Susan Brinson Journal Entry for Hospital Sketches by Louisa May Alcott I thoroughly enjoyed this reading‚ and having never read Little Women‚ this was my first experience with Louisa May Alcott. I am impressed and amused at Nurse Periwinkle’s candor‚ and her overall enthusiasm for life. After all “the Periwinkles are a hopeful race” and “they all wear rose-colored spectacles”. For some reason‚ and I expect it’s simply because I never really delved into it‚ I expected a writer from that time
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Louisa May Alcott‚ or more commonly known as the author of the classic novel‚ Little Women‚ was born on November 29th‚ 1832 at Germantown‚ Pennsylvania. She was the second of four daughters born to Bronson and Abigail “Abba” Alcott. She had an older sister named Anna‚ and two younger sisters: Elizabeth and May. Through her writing and her novels‚ she managed to create a name for herself and achieve financial security for her family. She was truly a successful American author. Though the Alcott girls
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Louisa May Alcott was writing books at the age fifteenth through fiftythree.She has wrote over 30 books in her life span. At age fifteen she wrote poems and was producing theater acts.She was asked by many people to do a book about girls and make it interesting.Alcott also went to the Civil War to be a nurse. Louisa Alcott then wrote a book called Little Woman in 1868 was the most famous book she wrote. What is Louisa May Alcott’s background what happened in her childhood? Louisa Alcott was born
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Personally ‚ I thought that Ding Ling ’s story ‚ Sketches from the `Cattle Shed ‚ was very interesting . It is not often that someone has a story to tell that is so interesting and unique . Also ‚ it is not often that someone like her comes along to tell their story . First of all ‚ there is the fact that she is a female writer from China during the mid-to-late 1900 ’s . That ‚ all by itself ‚ makes her contribution to literature even more exciting . Also ‚ there is the fact that he Chinese government
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Louisa May Alcott was an exceptional novelist in a time when few female authors were recognized. She lived in the midst of the turmoil caused by the American Civil War. Bronson Alcott‚ Alcott’s father. Louisa May Alcott‚ the second daughter of Bronson and Abba May Alcott‚ was born on November 29‚ 1832 in Germantown‚ Pennsylvania. Louisa’s father was a transcendentalist‚ so he didn’t work very hard to make money. .At the time of her birth‚ the Alcotts were living in Germantown. Louisa’s
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According to the excerpt from the book Little Women‚ by Louisa May Alcott‚ the March girls’ decision to help the poverty-stricken family was based on the effect it would have on them. There was a family living by them that were freezing‚ starving‚ and without much money that were in need of assistance. The girls’ mother‚ ‘Marmee‚’ asked her children‚ “My girls‚ will you give them your breakfast as a Christmas present?" (Alcott para 32). Since the girls’ mother asked them instead of telling them to
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January 23‚ 2014 “Dove: Real Beauty Sketches” by Ogilvy & Mather Ad Agency‚ April 14‚ 2013 < http://realbeautysketches.dove.us/ > In April 2013‚ Dove launched a “Real Beauty” campaign after performing marketing research and discovering that only 2% of all women consider themselves to be “beautiful”. In an effort to boost self-esteem and moral‚ Dove introduced a television ad in the form‚ which incorporated a powerful and touching social experiment. In this commercial‚ several different
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Louisa May Alcott in My Contraband Louisa May Alcott is an American Novelist best known as the author of the novel “Little Women”. Louisa was born in November 1982‚ grew up in Germantown- Washington D.C and was known to be an abolitionist‚ feminist and also a naturalist. Being a naturalist meant that she believed that nothing existed beyond the natural earth i.e. no such thing as spirituality or the supernatural. Her family suffered from financial difficulties and so Alcott had to work to support
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Discussion Forum The story by Louisa May Alcott is best suited under the current title “My contraband” as opposed to the previous title on “The brothers.” The theme implies of some illegally imported items to the country. In this case‚ it the title “contraband” announces the theme of racism‚ which dominates the story (Alcott‚ 69). It also gives a clear image of imported products‚ which clearly is explained from the story. The black race is indeed brought out as the ideally imported item. It however
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Sketches by Boz “The Streets - Morning” The Victorian London streets is a familiar setting of Dicken’s works with “Oliver Twist” and “A Christmas Carol” being some his most memorable works. In this passage Dickens offers the reader an alternative London‚ one without the energetic crowds but instead a much more disquieting place where the streets are dull and lifeless. We are met with a silent neighbourhood before the sun has risen and through the use of characters‚ setting and comparisons the
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