1. Didactic Fiction in Alcott's Little Women
Didactic Fiction in Alcott's Little Women And Barrie's Peter Pan On the surface, children's literature appears to be very straightforward and light-hearted, failing to carry within a particular story any deeper inherent meaning "the language is simplistic, there's a limited viewpoint, and characters oftentimes are portrayed as caricatures. ... Nevertheless, Little Women is a story about teaching and educating young women about maturation, and Alcott effectively uses her characters to relay her messages across to her readers. ... And then we have Barrie's see...
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