Summary Of Louisa May Alcott's Work

Work, what is truly the definition of work? It’s genuinely hard to quantify “work”. Is it true that if you love your job or some task, you won’t have to work a day in your life? I believe that if you find some job and/or task that you love enough, you won’t have to work a day in your life, however, I still believe that even though it doesn’t feel like work, it’s still referenced to as work. In Louisa May Alcott’s Work, I believe that Christie has a few employments that may not seem like work along with other employments that are undoubtingly considered as work. It’s neat to see Christie in the beginning with a hopeful heart and then seeing Christie in the end and seeing what she truly accomplished throughout her life. Louis May Alcott’s Work gives the readers the ability to have the …show more content…
In conclusion of the scene, guesses and predictions of what the scene meant along with predictions of what she was going to try to accomplish throughout her life instantly started popping up in my head, which lead to a great discussion. First off, during the opening part of the scene Christie and her aunt were sitting at the side of the fire when Christie says, “Look in the fire, and I’ll try to show you.”, which I believe that to some extent it is said mysteriously and gives us something to look forward to later in the scene. Then she goes on to point out as well as explain the two logs and their variations between one another. She states, “Do you see those two logs? Well that one smoldering dismally away in the corner is what my life is now; the other blazing and singing is what I want my life to be.” Next, her aunt generates a counter argument towards Christie’s metaphor by saying that both of those logs will be ashes tomorrow so why does