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LittleWomenisa"
comingofage"
dramatracingthelivesoffoursisters:
Meg,Jo,BethandAmy.DuringtheAmericanCivilWar,thegirlsfatherisawayservingasaministertothetroops.Thefamily,headedbythierbelovedMarmee,muststruggletomakeendsmeet,withthehelpoftheirkindandwealthyneighbor,Mr.Laurence,andhishighspiritedgrandsonLaurie.
Thisbookallbeginsinthedeadofwinter;
TheChristmasSeason.Thecoldestoneofall,werethewarhasmadefuelforheatingveryscarce.Whileherhusbandisoffatwar,Marmeeisleftalonetoraisetheirfourdaughters:
Jo,Meg,Beth,andAmy.
OneoftheprominentthemesinLittleWomenisthecomingofageormaturationofthegirls.Duringthecourseofthenovelweseethemgrowinmanyways--physically,intellectually,andespeciallyemotionally.OnequestionwhichreadersmustaskthemselvesiswhethertheviewsthecharactershaveonthecomingofageprocessaresharedbyAlcott.Iftheyaren'
t,whatareAlcott'
sviewsandhowdotheydifferfromthoseofthewomeninherstory?
ItisinterestingtoexaminethelasthalfofChapter20,"
Confidential."
JoaddressesthematurationissueasshespeakswithMarmeeofthesituationbetweenMegandMr.Brooke.Thepossiblelovebetweenthesetworepresentsoneoftheveryimportantaspectsincomingofageforateenagegirl.Jotreatsthisnaturalprocessasifitweresomesortofdisease,however.JocannotunderstandwhyMegwouldwanttostopbehaving"
likeasensiblecreature"
andreferstoloveas"
suchnonsense."
Afterreadingthistwobooks,IfoundthatI’mreallyinterestedinthosekindofstory,IthinkI’llreadalotmoreinmyfreetime.
TheimpressionofCamille
IreadtheCamillerecently,IwasdeeplymovedbythemaincharacterMargueriteGautier.“Camille〞or“TheLadyoftheCamellias〞byAlexandreDumas,fils,isthestoryofMargueriteGautier,ayoungcourtesan,orkeptwoman,inParisinthemid1800'
s,andhowshefallsinlovewithayoungman,ArmandDuval,andthentriestoescapefromherquestionablepast.Unfortunately,itcomesbacktohauntherandsheendsupreturningtothatlifeanddiespainfullyandalone,butwiththeknowledgethatshewasanoblewomanatheart.
afterreadingthisbook,asentencealwaysstayinmyhead,“Womenareliketheflowers〞.Thoseprettywomenarelikethosebeautifulflowers;
theirdelicatebeautymakespeoplefeeltheyarethemiracleoflife.However,eventheGodenviestheirbeauty.Itseemsthatbeautifulwomenalwayshavetragicendings.Aswearenormalpersons,evenwecanseethehideousnessofhumanitythatresultsintheirfateofwithering,wecanatmostaskquietlyinourhearts:
Wherehavethosebeautifulflowersgone?
Wherehavetheygone?
TheimpressionofGulliver'
sTravels
Gulliver’sTravelsrecountsthestoryofLemuelGulliver,apractical-mindedEnglishmantrainedasasurgeonwhotakestotheseaswhenhisbusinessfails.Inadeadpanfirst-personnarrativethatrarelyshowsanysignsofself-reflectionordeepemotionalresponse,Gullivernarratestheadventuresthatbefallhimonthesetravels.
OneofthemostinterestingquestionsaboutGulliversTravelsiswhethertheHouyhnhnmsrepresentanidealofrationalityorwhetherontheotherhandtheyarethebuttofSwift'
ssatire.Inotherwords,inBookIV,isSwiftpokingfunatthetalkinghorsesordoesheintendforustotakethemseriouslyastheproperwaytoact?
IfwelookcloselyatthewaythattheHouyhnhnmsact,wecanseethatinfactSwiftdoesnottakethemseriously:
heusesthemtoshowthedangersofpride.
WhenbendingmyeyesdownwardasmuchasIcould,Iperceivedahumannotsixincheshigh!
"
AfinalindicationthattheHouyhnmnsarenotmeanttobetakenseriouslyoccurswhentheleaderoftheHouynhmsvisitsLilliput,wherehevisitstheFrenchRoyalSociety.Hegoesintoaroominwhichascientististryingtoturnwineintowater(itselfapridefulactthatreferstothemarriageatGallilee).Thescientisthasbeenworkinghardattheexperimentformanyyearswithoutsuccess,whentheHouyhnmnarrivesandimmediatelyknowsthattodo:
"
Thecreaturenosoonersteppedthroughthedoorwaythanhestruckuponaplan.Slurpingupallthewineinsight,hequicklymadewaterinabucketthatsatnearthedoor"
.
TheimpressionofLittleWomen
LittleWomenisa"
OneoftheprominentthemesinLittleWomenisthecomingofageormaturationofthegirls.Duringthecourseofthenovelweseethemgrowinmanyways--physically,intellectually,andespeciallyemotionally.OnequestionwhichreadersmustaskthemselvesiswhethertheviewsthecharactershaveonthecomingofageprocessaresharedbyAlcott.Iftheyaren'
ItisinterestingtoexaminethelasthalfofChapter20,"
(p.202),andreferstoloveas"
TheimpressionofPrideandPrejudice
PrideandPrejudiceisthemostenduringlypopularnovelwrittenbyJaneAusten.
ManypeoplesimplyregardPrideandPrejudiceasalovestory,butinmyopinion,thisbookisanillustrationofthesocietyatthattime.Sheperfectlyreflectedtherelationbetweenmoneyandmarriageathertimeandgavethepeopleinherworksvividcharacters.
Thefirstsentenceinthisbookisimpressive.Itreads:
“Itisatruthwellknowntoalltheworldthatanunmarriedmaninpossessionofalargefortunemustbeinneedofawife〞.Theundertoneisveryclear:
thefoundationofthemarriageatthattimeisnotemotionbutpossession.
PeoplealwaysthinkthatAustenwasanexpertattellinglovestories.Infact,themarriageinherbookisnottheresultoflove,buttheresultofeconomicneeds.Afterreadingthisbook,Iknowthetruthisthatapoorwomanmustbeinneedofahusband,awealthyman.
Austenleftthisproblemforustothink.ThegeniusofJaneAustenliesinthisperfectsimplicity,thesimplicitythatreflectsbigproblems.AlthoughAustenwasonly21whenshewrote“PrideandPrejudice〞,hersharpobservationofsociallivesmakesthestyleofthisbooksurprisinglymatureandlively.Theplotsinherworksarealwaysverynatural.Thedevelopmentoftheplotisasinevitableasaprobleminmathematics.IthinkthedepthofPrideandPrejudiceisthereasonthatmakesthisbookprominentandclassic.Today,herbookstillcanbetheguidetellingustheeconomicrelationshipsbothathertimeandinmoderntime.
TheimpressionofTheAdventuresOfTomSawyer
TheAdventuresofTomSawyerisaliterarymasterpieces,writtenin1876bythefamousauthorMarkTwain.TomSawyerisamischievousyoungboywholivesinthesmalltownontheMississippiRivercalledSt.Petersburg.Thestorylineissimple,thebookreadslikeabiographyoramemoirofasummerinTomSawyer'
slife.
TomSawyerseemstobetheprecursorofandthetemplateformisfitkidssuchasDennistheMenace,MalcolmintheMiddle,andCalvinandHobbs.WhatmakesthisstorygreatisthatTomSawyerrepresentseverythingthatisgreataboutchildhood.ThebookisfilledwithTom'
sadventuresplayingpiratesandwarwithhisfriendJoeHarper.Tomhasatrustedfriend,HuckFinn,whofewoftheadultsapproveof.Thebookisfilledwithideasofhowtheworldworks,suchashowpiratesandrobberswork,thataresoinnocent,theycouldonlycomefromachild.Itisastoryfilledwithaction,adventure,ingeniousideas,love,andschoolyardpolitics.Thewholestoryisseeminglyacomplic