# How does Anne of Green Gables develop the theme of Imagination and Creativity?

> Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery

## Answer

Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery develops Imagination and Creativity across the chapters the companion marks for this theme.

Anne's vivid imagination is central to her character, allowing her to transform ordinary life into something beautiful and to cope with hardship, though it often clashes with the practical, rigid expectations of Avonlea society.

Anne's vivid imagination is central to the chapter, as she describes sleeping in a wild cherry tree, imagining marble halls, and creating stories about other orphans.

Anne's imaginative naming of places (e.g., 'White Way of Delight') and her desire to be called 'Cordelia' highlight her creative escape from harsh reality.

Anne's vivid imagination is on full display as she names the cherry tree 'Snow Queen,' the geranium 'Bonny,' and imagines staying at Green Gables forever.

## Evidence

- [ii-matthew-cuthbert-is-surprised](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anne_of_green_gables_se/chapters/ii-matthew-cuthbert-is-surprised.md): Anne's vivid imagination is central to the chapter, as she describes sleeping in a wild cherry tree, imagining marble halls, and creating stories about other orphans.
- [iii-marilla-cuthbert-is-surprised](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anne_of_green_gables_se/chapters/iii-marilla-cuthbert-is-surprised.md): Anne's imaginative naming of places (e.g., 'White Way of Delight') and her desire to be called 'Cordelia' highlight her creative escape from harsh reality.
- [iv-morning-at-green-gables](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anne_of_green_gables_se/chapters/iv-morning-at-green-gables.md): Anne's vivid imagination is on full display as she names the cherry tree 'Snow Queen,' the geranium 'Bonny,' and imagines staying at Green Gables forever.
- [v-anne-s-history](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anne_of_green_gables_se/chapters/v-anne-s-history.md): Anne uses her imagination to cope with her harsh past, envisioning her parents' house and finding comfort in romantic thoughts.
- [vii-anne-says-her-prayers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anne_of_green_gables_se/chapters/vii-anne-says-her-prayers.md): Anne transforms the act of prayer into a creative, personal expression, thanking God for her own poetic names for places and crafting a prayer that feels genuine to her imaginative spirit.
- [viii-anne-s-bringing-up-is-begun](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anne_of_green_gables_se/chapters/viii-anne-s-bringing-up-is-begun.md): Anne's vivid imagination is central, as she creates imaginary friends like Katie Maurice and Violetta, and daydreams about being the Lady Cordelia Fitzgerald.
- [x-anne-s-apology](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anne_of_green_gables_se/chapters/x-anne-s-apology.md): Anne uses her imagination to cope with confinement, envisioning herself as the wind and finding solace in nature.
- [xi-anne-s-impressions-of-sunday-school](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anne_of_green_gables_se/chapters/xi-anne-s-impressions-of-sunday-school.md): Anne uses her imagination to transform her plain dress into a white muslin with puffed sleeves and to find beauty in the Lake of Shining Waters during the long prayer.

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