Louisa May Alcott

The question I have chosen to examine within this essay is ‘Do you agree that, although the women writers studied on this module flirted with rebellion, their narratives finally endured the virtues of conformity’. Within the Women in American Literature module, the majority of the female authors was equal right campaigners or women who was raised to be as independent or more, then the opposite sex. For example the author, Edith Wharton. “Women of Wharton’s class and education often had an…

Although the novels have various stories, sometimes a novel could be compared with another novel. It is because they have the same case and could be analyzed by the same theory. Such as, Little Women (1868 and 1869) by Louisa May Alcott and Everything I Never Told You (2014) by Celeste Ng. Little Women (1868 and 1869) talks about four sisters and among all the sisters, there is one that is an ambitious woman named Josephine March, which is also known as Jo. She wants to break the role that a…

In ancient times women's rights varied from one century to another where females exposed to many changes over time, where some consensus emerged in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries designed for women's freedom and attempted to share the women in several areas of work. But, all the attempts failed because the prevention of exit and participation of women in working life as well as inhibition of Education which leads to exposure of female prey to ignorance and unawareness. With the…

the story, “Psyche’s Art”, it states, “But ma wanted a dish of gossip, pa must have his papers read to him, the boys had lessons and rips and grievances to be attended to, May’s lullaby could not be forgotten, and the maids had to be looked after…” (Alcott 2179). Was there anything left for Psyche to do? Oh right, her artwork. The one task she wanted to do, she couldn’t. With all these errands, she couldn’t manage the time to have for her own work. In the story, “A Patchwork Fever”, it states,…

the Children's Literature Association Quarterly, Volume 10, Number 4, Winter in 1986 compares and contrasts the following novels: E. B. White's Charlotte's Web, Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House in the Big Woods, Eleanor Estes's The Moffats, and Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, Part I. The article focuses on the analysis of nature´s life cycle and how it is represented through stories, Wolf explains ´´The cycle of the seasons gives them form and, in the process, meaning´´ (Wolf 193). The…

Writer, Louisa May Alcott once said,¨Have regular hours for work and play; make each day useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.¨ I think this relates to how we work so much without anytime to relax. For example, in school we work for six hours with only a half hour to eat lunch. During school we should have 20 minute breaks every day because our classes are so boring, we sit around all day, and we need exercise. You know how all kids say how…

Emerson’s philosophies were based on the human reliance on intuition to understand reality. He had an optimistic view on life and has inspired millions of people to think deeper and reflect on themselves through his literature. Emerson was born on May 25, 1803 in Boston, Massachusetts to William Emerson and Ruth Haskins. He is the second born of eight siblings; only five survive into adulthood. William was a clergyman, following the footsteps of many men in the family. Three months after the…

Foote, Stephanie. "Resentful Little Women: Gender and Class Feeling in Louisa May Alcott." College Literature 32.1 (Winter 2005): 63-85. Rpt. in Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism. Vol. 218. Detroit: Gale, 2010. Literature Resource Center. Web. 11 Dec. 2016. The most dramatic scene for Jo in Little Women is when Amy burns her manuscript. Up until this point of the novel, Jo is having great ambitions to become a writer. This event pays more attention to Jo’s anger, rather than her…

During the time of the Civil War, women expanded their roles from being mainly focused on their homes and families to stepping up to help with the war effort for the first time in history. They had new responsibilities and priorities beyond being mothers and wives. Women contributed to the war effort supporting either the Union or Confederate army. Meanwhile in the North, women formed ladies’ aid societies in order to maintain supplies for the Union troops. For example, women provided food for…

Louisa May Alcott once said, “I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” Persevere the Merriam Webster's Dictionary defines persevere as “to persist in a state, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement.” Common synonyms for persevere include “carry on” or “persist.” Related words include “dig in,” “hang on,” or “follow through.” The word persevere comes from the Latin word perseverus. Many people know of the word ‘persevere’. But not…