Anne，s Spiritual Journey in Anne of Green Gables.docVIP

Anne，s Spiritual Journey in Anne of Green Gables 　　【Abstract】Lucy Maud Montgomery （1847-1942） is an outstanding Canadian writer. She is famed especially because of her novel Anne of Green Gables. The novel narrates a story about Anne， a freckled and imaginative red-haired girl. Montgomery shapes the spiritual journey of Anne from the period of an orphan to the period of a mature lady by employing Freud’s personality theory. 　　【Key words】Freud； Anne； id； ego 　　【摘要】露西?莫德?蒙哥马利（1847-1942）是加拿大著名的女作家，她因《绿山墙的安妮》而一举成名。《绿山墙的安妮》描述了一个满脸雀斑又沉湎于幻想的红发女孩安妮。蒙哥马利塑造了安妮从孤儿到成熟女性转变的心理历程。本文拟通过弗洛伊德的人格理论的角度出发，对《绿山墙的安妮》中的主要人物安妮的心灵历程进行论述分析。 　　【关键词】弗洛伊德 安妮 本我 自我 　　The Canadian female writer Lucy Maud Montgomery （1847-1942） is regarded as one of the most famous and beloved writers throughout the world. Anne of Green Gables is one of her novels in Anne series. It is a worldwide classic. Mark Twain believed that Montgomery had created “the dearest， and the most lovable child in fiction since the immortal Alice”. 　　1.Anne’s Id―Pursuit of Sense of Belonging to a Home 　　Freud’s personality theory is part and parcel of understanding the mental state of the main character in Anne of Green Gables. The central character Anne is dominated by the id in the former part of the novel. This aspect is mainly shown in her pursuit of sense of belonging . 　　Anne’s id is completely unconscious， instinctive and primitive. Anne wants to change her miserable fate in the orphan asylum. There she is in shortage of food and lacks of a feeling of belonging to a home， thus she pursues a warm home. She tries to avoid some pain and misfortune. What Anne does just follows her own instinct and the principle of pleasure. The living condition in the asylum is really terrible. Anne describes the asylum as a place “it’s worse than anything you could imagine. You can’t possibly understand what it is like.” As to Anne， she is a girl who is optimistic. She is full of enthusiasm towards life. But from her description of t