In order to write a character sketch of Anne Shirley, the protagonist of Lucy Maud Montgomery's novel, Anne of Green Gables, one should go through the book and write down the passages in which Anne describes herself, of which there are many. In addition to being a lively, imaginative, quirky, talkative, dramatic person, the character of Anne is also much given to self-reflection. She remarks that: "There's such a lot of different Annes in me. I sometimes think that is why I'm such a troublesome person. If I was just the one Anne it would be ever so much more comfortable, but then it wouldn't be half so interesting." Anne links her conflicted nature to her physiognomy as well as her temperament, and frequently mentions her red hair as evidence of her fiery nature. "You'd find it easier to be bad than good if you had red hair," she remarks, adding that "People who haven't red hair don't know what trouble is." LM Montgomery uses the strategy of creating internal conflict and external pathos (we first meet Anne as an orphan) in order to generate sympathy for her. She uses Anne's facility for getting in trouble through her imaginative schemes in order to generate interest in Anne's feelings and relationships.
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