O abandono afetivo e suas consequências retratadas na obra de L.M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables

Abstract

The present work has as its theme the consequences of affective abandonment experienced by Anne Shirley, a character from Lucy M. Montgomery’s book Anne of Green Gables. Aiming to study and analyze the main consequences that this abandonment left on Anne's personality. To justify these questions, a bibliographic, qualitative and descriptive research was carried out. With theoretical support from studies in the field of psychology, among them the main authors being Bowlby (1990), Bicca (2019) and Winnicott (2019). Finally, it was concluded that Anne's life and personality was affected by the absence of affection, developing signs of anxiety, aggression, excessive fear and hopelessness that affected her perception of herself, decreasing her self-esteem and making her believe that good things could not happen to her. The analysis of the basis of several scholars on the subject, such as psychologists, psychiatrists and professors, were crucial for this conclusion.