I stopped dreaming and started feeling hopeless. I kept thinking about my sister's death. Was it better for her to die? Maybe because she passed away from this world, she was now free from her painful life and found peace. But I was left alone and continued to struggle with these troubles. All my beautiful dreams were crushed to dust under the bitter realities I experienced. My hopes that I could have a future were gone…

For me, living in Africa means not being able to experience my childhood. From the moment we are born, we begin to receive painful blows from life. Life makes us grow up early because of the troubles we experience. From the moment we come into the world, we find ourselves in a life-and-death struggle. So why do we have to live in this war? The only question in our minds when we wake up every morning is: Will we find a slice of bread to eat or a drop of water to drink today? Our only desire in this life is to feed ourselves, quench our thirst, and find some clothes to wear. If we can find clean water, we use it for drinking. That's why we never wash. We cover our entire bodies with mud to protect ourselves from getting lice. But why do we have to suffer these troubles? Why does life despise us? Why can't we live a happy and peaceful life like other people? When I asked these questions to my mother, she said that this life is our destiny and we must live our destiny. But why is our destiny written this way? Or can we change our destiny by doing something? Or will we always live struggling with these troubles until we die? I wonder if we will have happy and peaceful lives in the future, like the dreams we had with my brother in the past? Will we live to reach that future? I don't know… All I know is; that I have to continue living no matter what…

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Character Analysis of Gilbert Blythe Part 1

“I guess Gilbert Blythe will be in school today,” said Diana. “He’s been visiting his cousins over in New Brunswick all summer and he only came home Saturday night. He’s aw’fly handsome, Anne. And he teases the girls something terrible. He just torments our lives out.”

Gilbert Blythe?” said Anne. “Isn’t his name that’s written up on the porch wall with Julia Bell’s and a big ‘Take Notice’ over them?”

“Yes,” said Diana, tossing her head, “but I’m sure he doesn’t like Julia Bell so very much. I’ve heard him say he studied the multiplication table by her freckles.”

You’ll have Gilbert in your class after this,” said Diana, “and he’s used to being head of his class, I can tell you. He’s only in the fourth book although he’s nearly fourteen. Four years ago his father was sick and had to go out to Alberta for his health and Gilbert went with him. They were there three years and Gil didn’t go to school hardly any until they came back. You won’t find it so easy to keep head after this, Anne.”

From the first sentence, we learn that he has relatives. He gets along so well with his cousins that he and probably his parents spend the whole summer with their relatives. It means that their family ties are strong. And his good looks made him popular in the class. He makes fun of girls like any other 19th-century boy. Perhaps because he is the most popular and handsome boy in the class, no one objects to his teasing.I think that might be why he was arrogant. And he makes fun of the girls' appearance. This is of course not a good thing. We will examine his character development anyway. This is his personality before Anne came into his life: a cocky, sarcastic, popular and handsome boy. We learn that he stayed in Alberta for 3 years due to his father's illness. His mother probably stayed in Avonlea to look after the farm and he went with his father and he must have been around 9-10 when he left. I think going with his father and taking a break from school for 3 years shows his self-sacrificing and thoughtful side. Also, he is the top student in his class, so he is a hard-working and intelligent child. Here the book shows us both his good points and his flaws, and this makes him more realistic.

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I saw a huge grey-purple moon in my dream last night. It was the biggest and brightest moon I've ever seen in my life. But I saw it in my dream, not in my life :) I don't remember if a moon of this color was described in the Emily series, but I think it may be related to the fact that I finished reading this series yesterday.

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I started reading EONM again after two years. I might share my thoughts if they change. We'll see. 🌸

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I have a question for Anne of Windy Poplar's fans. Have you ever imagined Gilbert's reactions when you read Anne's letters to Gilbert? If you did, could you share what they were like? And that's something that came to mind. Apart from Anne, there are a few characters in the AOGG series that we've read letters from (or anything like that in a short note). The ones that come to mind are Mrs. Lynde, Phil and Stella, and Davy from Anne of The Island. And they all have their own unique style of writing letters. Unfortunately, we haven't read any of Gilbert's letters, I wish we could have seen even one :( So, does anyone have any thoughts about what Gilbert's style of writing letters would be like? Not necessarily for Anne, but in general. Anyone interested can answer this question, but I'd like to read from @gogandmagog if she has any thoughts on the subject, knowing that she's a Gilbert Blythe expert in the fandom. Thank you in advance :)

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i’d care if the person i reblogged this from vanished

idc if you reblog this from me but reblog it every time you see one of your friends or mutuals have reblogged it

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They’re so pretty! 🥹

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Anne ♾️ Gilbert 

Gilbert, to be sure, was still faithful, and waded up to Green Gables every possible evening. But Gilbert’s visits were not what they once were. Anne almost dreaded them. It was very disconcerting to look up in the midst of a sudden silence and find Gilbert’s hazel eyes fixed upon her with a quite unmistakable expression in their grave depths; and it was still more disconcerting to find herself blushing hotly and uncomfortably under his gaze, just as if—just as if—well, it was very embarrassing. Anne wished herself back at Patty’s Place, where there was always somebody else about to take the edge off a delicate situation. At Green Gables Marilla went promptly to Mrs. Lynde’s domain when Gilbert came and insisted on taking the twins with her. The significance of this was unmistakable and Anne was in a helpless fury over it.

We see Gilbert's patience begin to wear thin in this paragraph. Why do you think Gilbert didn't propose when Mrs. Lynde and Marilla deliberately left them alone in the parlor? Considering the intense way he looked at Anne, having come to see her almost daily, I think he wanted to propose, but somehow couldn't speak, or perhaps he didn't want the housefolk around, even if they weren't parlor. But the way he looked at her makes it seem like he wanted to express his feelings as clearly as possible without speaking, and he succeeded. We know it felt very weird for Anne, of course ;) but I'd love to read about that moment(s) in detail—the awkward silence, the tension, etc. I asked the question on Reddit but didn't quite get the answers I wanted. I'm curious about your thoughts on this paragraph

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Anne ♾️ Gilbert 

Gilbert, to be sure, was still faithful, and waded up to Green Gables every possible evening. But Gilbert’s visits were not what they once were. Anne almost dreaded them. It was very disconcerting to look up in the midst of a sudden silence and find Gilbert’s hazel eyes fixed upon her with a quite unmistakable expression in their grave depths; and it was still more disconcerting to find herself blushing hotly and uncomfortably under his gaze, just as if—just as if—well, it was very embarrassing. Anne wished herself back at Patty’s Place, where there was always somebody else about to take the edge off a delicate situation. At Green Gables Marilla went promptly to Mrs. Lynde’s domain when Gilbert came and insisted on taking the twins with her. The significance of this was unmistakable and Anne was in a helpless fury over it.

We see Gilbert's patience begin to wear thin in this paragraph. Why do you think Gilbert didn't propose when Mrs. Lynde and Marilla deliberately left them alone in the parlor? Considering the intense way he looked at Anne, having come to see her almost daily, I think he wanted to propose, but somehow couldn't speak, or perhaps he didn't want the housefolk around, even if they weren't parlor. But the way he looked at her makes it seem like he wanted to express his feelings as clearly as possible without speaking, and he succeeded. We know it felt very weird for Anne, of course ;) but I'd love to read about that moment(s) in detail—the awkward silence, the tension, etc. I asked the question on Reddit but didn't quite get the answers I wanted. I'm curious about your thoughts on this paragraph

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I have a question for Anne of Windy Poplar's fans. Have you ever imagined Gilbert's reactions when you read Anne's letters to Gilbert? If you did, could you share what they were like? And that's something that came to mind. Apart from Anne, there are a few characters in the AOGG series that we've read letters from (or anything like that in a short note). The ones that come to mind are Mrs. Lynde, Phil and Stella, and Davy from Anne of The Island. And they all have their own unique style of writing letters. Unfortunately, we haven't read any of Gilbert's letters, I wish we could have seen even one :( So, does anyone have any thoughts about what Gilbert's style of writing letters would be like? Not necessarily for Anne, but in general. Anyone interested can answer this question, but I'd like to read from @gogandmagog if she has any thoughts on the subject, knowing that she's a Gilbert Blythe expert in the fandom. Thank you in advance :)