Little Women is the story of four girls that were growing up during the American Civil War. Each of the girls, all sisters, has different personality traits and characteristics that are developed throughout the book. Meg, the oldest, is the sensible sister, while Jo is tomboyish and independent. Beth is musical and shy and finally, Amy, the youngest, is the most materialistic of the four. The girls grew up in a very close family and strived to support each other in their dreams. Throughout the book, the girls' love for each other is strong, as they face the different challenges and joys of growing up. .
Jo March finds the restrictions of being a woman in her time almost unbearable. She is a feminist who wants to dress like a boy, to have the freedom that men do, and to think for herself. .
Even though Jo, as a woman, has talents and abilities and is more than a person that must be trained to be a wife and mother, she is convinced (by society) that only men have the freedom to decide what they become in their adulthood. Jo believes this because throughout much of the history of Western civilization, deep-rooted cultural beliefs allow women only limited roles in society. Many people believed that women's natural roles were as mothers and wives. These people considered women to be better as mothers and wives rather than as anything else. Widespread belief that women were intellectually inferior to men led most societies to limit women's education to learning domestic skills. In contrast to what her other sisters (and most women of the time) think about womanhood, Jo does not want to grow up to be a mother devoted to her husband and children like every woman in that time is expected to be. She has dreams about becoming a writer and the thought of not being able to be so because of her sexuality is terrifying to her "I hate to think I've got to grow up and be Miss March, and wear long gowns, and look as prim as a China aster-(4).
Little Women It all begins in the dead of winter; The Christmas Season. ... The next day, Jo goes over to he Great Aunt marches to read the Bible out loud to her. ... She sends Jo over to Aunt Marches to borrow some money for the train ticket. ... Jo walks in with $25.00, Marmee was surprised that Aunt March could spare that much. ... As Marmee leaves they all hug, and she says, " I shall miss my little women." ...
Little Women takes place in New England. ... March is finally home again. ... They had married very simply and had moved out and been on their own in their little house. ... Beth and Jo have a little talk and Beth is able to tell Jo that her time will come soon and she is ready to leave this world. ... When Aunt March passes away Jo had been left her estate. ...
The book, Little Women, is enjoyable because it's realistic, its characters are unforgettable, and the author wrote it so you never get bored. Little Women is a story about a poor family of girls and the time they spend growing up during the Civil War. The March family consists of Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy, and their mother, Marmee. ... The second reason I like Little Women is because its characters are unforgettable. ... The final reason I think Little Women is a great novel is because the author wrote it so you never get bored. ...
Jo refuses to let Amy go with her to the theater. In retaliation, Amy burns Jo's manuscript, and Jo, in her anger, nearly lets Amy drown while ice-skating. ... Little Women is a sentimental, coming-of-age novel. ... Though it is a simple story about the four March girls' journeys from childhood to adulthood, Little Women centers on the conflict between two emphases in a young woman's life "that which she places on herself, and that which she places on her family. ... She contrasts the Marches with more well to do young women like Amy Moffat and Sally Gardiner. ...
The novel Little Women by Louisa May Alcott and the short story How Celia Changed her Mind by Rose Terry Cooke are examples of works whose authors use their fictional characters to present alternative views to marriage. In Little Women, Louisa May Alcott uses her main character, Jo March, to present unconventional views to her audience. Jo is outspoken and opinionated. ... The narrator notes, "Jo had the least self-control, and had hard times trying to curb the fiery spirit which was continually getting her into trouble" Jo is independent, socially and, eventually, financially. ... Al...
I will argue why, and discuss how, Little Women and Peter Pan fall into this category of educating their respective readers. Little Women is first and foremost a girl's novel "it is written by a girl, about girls, and for girls. It has been said that Little Women has in it the universal theme of human nature (Meigs, 213). ... Another example of this is the basic contrast between the March sisters and better-off young women like Amy Moffat and Sally Gardiner. ... In Little Women, Alcott accepts this inevitable changeover with the four March sisters maturing as the book progresse...
March. ... The March family's extreme resemblance of the Alcott family give Little Women a incomparable core unlike many other written novels during the late 1800's. ... Jo's love for nature is also portrayed in Little Women, when Jo is walking through the woods picking wild flowers. ... Jo March and her sisters are seen in Little Women becoming one with nature, and appreciating the world they've been blessed with. ... A Review of "Little Women; or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy", in The Nation, Vol. ...
Little Women, By Louisa May AlcottDouglas tells readers that, "Louisa May Alcott was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania on 1832aE(i). ... Perhaps the most famous of all her works was the children"s novel Little Women. ... Little Women is the story of four sisters as they learn and eventually grow to be women. ... The "Pickwick PortfolioaE in essence is the family journal designed by the girls in Little Women. ... Through a confession to Jo in Little Women, the reader learns that Marmee was at once hot tempered and quick to fly off, but overcame this and became an excellent model for ...
Several of her works are Little Women, An old fashioned girl, Little Men, Eight Cousins, Rose in Bloom, and Moods. The work that impacted her life and played a major role was Little Women. ... In this book she is can be very much compared to Jo March. ... She didn't want to write little women. ... Little Women was an amazing work. ...
