Essay on Little Women

At first, I thought the formatting of the book was a little bizarre, but as I delved deeper into the story, I grew to appreciate the setup of the book and how it showed the eight different perspectives of each of the girls. It really lets you see all the different dimensions and perspectives of what it really meant to be the prettiest or ugliest of each grade. This was great, as it let you see how some girls chose to embrace their label with open arms and how some didn’t let the labels define them. On the other hand, I loved all the characters, but one character that really fascinated me was Bridget Honeycutt. She had me hooked on her story, from her starving herself all summer to her finally learning her lesson.

Books that are more of this time, and sound more of the way eighth graders can understand. Are better for them to read. The topics that books use now are more about what eighth graders have to face. During the time that Little Women was written they dealt with things we don’t really have to deal with, and we deal with some things that they might not have had too. Overall in today’s time the world has changed. People have changed in many ways such as: how we dress, how we talk, how we act. All of these ways show that the world has changed ,and that kids in the eighth grade shouldn’t be reading these old book if it doesn’t relate to today’s

Considerably the most dominant theme in the novel is one of feminism and the struggle of women, both in America and in Africa, to be free of oppression and discrimination based on their gender. Although the suffragette movement in the US was active from 1848 , it was only in 1920 that women were given national voting rights votes in America. Women clearly had little political voice and black women less so. Primarily through Celie and Shug, Walker represents the inner struggles black women faced in order to free themselves from the dominance of men, additionally conveying how Christian views on the position of women in society strengthened the oppression they faced.

Imagine: A young boy scavenges for food to provide for his impoverished family which was composed of his ill mother and starving siblings or a homeless, single mom desperatley seeking for shelter. These synopses from "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt and "The Street" by Ann Petry share a common theme: perseverance through hardships. In "Angela's Ashes," a memoir by Frank McCourt, he stells about the harships he endured through his childhood, such as, struggling to assist his family in the midst of poverty by stealing food to provide for them. Futhermore, in "The Street," a novel by Ann Petry, tells the story of young Lutie Johnson, a homeless single mom who is seeking shelter for herself and her children. In these two excerpts, the authors use the characters, settings, and events to develop the theme, which I've identified as perseverance through hardships.

The narrator influenced the theme as she was being shaped into a person she did not want to be. Her mother continuously pushed her to be less like a tomboy and more like a typical girl. The narrator viewed the word “girl” as something she had to

7. Major Themes: Poverty Poverty is a major theme in this book because it is hard enough surviving while being unemployed but it is also difficult to survive while being employed. In this book with low wage payments it’s hard to keep up with the rent payments. Also trying to find cheap food and taking care of children is hard because of the low payments. 8.

They refuse to sit down, even when the teacher yells at them. I think another theme is individuality. The boys are trying to figure out who they are. They all go through transformations in how they act in situations. These themes relate to A Separate Piece.

The Victorian Era hailed many prolific authors, which were mostly male. A woman who wanted to be a writer at this time was not respected and would have been accused of being whimsical and flighty. However, women such as Louisa May Alcott redefined the norms and followed her heart with her pen by writing Little Women. The novel follows the lives of the four March sisters – Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March – detailing their passage from childhood to womanhood trying to find their place in society. Even though so much has changed in the last fifty years, gender roles still take a huge toll in society. Unfortunately, breaking down gender roles is not easy; as women are still

Louisa May Alcott was born in 1832 in Germantown, Pennsylvania where she was taught by her father who was a transcendentalist philosopher. She studied informally with other authors such as Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Theodore Parker. She has been publishing since 1851 poems, short stories, thrillers and juvenile tales. Her most popular novel was Little Women published in 1868. From what I read in a biography, she transformed her father’s story “Fruitland” to make it look like the woman was the hero. It says in the article that she: “makes her own creation out of his Fruitland's story, feminizes it, making the mother the hero and the father the fool”. I feel like Louisa wanted to mock her father’s story by telling her own that

Louisa May Alcott was a young and talented writer who wrote Little Women and was portrayed as Jo March, a main character. Alcott was in favor for women's equality, especially in women's suffrage. Suffrage is the right to vote in political elections. In the film, Little Women, Alcott is portrayed as "Jo," who also believes in women's suffrage. Both love reading and writing and had many difficulties and obstacles in their way to become who they were meant to be. She soon left home to go and follow her dreams of writing and got a job at an editor's office in New York. To get her works published, Jo had to work under a male pseudonym. In the novel, Jo came left New York to go back home and has the idea of opening up a kids school. Once back home,

"Four women, taught by weal and woe To love and labor in their prime. Four sisters, parted for an hour, None lost, one only gone..." (365-366). Jo wrote these lines in a poem, after Beth died. This is the most significant struggle for Jo. Jo and Beth are the two middle sisters in the classic novel, Little Women (1869) written by Louisa May Alcott. This is a classic novel about an American family of four daughters, a father who is off at war and a mother who works for the food. Jo and Beth are best friends and Jo sets the example for Beth.

Louisa Alcott’s novel Little Women is posed during the Civil War. There are four girls: Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. They live with their mother while their father is away fighting in the war. Little Women displays many themes. However, feminism is one of the important themes displayed. During the Civil War, women were expected to get married, and while Jo portrays feminism, she gets married in the end of the novel. This aspect demonstrates that even though someone wants to change the way something is, it cannot be completely changed because of society’s ideals. In Alcott’s novel Little Women, the author uses Jo to demonstrate femininity through the use of dialogue, imagery, and behavior.

Another very important aspect is the symbol used in this short story. I suppose it is justified to say that the children are the symbol uniting all different aspects in the story. Before Mamzelle Aurélie had to keep the children she was leading a very lonely life. As the children were living with her, her life got a sense and she became a happy person. But after they left her she realized that she wasted her whole life and regrets everything. Through those children all the different themes of the story like family or loneliness come together.

Louisa May Alcott, best known as the author of Little Women, was an advocate of women’s rights and temperance. Published in 1868, Little Women follows the lives, loves and tribulations of three sisters growing up during American civil war. The independence of women is a major theme in Little Women. Since its publication the novel has constantly been read and remembered for its feminist spirit. Little Women examines the place of women in society by presenting the portraits of several very different but equally praiseworthy women. We experience their multifarious interpretations of femininity and we see a range of diverse possibilities for integrating women into the society.

The important idea of the power of literature is highlighted throughout the entire novel.  At the time black maids were victims of constant maltreatment from their employers, because of the beliefs of the communities in Mississippi  in 1960’s.  People of colour were never seen or treated as equal, leaving them with no escape from the harassment they endure.  An example of this is when Mrs. Holbrook accused a maid of stealing some silver cutlery.  This maid had no way of protesting or fighting against this injustice.  To release and express their feelings against the