The Wayside

For centuries now and many more to come, women have impacted such strong change through accomplishments that have been recognized due to their gender. Over time, the number of women who have joined extreme groups to prove feminism occurs in social status’ to the workplace has increased. Louisa May Alcott, an American novelist and poet was the author to many pieces from fairytales to thrillers, but is remembered as the author who suddenly woke up in the limelight of fame. Growing up Louisa witnessed many defeats to succeed accounted for by her father , leading her family to poverty. At as young as the age of ten, Louisa was aware that she lived in a society that had very little opportunity for any women, no matter the race, social or political class. However, Louisa had a strong and powerful belief that she could do whatever she wanted, and on her own and when she accomplished her personal achievements it would then be time for her to join the “ Women” as a whole. Although Louisa May Alcott was familiar with strategies such as large movements and riots to change the idea of sexism and a woman 's right to achieve success, she bravely turned to her writing and worked her way to being the historical figure she is now admired for today. Daughter of the late Amos Bronson Alcott and Abigail May Alcott, Louisa May Alcott was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania where she spent the first two years of her life. With a philosopher as a father, Louisa and her mother, along with…

Scrappy Little Nobody Anna Kendrick’s goal in writing Scrappy Little Nobody, is to show that she’s not like every other celebrity, she’s different and fun and independent, and because of this, she is also just like everybody else. We’re all different, which is the one thing that makes us the same, and this is the kind of empowering message that she wanted to share with her audience. She wanted to show that she started out, as just a small, wacky, defiant teenage girl, and now she is still just…

Louisa May Alcott was an amazing women. Her life was full of every obstacle a person could think of but yet she still was able to get over each and every one of them. From being a women to being extremely impoverished, she overcame them all. Not only did she overcome them but she made something great out of them , Little Women. Even though I have never read this book , reading about Louisa’s life make me want to spend some time reading it. She portrayed her life and everything that made Louisa ,…

Writing one genre of literature for a certain audience is a challenge in and of itself, but those writers that push their boundaries, expand their thoughts, and adapt their writing styles are the notable authors that we all know today. In 1832, the renowned author, Louisa May Alcott, was born into a family of girls, although she was surrounded by females she grew into a strong individual who described herself as a tomboy. "No boy could be my friend till I had beaten him in a race, and no girl if…

Young Louisa May Alcott grew up with big hopes and ambitions. Her family’s depressing financial situation was always there to doubt her, but Alcott never gave up, because that was all she had. Miss Alcott underwent good and bad to get her to where she was, through determination and dedication. As she grew older, it was easier to cope with, so she focused more on her exceedingly well novels and other pieces of work, leading to success. Constantly writing, she produced famous and purposeful…

In an excerpt of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, the March sisters give up their Christmas breakfast to help an impoverished immigrant family. The March family's servant, Hannah, describes how the girls' mother helps others, "Some poor creeter came a-beggin', and your ma went straight off to see what was needed. There never was such a woman for givin' away vittles and drink, clothes and firin'" (Alcott para 17). The sisters want to follow their mother's example and make her proud. The girls…

In the book, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, we see the family overcome misfortune multiple times throughout the story. Jo deals with her father being in the war by writing a manuscript, unfortunately later in the book, her sister burns the manuscript. The misfortune helps Jo as a person because it taught her that she needed to control her temper. The success is important to the book because it shows how humans are guilty of having bad tempers. Jo’s character overcomes her hardship of poverty…

CBTC (Communication Based Train Control) system is a railway signalling system that makes use of telecommunications between the train and track equipment for the traffic management & infrastructure control. Here are three functions in CBTC which are ATP ( Automatic Train Protection), ATS (Automatic Train Supervision) and ATO (Automatic Train Operation). Characteristics for CBTC system are : High resolution trains position determination Continuous high capacity data between train borne & wayside…

However, Sachar was extremely popular during the late 1900s, writing Sideways Stories from Wayside School in 1978 and Holes in 1998. These two books were really well received in society and a hit among children and teens. As of recently, Sachar has yet to write a book as successful as Holes and Sideways Stories from Wayside School. Although kids might still be reading the older books written by him, his newer ones haven’t attracted much attention, his latest book so far being written in…

The play fences by August Wilson is discussed by many people whether or not the play for Americans, African American, or universal. The popular opinion from people are that the play is for African American. The reason being is that the play is based off of the beginning of the end of segregation, discrimination, and the opportunities for African Americans were starting to have. I believe that the play for anyone and that anyone from different races can understand and relate to the play because…