My radiant wall by Sophia Barenholtz

Characters Less Likeable Sides/ Pressures Exerted on the Character

531521 — 2018-11-20 17:50:13 UTC

Jo from "Little Women" thinks she needs to take initiative in every situation and taking megs position as the oldest sister, but she only acts like this because her father who is fighting in the civil war left Jo to step into his shoes. She only acts the way she does because she is pressured to take care of her sisters and mother as her father did. Jo was always a tomboy and urging to be the man/ leader of the household, but then her father left her to be in charge and as a fifteen year old already employed and not in school another responsibility may not be good for her and sometimes she slips out of that fatherly position and acts like a child because she was so urged into adulthood. For example on page 47 when it is snowing out and Jo wants to go out for exercise and Meg tries to stop her, Jo says, "Never take advice!

Revise your thinking in the face of new evidence

531521 — 2018-11-20 17:56:01 UTC

I used to think that Amy had a prejudice against wealthy people , for example on page 4 when Amy says "I dont believe any of you suffer as I do, for you dont have to go to school with impertinent girls who plague you if you dont know your lessons, and laugh at your dresses, and label your father if he isnt rich." When first reading this page I thought Amy was stereotyping wealthier girls as they are often known to be snobby and obnoxious, but when I found out that the family used to be wealthy but got that taken away from her and her family I realized she was not stereotyping the girls she was only jealous they were living the life she once had and may not get back with her father now at war

consider the pressures exerted on a characters

52790 — 2018-11-20 17:58:47 UTC

in my book little women Jo has a lot of pressures such as siblings because she is told she has to be a role model but her opinion is still not acknowledged because she is not the oldest . like on page 29-31 it says that you cant ask mother for new ones they are so expensive and you are so careless she said when you lost the others that you shouldent get more this

Characters are complicated

52790 — 2018-11-21 15:52:48 UTC

 jo is complicated  she  trys to act like a role model but she acts shy and child like but she stads her ground like on page  30 ¨"then Ill go with out i dont care what people think ¨ cried taking her book that shows that she want to be her own person bet she dose not whant to go out on her own and she wants to stay under her sisters gidence and still is not owning up to some her mistaces such as

Expect Characters to show more than one trait

531521 — 2018-11-27 23:36:42 UTC

Jo is immature and mature at the same time she wanted to go out in the snow even when meg told her not to. But before that Jo decided to not get herself something for Christmas but something for her mother, she also convinced her sisters to give their mother presents

Some traits matter more than others

531521 — 2018-11-30 02:13:41 UTC

Jo is very adventurous but is also very kindhearted. Some readers may say she is not very kind but I disagree. She says she is always caring for Beth and that they have a close relationship and also when she was at Laurie's house and saw her piano she immediately thought of Beth and how she would love it. Also, if she had not seen the shy young man in Laurie under the rich exterior she would not have talked to him and they would not be good friends, and Laurie would still be cooped up in his room like he was before. This shows that being kind is a stronger trait for Jo than being adventurous.

The opening scene

531521 — 2018-11-30 02:34:38 UTC

In the opening scene all the girls are complaining about not being able to afford presents but Beth says, "We got mother, father, and each other." in the book it states "she said contentedly " which means from the begin you can tell Beth isn't interested in new shiny toys, she is interested in memories family and friends. You can see this later on in the story when it is explained that Beth takes her sisters old dolls and fixes them up and cares for the dearly. This shows that Beth is not materialistic and is very much more into experiences and memories. This shows this because instead of playing with dolls then forgetting about them like her sisters, she takes the dolls mends them and cares for them.

in little women there is a pressure put on Jo that she has to act like role model but follow in her sisters footsteps also she is the second oldest and she so much presser on her solders for her sisters to look up to her but she is still a teen so she wants to have fun of the group and it shows that just because the oldest dose not mean you are the most mature

52790 — 2018-12-03 19:29:02 UTC

on the inside Jo is is overwhelm with everything that such as her sisters and she trys to balanced but on the out side she acts more calm and composed and she seems like she is able to balance every thing and it is hard to not let her sisters know that she is struggling because she wants to seem like a role model and she want them to look up to her and not fell like she is looking up at them.

52790 — 2018-12-03 19:34:40 UTC

52790 — 2018-12-03 19:45:08 UTC

Revise your thinking in the face of new evidence in the bigeng i thout that amy was very stern and strict but later in the book i relised that amy just needeed time to warm up and she was acchaly a playful mature wellspocken girl and she likes to voice her opion but she also has fun and likes to gof around with the other girls like when jo burnded some of her hari she lafed it pof and acted like it was no big deal and she has trust and a understanding with her sisters