Little Women Book Report
Vera Ewing
July 3, 2014
Ms. Brooks, Week 21
Little Women
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott is an enchanting story about the maturing of the four
March sisters. Their names are Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy March. The story follows the interesting lives of the sisters, their family, and their friends. As the girls grow older, each faces her own personal demons and moral challenges. Jo must learn to tame her tomboyish ways and learn to be more ladylike while pursuing her ambition to be a great writer. Meg, the oldest, must put aside her love of wealth and finery in order to follow her heart. Beth, the shy one, must conquer her bashfulness, while Amy, the youngest, has to sacrifice her aristocratic pride. The girls are guided in their personal growth by their mother, "Marmee," and by their religious faith. This novel is very captivating and charming.
Little Women takes place in New England during and after the American Civil War. The town where the March and Laurence families live is never given a name in the novel, but it's clearly somewhere in New England and loosely based on Concord, Massachusetts, where Louisa
May Alcott's family lived all her life. Although the March sisters will at times travel the globe –
Jo goes to New York, while her sister Amy embarks on a European tour – they always come back to the family home in the northeastern United States. We realize just how proud the March girls really are of their American heritage when Laurie hosts a picnic for some visiting British friends – their pride in the democratic ideals of independence and advancement through hard work is obvious. Being in New England in the midnineteenth century also means they're close to the philosophical community of the Transcendentalists.
Vera Ewing
July 3, 2014
Ms. Brooks, Week 21
When we first meet Jo March, she's a tomboyish, hottempered, geeky fifteenyearold girl. She loves activity and can't bear to be left on the sidelines; it drives her crazy that
July 3, 2014
Ms. Brooks, Week 21
Little Women
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott is an enchanting story about the maturing of the four
March sisters. Their names are Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy March. The story follows the interesting lives of the sisters, their family, and their friends. As the girls grow older, each faces her own personal demons and moral challenges. Jo must learn to tame her tomboyish ways and learn to be more ladylike while pursuing her ambition to be a great writer. Meg, the oldest, must put aside her love of wealth and finery in order to follow her heart. Beth, the shy one, must conquer her bashfulness, while Amy, the youngest, has to sacrifice her aristocratic pride. The girls are guided in their personal growth by their mother, "Marmee," and by their religious faith. This novel is very captivating and charming.
Little Women takes place in New England during and after the American Civil War. The town where the March and Laurence families live is never given a name in the novel, but it's clearly somewhere in New England and loosely based on Concord, Massachusetts, where Louisa
May Alcott's family lived all her life. Although the March sisters will at times travel the globe –
Jo goes to New York, while her sister Amy embarks on a European tour – they always come back to the family home in the northeastern United States. We realize just how proud the March girls really are of their American heritage when Laurie hosts a picnic for some visiting British friends – their pride in the democratic ideals of independence and advancement through hard work is obvious. Being in New England in the midnineteenth century also means they're close to the philosophical community of the Transcendentalists.
Vera Ewing
July 3, 2014
Ms. Brooks, Week 21
When we first meet Jo March, she's a tomboyish, hottempered, geeky fifteenyearold girl. She loves activity and can't bear to be left on the sidelines; it drives her crazy that