... a somewhat scandalous background which influenced his work as an author later in life. Lewis's mother, Frances, left his father for a lover and Frances had to leave her children as a consequence of the estrangement and social ruin. Lewis continued to financially support his mother but this separation from his mother was a critical point in his life. At the young age of twenty, Lewis wrote ... ownership of her own sexuality, makes her own choices, and respects the needs and desires of her body. Matilda and Beatrice are the novel's strongest characters because they fully embody their want...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... , but it's important to note that Little Women deals with a broad spectrum of emotions and ideas. Alcott "saw life whole, saw illness and death, sorrow and trouble and poverty as parts of life to be met with normality and courage- (Meigs, 351). To deal with the darker sides of life, Alcott teaches her young readers to develop the spiritual self, similar to the Transcendentalist movement, to which ... of fear into the reader, with the sudden declaration that Neveland was "real,"" and subsequently creating the imagery of darkness and isolation. And then we have Barrie's seemingly critical ...

• Word Count: 1473
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate