Analysis Of Louisa Alcott s Little Women And Jo s Boys...

Elizabeth Layne Dale 11th Advanced English C. Ellison 30 November 2016 Character Development in Louisa Alcott’s Little Women and Jo’s Boys Many people are and were consumed with the character development in Little Women which was first published in 1945. A sequel of Little Women is the book Jo’s Boys; Alcott’s admirers suggested that she produce a spin-off of her story Little Women. In 1886 Louisa Alcott decided to write Jo’s Boys because her readers wanted to know what happened to all of the little girls that were in Little Women. For this essay, there will be an observation of the two novels Little Women and Jo’s Boys written by Louisa May Alcott. Firstly, in chapter 1 of Little Women, Louisa Alcott starts off her novel with the young siblings discussing how Christmas will not be the same without presents and how they don’t think it’s fair. Christmas won’t be the same without presents, grumbles Jo, lying on the rug. It’s so dreadful to be poor! Sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress. I don’t think it’s fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all, added little Amy, with an injured sniff (http://xroads.virginia.edu/). In correlation of the novels Little Women and Jo’s Boys, Alcott portrays a realistic view of the young girls discussing how Christmas won’t be the same without receiving presents; In Jo’s Boys Mrs. Jo is recalling to Mrs. Meg about the wondrous changes that have occurred throughout the years. Second, theShow MoreRelatedLouisa May Alcott s Beginnings And Family Life2874 Words   |  12 PagesGabby Middendorf Ms. Masur English 11/ Pd. 4 17 November 2014 Louisa May Alcott Outline Biography Intro. Thesis: Louisa May Alcott’s beginnings and family life were unpromising, but they influenced much of her writing and helped her become very successful later on in her life. Early years Influences Later years Works Summary Little Women Author Analysis Intro. Thesis: Louisa May Alcott’s stories describe the child’s path to virtue, have the similar moral of simplicity as the best path,Read MoreLiterary Criticism : The Free Encyclopedia 7351 Words   |  30 Pagesnovel is sometimes used interchangeably with Bildungsroman, but its use is usually wider and less technical. The birth of the Bildungsroman is normally dated to the publication of Wilhelm Meister s Apprenticeship by Johann Wolfgang Goethe in 1795–96,[8] or, sometimes, to Christoph Martin Wieland s Geschichte des Agathon of 1767.[9] Although the Bildungsroman arose in Germany, it has had extensive influence first in Europe and later throughout the world. Thomas Carlyle translated Goethe’s novel