Laurie In Little Women

Jane, like Thursday, denies this proposal and follows her heart. She returns to Thornfield to marry Mr. Rochester. It would have been easy for these two women to succumb to societal expectations and rush into a marriage with suitable men for the purpose of conforming to society. Jane and Thursday empower women by proving that patience and love is the most rewarding. By rejecting their marriage proposals, Jane Eyre and Thursday Next empower other women to take control of their lives and choose their spouses.

As a feminist, Jane is able to protect herself when she is in a situation where she needs to be defended. For instance, when her brutish older cousin John hurls a hardcover book at her head, she pounces back by attacking him in defense. She also faces no difficulty in successfully defeating her cold-hearted aunt in a verbal fight, just at the tender age of ten. Jane is surely unafraid of the consequences that she has to face on actions that she believes as rightfully done. This amazing trait remains even as she proceeds into adulthood and meets the love of her life. She is able to deal with, and even stand up to Mr. Rochester’s unreasonable verbal attacks directed at her. She clearly shows her dauntless side of her personality, by speaking her own mind when Mr. Rochester demands for the money that he had given her. Jane refuses clear cut, and Mr. Rochester asks to then at least let him see the cash. Jane refuses again by retorting that he is “not to be trusted.” Jane has an honest and truthful soul who knows how to speak for herself, unlike many women during this period of time. Jane is never concerned about what other people would think of her if she tells them the exact truth about everything. She is able to inform her departure by cancelling off the wedding between herself and Mr. Rochester after what she had witnessed and experienced. Jane cries out “you are a married man-or as good as a married man, and wed to one inferior to you- to one with whom you have no sympathy- whom I do not believe you truly love; for I have seen and heard you sneer at her. I would scorn such a union: therefore I am better than you- let me go!” Jane is able to truthfully utter her thoughts, her true opinion without being afraid; even if it was to someone she dearly loved. When Mr. Rochester angrily cries out, “Jane, be still; don’t struggle so, like a wild frantic bird that is rending its own plumage in its

Laurie S. Miller was an assistant professor at Clarion University. She was also the advisor The Clarion Call and the Society of Collegiate Journalists. Also was the former adjunct professor at Point Park University, former instructor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and West Virginia University, Morgantown, W.Va. As if that was impressive enough the late Miller was a former reporter for the Tribune-Review in Greenburg and worked at The Daily Courier in Connellsville. Miller of 320 Evergreen Drive, Mt. Pleasant, Pa. was born July 10, 1958. She leaves behind her loving son Dylan S. Ramsier of Greensburg, Pa., her mother Margaret E. Miller of Dawson, her sister Janice L. Covert of Jacksonville, Fla., and her two bothers Robert M. Miller and Scott E. Miller of Connellsville, Pa., and

Through a close reading of the selected passage of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre: An Autobiography, a reader can see that Jane attempts to separate herself from her decisions by personifying her emotions and giving them a specific voice, which strongly reflects the societal views of the time. At this point in the story, Jane has discovered, on her wedding day, that Mr. Rochester is still married to a woman named Bertha, and that woman still lives in his house. Distraught, Jane locks herself in her room and tries to decide what she should do. When she wakes up the next day, she is again confronted with what she needs to do in the wake of her discovery.

One thing that people seem to forget is that people seem to become desensitized after a certain amount of time. Accomplishing the things that Alcott did during her time of the Civil war, allowed her to become a better person, more mature. Fortunately, Louisa desired to know life in all its uncertainties, being given an opportunity to experience life in “all its true variety”. As a nurse, she saw and bandaged thousands of wounded soldiers, little did she know that maybe she fell in love with one man in

As a desperate mother, she decides to forgo these feelings of dread to do right by her child. She does make a final attempt to subvert the danger by implying that she is married by giving the name of Mrs. Lutie Johnson. This could be taken as she had a husband all along but based on the reading, she is likely using this as a deflection tactic. A man, when

In the novel, Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre has the option of either marrying Rochester or St. John Rivers. Rochester and St. John Rivers are foils, however they do share some characteristics. Both Rochester and St. John Rivers have many strengths and weaknesses that influence Jane Eyre’s choice of whom she shall marry.

Louisa May Alcott is an American Novelist best known as the author of the novel “Little Women”. Louisa was born in November 1982, grew up in Germantown- Washington D.C and was known to be an abolitionist, feminist and also a naturalist. Being a naturalist meant that she believed that nothing existed beyond the natural earth i.e. no such thing as spirituality or the supernatural. Her family suffered from financial difficulties and so Alcott had to work to support her family in an early age. She penned the story “My Contraband” (1869) which was formerly known as “The Brothers” (1863). Contraband was a black slave who escaped to or was brought within union lines (Alcott 759). In “My Contraband”, Louisa

The world Curley’s Wife lives in is one where women are discriminated against and as a result, women are treated way differently. In a letter from John Steinbeck to Claire Luce, Steinbeck tells Ms. Luce how, “No man has ever considered her as anything except a girl to try to make. She has never talked to a man except in the sexual fencing conversation.” (Steinbeck).

"Her hand moved behind his head and supported it. Her fingers moved gently in his hair. She looked up and across the barn, and her lips came together and smiled mysteriously"(Steinbeck 455). Rose, even after losing her child, was still able to keep the flicker of life and hope in the young boys Pa to save him from certain death. With all the struggles the Joad family went through to get this far even this little action of kindness made allowed Rose to feel happy once again.

These men would look out for Louisa and her three sisters, keeping the girls from going hungry and cold in the harsh New England winters. The men’s kindness and direct influence on Louisa as she grew up would add to the influence reform movements had on Louisa May Alcott.

In the movie the “Breakfast Club” there were five main characters. One of them being a girl named claire. She's known as the princess of the group. Claire is very popular in their school, she's in all the clubs that make her popular. In the movie Claire is made fun of for a lot of things, the person making fun of her is a guy named Bender.

Jo realizes that everything she has ever done is either to protect or benefit Beth. This even meant not falling in love with Teddy or anyone else for that matter, as it would be something coming in between their relationship.

Furthermore, Jane says “I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself” (Chapter 27, Bronte.) This statement greatly represents the growth that Jane has undergone. She no longer dreads the solitude that once haunted her because she respects herself enough to realize that she did not deserve to experience such great dismay. Through independence and self-recognition, Jane has discovered the importance of loving oneself. Without the reliance on the thoughts of others, the once extremely troubled girl found bliss through a lack of outside control. In regards to her relationship with Mr. Rochester, Jane understands that she must leave him behind to maintain her own well-being. She does not allow the wealth or proclaimed love from Rochester to skew her decisions and she does not linger to dominate the life of her lover. Instead, she moves forward to continue her endless pursuit of happiness and independence.

Jane despite being the oldest identity of Jasmine is the least independent and happy of them all. Jane only lived in Iowa due to the fear of Sukhwinder harming her again by trying to kill her or her Taylor, like he did with Prakash (189). She only chose to stay with bud for the sake of safety and had to repay all he had done for her by living with him (231). When Jane does live with Bud she loses many aspects of Jase and changes to an identity more like Jasmine. However, despite Prakesh forcing changes to Jasmine he was doing so that she could argue with him, make decisions with him and be an equal to him later down the line (78). Bud, on the other hand, does not try to make Jane his equal or help her to change in a more positive way be making her more