Clue 5

Mini 1. What is the theme of "About Effie"?
I think the theme of "About Effie" is that you should never give up hope. She always hoped and hoped and never lost faith that "he" would come and take her away. I believe that the author wanted to tell us that if we don't give up hope, we will get what we hoped for. In real life though, sometimes no matter how much you want something, God just didn't put that in His plan. And so sometimes we don't get it even if we don't give up hoping. But this author wanted us to see the side of life where when you hope hard enough, and be patient, you'll get it.

Mini 2. Find a verse from the Bible that relates to the theme of "About Effie" and include it in your written responses.
1 Timothy 5:5
"The widow who is really in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day to pray and to ask God for help."
Forget the widow part, but the last, highlighted part is the best connection to the theme in "About Effie".

1. Effie is waiting for someone throughout the whole story. And finally he comes at the end. She never once mentions his name, only talks about him and leaves hints in her words. She is waiting for "him". I think she's waiting for Jesus to come and save her. To take her away.

2. Number 1: "She just called him "him," and sometimes it was even "they," as if there wre a thousand of them or something."
-----She could be talking about the Holy Trinity when she says "they". God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
Number 2: "Of course not. Don't be silly. Why, if I went to Timbuctoo he'd just as soon find me there. Or in Madagascar even. I don't have to wait around in any old Toronto."
-----God can find us anywhere, no matter where we are.
Number 3: "Besides, it's not just me he's after."
-----God wants all his children at by his side. He wants all of us back. Not just one of us. Although, he's plenty happy when one of us is back to Him.
I think Timothy Findley put these clues into the story because he wanted to show us what he thought about God and his thoughts on God's character.

3. Sure. Why not? I'm not sure if Timothy Findley on purposely put those clues in the story, or he might actually have thought of something else and wrote. He left the readers to guess and decide who "he" was. Some people decided to interpret his clues this way. They decided that the author wanted Effie to wait for Jesus, to wait for him to come and save her, to take her away?