... war has made fuel for heating very scarce. While her husband is off at war, Marmee is left alone to raise their four daughters: Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy. On Christmas Eve, Marmee has just arrived home from passing out food to the less fortunate with a letter from her husband, the girls' father. The all gather ... window. The 2 oldest girls: Jo and Meg, get ready to attend the Christmas Ball. While Jo is curling Meg's hair, there is a strange smell to the air. Amy screams, Megs hair is being singed. They continue digging through the old clothes bin for a pair of white gloves. At the ball, J...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... to find books, probably copies of The Pilgrim's Progress, under their pillows. The girls then go on to have various adventures. Amy is caught trading limes at school, and the teacher hits her as punishment. As a result, Mrs. March withdraws her daughter from school. Jo refuses ... marrying young and creating a new family, like Meg, being dutiful to one's parents and immediate family, as Beth is, concentrate on personal endeavors like Amy or struggle to live both a dutiful family life and a good professional life, like Jo. The author makes me like Jo more than the other ... Alcott is try...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... . They struggle on their own even during the toughest of times throughout the story. The story starts with the four March girls. Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy are sitting in their living room, mournful about their poverty. Christmas is coming soon and they decide to buy each other gifts to cheer themselves up. Then instead ... Meg marries John Brooke which was Laurie's tutor. They had married very simply and had moved out and been on their own in their little house. Since Amy had gone to Europe with Aunt March she is left to study art, and then falls in love with the least likely Laurie. Jo who ...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... . Both Beth and Lizzie are gentle and soft-spoken, and at an early age die of scarlet fever. Lastly, the baby of the family, May, is portrayed as Amy. "Quixotic girls at heart, Amy and May both strive to grow up as quickly as possible, and share a talent of art- (MacDonald 13). Louisa May Alcotts mother (Abba) takes the part of a large ... , Memphis, TN, 8 October 1995. www.gomemphis.com. Greene Carol. Lousia May Alcott; Author, Nurse, Suffragette. Chicago: Children's Press,1984. Kaplan, James. A Review of "Little Women; or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy", in The Nation, Vol. VII, No. 173, Octob...

• Word Count: 1458
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... get bored. Little Women is a story about a poor family of girls and the time they spend growing up during the Civil War. The March family consists of Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy, and their mother, Marmee. Their father is away, battling in the Civil War. Meg, the oldest, is sixteen. Jo is fifteen and she's a tomboy. The shy one is Beth, thirteen ... and the youngest is Amy. As the plot thickens, you will read about a handsome young man living next door. His name is Theodore Lawrence but the March sisters call him Laurie. Eventually, a romance sparks up ... ...

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• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... personality traits and characteristics that are developed throughout the book. Meg, the oldest, is the sensible sister, while Jo is tomboyish and independent. Beth is musical and shy and finally, Amy, the youngest, is the most materialistic of the four. The girls grew up in a very close family and strived to support each other in their dreams. Throughout the book, the ... ...

• Word Count: 1323
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School