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    Little Women

    Web. 4 Nov. 2014. In chapter 2 of this book, the author “discusses how Little Woman chronicles the civil war that is raging within its gender-bending female character over her participation in tomboyism.” The author discusses Alcott’s journals and her participation in the Civil War. Abate discusses how the Civil War is a metaphor for Jo March’s experiences in the novel, Little Women. Foote, Stephanie. "Resentful Little Women: Gender And Class Feeling In Louisa May Alcott." College Literature 32

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    Theme Analysis Little Women is a coming of age story of four sisters in Civil War New England.  Together they face hardships and poverty all the while trying to reach their Castles in the Air.  More than that however, Little Women is a morality tale.  Each chapter not only contains the lives and adventures of the four sisters, but lessons on how to be a good person, and how to achieve happiness in life.  These values are centered upon God, family, and love.  Though money, people, hair, and childhood

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    Little Women

    Little Women Little Women was written in 1868-1869, the setting is New England in the 19th Century during and after the Civil War. The story begins at Christmas time. The girl’s father is away in the war. It is Christmas and there are memories of better times. But this Christmas their father is in the war and they have no means of support and very little money. There will be no presents and the beautiful breakfast they had put together is given away to a family who has no food. It is not

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    Comparison of Little Women Book and Movie

    beautifully that when I come back to them I may be fonder and prouder than ever of my little women” (Alcott chapter 1). This is a very important scene of the book but the movie does not make any reference to this goal. Even though I feel like the book over-emphasized morality, by removing a lot of that morality, the movie removes the piety from the family and doesn’t sow the journey the girls make from little girls into little women, which is the crux of the book. The movie seldom talks about religion or

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    Comparison of Little Women Book and Movie

    Film Discussion – Little Women One of the most prominent changes is the theme of morality; the movie removes a lot of the morality present in the book. In the beginning of the book, the girls are set a moral goal by their father: “conquer themselves so beautifully that when I come back to them I may be fonder and prouder than ever of my little women” (Alcott chapter 1). This is a very important scene of the book but the movie does not make any reference to this goal. Even though I feel like the

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    Little Woman

    Little Women by Louisa Alcott would definitely appeal to women of all types and ages. Little Women appeals to a broad audience, its full of the values and beliefs, and it paints a very real picture of most American’s lives at the time. The reason for this book appealing to such a broad audience lies in all the characters’ personalities. Mrs. March is a strong, independent woman who never falters, therefore she relates to all independent women; but she is also a mother who plants strong values in

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    The Struggle In Allan Knee's Little Women

    The production of Allan Knee’s “Little Women” conducted by the University of Texas at Austin College of Fine Arts produced a musical of the struggle of a family of all women. The production challenged the idea of feminism and many aspects of it in the time the Civil War. The overall play was in the narrative position of a character named Jo March, who faced issues as a female writer in a time where women were challenging the standards of women, but were unable to overcome many problems that arose

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    Defying Expectations Of Women In Little Women

    Defying Expectations From A Young Age In the novel Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, the four March girls are all close in age and relation but so different when it comes to their personalities and attitudes. Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy are all loving sisters who journey from adolescence into womanhood experiencing many captivating moments along the way. Jo, unlike her “prim and proper” sisters, goes about life in a very different way than that of a typical nineteenth century woman. She recognizes

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    Women In The IT Field

    feeling devalued, disrespected, and insecure. Initial audience relevance: For many years the IT field has always been known to be a male dominated field, similar to working on wall street. However, as years pass by there has been an increase of women going the field some staying and others making a dive for safety. There is a slight chance that you have been a witness to this yourself. Initial credibility: I have done a lot of research that included reading peer reviewed essays, interviews,

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    A Critical Review of an Academic Article Concerned with Certain Aspects of New Issues of Work

    |The Transformation Of Work | Table of Contents Reference-----------------------------------------------------------------------------3 The summary of the article----------------------------------------------------------4 An assessment of the methods used-----------------------------------------------5,6 Articles’ findings about the Transformation Of Work-------------------------------7,8

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