Anne is up all night taking care of Minnie Mae, saving her life. And when the doctor finally arrives in the morning Anne still has enough strength to talk intelligently to the doctor about what happened. Even though nobody doubts that Anne saved the girl's life, Anne doesn't gloat. Marila has to hear about it from the doctor and Mrs. Lynde.
Matthew showing a little backbone when Marilla refuses to let Anne attend a Christmas ball and tells Matthew not to interfere when he tries to change her mind.
Matthew: Fact is, Marilla, you never went to a ball. Fact is, this whole idea's got you scared to death. That little girl ought to have all the kindness we can give her. We've got no call to raise her as cheerless as we was. It ain't interfering to have an opinion. Besides, it's Christmas. You ought to let her go.
Anne winning the Avery Scholarship.
After being forced to cut off her dyed hair, Anne swears that she'll never ever look at herself in the mirror again.
Then she suddenly righted the glass.
“Yes, I will, too. I’d do penance for being wicked that way. I’ll look at myself every time I come to my room and see how ugly I am. And I won’t try to imagine it away, either.”
Anne of Ingleside:
Walter, at the age of six, walks six miles from Lowbridge to Ingleside, alone, in the middle of the night, because he thinks Anne is dying.
