Title: Little Women
Author: Louisa May Alcott
Genre: Classic
This week I continued reading my classic novel for the book project. For me, the most challenging part, so far, about reading this book would be keeping up with all the different characters. This is one of the few books where there are more than around two or three major characters. Also, all the characters are completely different, and their personalities are all very unique. Besides all the different characters in the novel, this book is also difficult because of the language used. The style of writing, as well as the difficult vocabulary can be quite difficult to comprehend at times, but, afterall, that is typical for almost all old, classic novels. The easiest part of reading this novel would be the fact that all the girls are quite relatable. Even though they are living in a completely different time period, in tough conditions, the struggles and the problems that they face can be related to many of the issues teen girls experience today. This makes this novel much more interesting and fun to read, but it also makes it easier to understand.
In the next few pages that I read, it is described how the four sisters spent their Christmas. Despite being in a very bad financial situation, the girls still receive presents from their mother. She buys them all books, which she places under their pillows. In this chapter, I learned a lot about how kind and caring Ms. March is. On Christmas day, she decided to give up her family's breakfast, and donate it to the poor family, the Hummels, who are living in even worse conditions than they are. Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy also surprise their mother with the gifts that they spent all their allowance on. I find this really amazing, because it shows just how much the girls care for their mother. Even Amy buys Ms. March a bottle of cologne, despite the fact that she is portrayed by her sisters as someone who can be quite selfish. In the evening, the four sisters perform a play for their mother, and their neighbors, which seems to be somewhat of their Christmas tradition.
Author: Louisa May Alcott
Genre: Classic
This week I continued reading my classic novel for the book project. For me, the most challenging part, so far, about reading this book would be keeping up with all the different characters. This is one of the few books where there are more than around two or three major characters. Also, all the characters are completely different, and their personalities are all very unique. Besides all the different characters in the novel, this book is also difficult because of the language used. The style of writing, as well as the difficult vocabulary can be quite difficult to comprehend at times, but, afterall, that is typical for almost all old, classic novels. The easiest part of reading this novel would be the fact that all the girls are quite relatable. Even though they are living in a completely different time period, in tough conditions, the struggles and the problems that they face can be related to many of the issues teen girls experience today. This makes this novel much more interesting and fun to read, but it also makes it easier to understand.
In the next few pages that I read, it is described how the four sisters spent their Christmas. Despite being in a very bad financial situation, the girls still receive presents from their mother. She buys them all books, which she places under their pillows. In this chapter, I learned a lot about how kind and caring Ms. March is. On Christmas day, she decided to give up her family's breakfast, and donate it to the poor family, the Hummels, who are living in even worse conditions than they are. Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy also surprise their mother with the gifts that they spent all their allowance on. I find this really amazing, because it shows just how much the girls care for their mother. Even Amy buys Ms. March a bottle of cologne, despite the fact that she is portrayed by her sisters as someone who can be quite selfish. In the evening, the four sisters perform a play for their mother, and their neighbors, which seems to be somewhat of their Christmas tradition.
Sounds like an interesting book.
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