Book review of daddy long legs

Daddy Long Legs Jean Webster is an American writer and author of many books. Her works include Daddy-Long-Legs, Dear Enemy, and When Patty Goes to College. Her most famous books features young active female characters who are intellectually, morally, and socially competent. She also uses stylish dialogue in her stories that makes them interesting. Her works also reflect her being an activist. Other than being a prolific writer, she was also an active advocate of social reforms for orphans and prisons which are very evident in the story Daddy-Long-Legs. How does it feel to grow up without a biological family, to grow without a mother who takes care of you, and to grow without a father who protects you? These are the feelings that Jerusha Abot, also known as Judy, experienced in the beginning of the story. We first meet her in the John Grier Home for orphans. Because she does well on her studies as a high school student, one of the trustees of the orphanage offers her a scholarship in college. In return, she wants Judy to write him letters about all her activities in school for him to be updated about her performance. However, he wants to remain nameless that’s why he chose to be addressed using the pseudonym John Smith. She is also to expect no reply from him that’s why we can see it as a one-sided correspondence. Throughout the story, the letters of Judy to Daddy-Long-Legs are shown. With his personality remaining hidden, she gets desperately curious about him. She gets to experience new things in life and to encounter different people. Over the years of being in college, Judy grows into an alluring woman with a cheerful personality who takes massive pleasures even with simple things in life. This is the reason why people, whether young or old, find her fun to be with.
In the end, Judy finds out who the person behind Mr John Smith is. She is pleased to know that he is Jervie Pendleton, her very cordial friend and the uncle of her roommate Julia. Before she