... knew her best. Amy, the youngest sister, yearns for the fines in life and wishes to be an artist. She eventually finds happiness as the wife of the sisters" neighbor Laurie, who is much like her in many ways. Jo, the second in line, and heroin of the story, is high-spirited and independent. She passes through the first twenty years ... as wholly had Alcott not been able to relate to them so wholly. The greatest point of impact in the novel is when Jo turns down Laurie's marriage proposal. While the reader feels sympathy for Laurie at the loss that he must incur, Alcott makes it possible...

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... their own separate paths. This part takes place three years later and the war is over, which means Mr. March is finally home again. 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 had enjoyed writing persists in her writing and publishing of stories. Soon she leaves and goes to the city of New York. This is where she meets Professor ... her family had wanted to...

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• Grade Level: High School

... 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 between Jo and this neighbor. Towards the end of the story, a suspenseful sickness takes place and everyone in the March household is affected by it. One ... Civil War." Pg. 10). I also think that the author wrote this so real people could relate to these brave women. For example, everyone goes through crushes just like Jo and Laurie do. There's real emotion in the story, just like a...

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... married, but who is provided for at the same price. She wants to prove herself that she does not depend on a man and that is why she refused to marry Laurie, the young, wealthy, talented, and loving neighbor and friend "Nothing more, except that I don't believe I shall ever marry. I'm happy as I am and love my liberty too well to be in ... for any mortal man- (382). But this didn't last long; she ended up instead with that "old" foreigner, Professor Bhaer. Jo's choice is an interesting one. Jo should have married Laurie. All the rules of romance require that marriage. But Jo chose again...

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... up in high style, learns that appearances are not everything. While at the party, she hears that people think she intends to marry Laurie for his money. Part Two begins. Mr. March is home from the war, and Laurie is nearly done with school. The girls all grow on their own, away from their family. During the rest of the book, they ... ...

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... before 1900, edited by Glenn E. Estes, Gale Research Company, 1985, pp. 18-36. DISCovering Authors. Gale Group, 1999. Reproduced in Discovering Collection. Farmington Hills,Mich.: Gale Group.October, 2001. . Morrow, Laurie. "The Alcott of Aquarius". New World Communications, Inc. (2002). Online. Internet. 21 May 03, Available ww.web5.infotrac.galegroup.org. Stern, Madeline B. "Louisa M. Alcott: An Aprraisal", in The New England ... ...

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... traditional audience. Alcott explores Jo's opposing views to the idea of marriage and portrays her mother as supportive. When first confronted with the idea of marriage, she refuses a proposal from Laurie, her close companion, and decides to focus on her career. This was very unconventional behavior for a woman of her time. She moves away from home and is self supporting, even ... ...

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