Louisa Gradgrind‚ the Heroine There are many different protagonists in the story “Hard Times” as many of the characters play an important role in the story however the characters that have the greatest influence upon the story line include that of Mr.Gradgrind‚ Thomas Gradgrind‚ Louisa Gradgrind‚ Josiah Bounderby‚ Stephen Blackpool and Cecelia Jupe. I believe Dickens has chosen the fates of the protagonists of the story by looking at their various characteristics meaning a negative character will
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of this present within Hard Times is Louisa Gradgrind. Louisa is brought up in a house headed by a Utilitarian school teacher‚ her father Thomas Gradgrind Sr.‚ and with a quite and docile mother‚ Mrs. Gradgrind‚ who is unable to convey her own emotions‚ let alone foster any in her children. Due to her father ’s suppression of her emotions and Utilitarian society‚ Louisa-who held so much potential- is quelled and left as an empty and hollow device. When Louisa is introduced in Chapter three‚ she
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Alcott Analysis by:Celestina Padilla I began reading The Brothers thinking it would be similar to some of Louisa Alcott’s work I had read previously. I did not think I would actually learn a moral from the short tale. This story is heavily about human compassion and identifying with others perspectives. Alcott’s upbringing put life into the story. Louisa Alcott had volunteered to be a war nurse the year 1862. She is said to have done so shortly after reading about the suffering soldiers had to
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Louisa May Alcott‚ or more commonly known as the author of the classic novel‚ Little Women‚ was born on November 29th‚ 1832 at Germantown‚ Pennsylvania. She was the second of four daughters born to Bronson and Abigail “Abba” Alcott. She had an older sister named Anna‚ and two younger sisters: Elizabeth and May. Through her writing and her novels‚ she managed to create a name for herself and achieve financial security for her family. She was truly a successful American author. Though the Alcott
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Louisa May Alcott grew up during a time when many Northerners were beginning to stand up for the abolition of slavery and the rights of African Americans to be free from fear of a cruel master. She worked as a nurse during the Civil War‚ braving the “unsanitary and poorly run Union Hotel Hospital” in her efforts to aid wounded and dying men (“Louisa May Alcott” 1734). Even before her saintly deeds in the Civil War effort‚ it was clear that Alcott was a sympathetic‚ well-educated woman who supported
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Louisa May Alcott once said‚ “I’m not afraid of storms‚ for I’m learning how to sail my ship.” Alcott went through many hurdles before she became the successful writer we know her to be. Louisa May Alcott’s intelligence allowed her to survive in a man’s world. In order to appreciate her intelligence‚ one must examine her life from her childhood to her successful career. Louisa May Alcott was born on November 29‚ 1832 in Germantown‚ Pennsylvania (“Louisa May Alcott Biography.com”). Abba and Bronson
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Louisa May Alcott was an exceptional novelist in a time when few female authors were recognized. She lived in the midst of the turmoil caused by the American Civil War. Bronson Alcott‚ Alcott’s father. Louisa May Alcott‚ the second daughter of Bronson and Abba May Alcott‚ was born on November 29‚ 1832 in Germantown‚ Pennsylvania. Louisa’s father was a transcendentalist‚ so he didn’t work very hard to make money. .At the time of her birth‚ the Alcotts were living in Germantown. Louisa’s
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"Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth’s sake‚ and so earn some right to rejoice when victory is won." Louisa May Alcott wrote many inspirational novels that explain her personality and her hardships in life. Her writing supported her family‚ no matter where she was. When Alcott died‚ her older sister was left and still received the money from her sister’s still selling books. Alcott’s books are still being sold today‚ though they may be hard to
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In the novel‚ Little Women‚ by Louisa May Alcott‚ four aspiring young girls receive guidance to maturity by their caring and sagacious mother as well as those around them. Marmee‚ for her children‚ furthermore‚ repeatedly defines just work as productive efforts intended to efficiently help and benefit‚ not only the worker‚ but those they care for. Alcott uses the characters’ actions‚ both poor and wise‚ to illustrate astounding merits of difficult and genuine work through the girls’ lazy week and
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Louisa May Alcott in My Contraband Louisa May Alcott is an American Novelist best known as the author of the novel “Little Women”. Louisa was born in November 1982‚ grew up in Germantown- Washington D.C and was known to be an abolitionist‚ feminist and also a naturalist. Being a naturalist meant that she believed that nothing existed beyond the natural earth i.e. no such thing as spirituality or the supernatural. Her family suffered from financial difficulties and so Alcott had to work to support
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