When we are young and going to school for the first time we look forward to the new and exciting; the chance to learn life lessons and most importantly making friends. Then as we get older and enter society we want to belong, whether it’s part of a group, or just fitting in. We often look to society for support no matter if it’s given physically, emotionally, financially or medically. In L.M Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables, the character was a normal girl who tries to change many aspects of herself to fit in, before coming to Green Gables she already had a good head on her shoulders and then she started to lose sight of herself along the way to conform to society norms, but after all her good and bad experiences she grew into a young mature adult. Anne was a strong individual, knew what she wanted and had an imagination that would take her there. She would dream up great things so she can escape from being so unhappy and feeling unwanted. She tries and changes the world around her into a magical place and she hopes that things can be better. At the young age of eleven, she surpassed her age group in dialogue and imagination, but her look told another story. L.M Montgomery describes Anne as: A child of about eleven, garbed in a very short, very tight, very ugly dress of yellowish gray wincey. She wore a faded brown sailor hat and beneath the hat, extending down her back, were two braids of very thick, decidedly red hair. Her face was small, white and thin, also much freckled; her mouth was large and so were her eyes that looked green in some lights and moods and gray in others. (Montgomery 11) Anne was poor, special and an odd looking girl. She was very outspoken and talkative. Something the community of Green Gables was not used to. They believed that children are meant to be seen and not heard. Anne still has much to learn about when it is best time to speak up and when not to. L.M Montgomery emphasizes the character as a passionate individual: It’s such a relief to talk when one wants to and not to be told that children should be seen and not heard. I’ve had that said to me a million times if I have once. And people laugh at me because I use big wor