Little Women is a novel published in 1868 and written by American author Louisa May Alcott. The story concerns the lives and loves of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War. It was based on Alcotts own experiences as a child in Concord, Massachusetts with her three sisters, Anna, May, and Elizabeth. Little Women is the story of The Marches, a family used to hard toil and suffering. Although Father March is away with the union armies, the sisters Meg, Jo, Amy and Beth keep in high spirits with their mother, affectionately named Marmee. Their friendly gift of a Christmas holiday breakfast to a neighbouring family is an act of generosity rewarded with wealthy Mr. Laurences gift of a surprise Christmas feast. However, despite their efforts to be good, the girls show faults: the pretty Meg becomes discontented with the children she teaches; boyish Jo loses her temper regularly; while the golden-haired schoolgirl Amy is inclined towards affectation. However, Beth, who keeps the house is always kind and gentle.
After certain happy times winning over the Laurences, dark times arrive as Marmee finds out about her husbands illness. Worse is to come as Beth contracts scarlet fever in her Samaritan efforts for a sick neighbour and becomes more or lean invalid. The novel tells of their progreinto young womanhood with the additional strains of romance, Beths terminal illness, the pressures of marriage and the outside world. This is the story of their growing maturity and wisdom and the search for the contentedneof family life. It was written in 1867 and is a fictionalised biography of Alcott and her sisters. It has become a much loved classic tale and, while some of its issues seem outdated, many of the trials of the sisters are all too relevant today as evidenced by its continued following.
Before I read this book, I had watched a cartoon movie made by Japan. So I have a strong interest on it.
It all begins in the dead of winter; The Christmas Season. The coldest one of all, were the war has made fuel for heating very scarce. While her husband is off at war, Marmee is left alone to raise their four daughters: Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy.
On Christmas Eve, Marmee has just arrived home from passing out food to the less fortunate with a letter from her husband, the girls father. The all gather together around the fire to read the letter. Afterwards, the girls are teary eyed. Marmee kisses them and they are off to bed.
Jo is longing to become a writer. So, every night she stays up late writing the script for soap operas. As morning comes she is the last one awake. The table is set, and food prepared for their Christmas feast.
As dusk falls, the girls are all up in the attic acting out Jos play, which she reads from the local (fake) newspaper. As they are performing, their rich, next-door neighbors grandson watches from the window.
The 2 oldest girls: Jo and Meg, get ready to attend the Christmas Ball. While Jo is curling Megs hair, there is a strange smell to the air. Amy screams, Megs hair is being singed. They continue digging through the old clothes bin for a pair of white gloves.
One of the prominent themes in Little Women is the coming of age or maturation of the girls. During the course of the novel we see them grow in many ways -- physically, intellectually, and especially emotionally. One question which readers must ask themselves is whether the views the characters have on the coming of age process are shared by Alcott. If they arent, what are Alcotts views and how do they differ from those of the women in her story?
It is interesting to examine the last half of Chapter 20, _Confidential._ Jo addresses the maturation issue as she speaks with Marmee of the situation between Meg and Mr. Brooke. The possible love between these two represents one of the very important aspects in coming of age for a teenage girl. Jo treats this natural process as if it were some sort of disease, however. Jo cannot understand why Meg would want to stop behaving _like a sensible creature_ (), and refers to love as _such nonsense._
Little Women is a novel published in 1868 and written by American author Louisa May Alcott. The story concerns the lives and loves of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War. It was based on Alcotts own experiences as a child in Concord, Massachusetts with her three sisters, Anna, May, and Elizabeth.
Little Women is the story of The Marches, a family used to hard toil and suffering. Although Father March is away with the Union armies, the sisters Meg, Jo, Amy and Beth keep in high spirits with their mother, affectionately named Marmee. Their friendly gift of a Christmas holiday breakfast to a neighbouring family is an act of generosity rewarded with wealthy Mr. Laurences gift of a surprise Christmas feast. However, despite their efforts to be good, the girls show faults: the pretty Meg becomes discontented with the children she teaches; boyish Jo loses her temper regularly; while the golden-haired schoolgirl Amy is inclined towards affectation. However, Beth, who keeps the house is always kind and gentle. After certain happy times winning over the Laurences, dark times arrive as Marmee finds out about her husbands illness. Worse is to come as Beth contracts scarlet fever in her Samaritan efforts for a sick neighbour and becomes more or less an invalid. The novel tells of their progress into young womanhood with the additional strains of romance, Beths terminal illness, the pressures of marriage and the outside world. This is the story of their growing maturity and wisdom and the search for the contentedness of family life. It was written in 1867 and is a fictionalised biography of Alcott and her sisters. It has become a much loved classic tale and, while some of its issues seem outdated, many of the trials of the sisters are all too relevant today as evidenced by its continued following.
American woman writer Louisa may Alcott's little women let I met a family of four strong girl: Meg, Jo, beth and Amy. Meg and graceful virtuous; Joe and vigorous straight, gentle, quiet, bain Amy drift this lively.
Their differences in personality, have their own pursuit. Pursue high but can take care of the elder sister Meg, who is full of agitation is concerned about the family's second sister Joe dream to become a writer, elegant but selfish person love Amy likes painting, and ecstasy selfless but need family beth hobby is playing the piano.
They are eager for a better life. Them from naive to mature, from weak to fortitude, from eager to patience, from self to others, and every one of us, are strong.
_Little women_ is full of beauty, the book is something deep in the heart to everyone.
Look at the books in the growth, we can also try to properly deal with side of family love, friendship, love, feel the joys and sorrows of their peers, feel the beauty, in the book are also happen around us. About love, actually very complex, has the love of friends, love of family, the love of his birthright.
This book will tell us how to with a heart to gain experience, feelings and treat them, and try to like march family, for the sake of the love, become more strong and independent. Family life may be boring, but who can find it warm inside information, who have demonstrated the eye.
Home - is the most beautiful side of human nature, there is a selfless love. Each person's pursuit of start from here, such as the four sisters, the goal of everyone eventually also want to stay at home. Want to read the book can stop in the moment of life, feel warmth and beauty of the home.
Little Women Before I read this book， I had watched a cartoon movie made by Japan.
So I have a strong interest on it.
It all begins in the dead of winter； The Christmas Season.
The coldest one of all， were the war has made fuel for heating very scarce.
While her husband is off at war， Marmee is left alone to raise their four daughters： Jo， Meg， Beth， and Amy.
On Christmas Eve， Marmee has just arrived home from passing out food to the less fortunate with a letter from her husband， the girls father.
The all gather together around the fire to read the letter.
Afterwards， the girls are teary eyed.
Marmee kisses them and they are off to bed.
Jo is longing to become a writer.
So， every night she stays up late writing the script for soap operas.
As morning comes she is the last one awake.
The table is set， and food prepared for their Christmas feast.
As dusk falls， the girls are all up in the attic acting out Jos play， which she reads from the local (fake) newspaper.
As they are performing， their rich， next-door neighbors grandson watches from the window.
The 2 oldest girls： Jo and Meg， get ready to attend the Christmas Ball.
While Jo is curling Megs hair， there is a strange smell to the air.
Amy screams， Megs hair is being singed.
They continue digging through the old clothes bin for a pair of white gloves.
One of the prominent themes in Little Women is the coming of age or maturation of the girls.
During the course of the novel we see them grow in many ways -- physically， intellectually， and especially emotionally.
One question which readers must ask themselves is whether the views the characters have on the coming of age process are shared by Alcott.
If they arent， what are Alcotts views and how do they differ from those of the women in her story？ It is interesting to examine the last half of Chapter 20， Confidential.
Jo addresses the maturation issue as she speaks with Marmee of the situation between Meg and .
The possible love between these two represents one of the very important aspects in coming of age for a teenage girl.
Jo treats this natural process as if it were some sort of disease， however.
Jo cannot understand why Meg would want to stop behaving like a sensible creature ()， and refers to love as such nonsense.
_Little women_ describes the love of the march family tianlun, tells the story of four girls grow up. For love and willing to poor Meg, Jo through his struggle as a writer, smile and strong in the face of death beth, FuRuoJiPin Amy.
_Little women_ took me into a colorful world, beautiful words, real plot, warm and beautiful family, relatives of comfort and understanding, and makes me forget all about eating and sleeping. Everyone has his own pursuit and ideal, four sisters grow up just like a beautiful poem, soothe the wound in our hearts, with we face life setback education should lay down their depressed mood, with positive attitude to look at anything.
Let me learned a lot from four sisters: Joe let I learned to strive toward the dream, will be successful: beth, let me see the life is fragile, and let me know how the both happy and painful things, have to face life with a smile.
