導語：如果說斯托夫人是“寫了一本書，釀成一場大戰的小婦人”(林肯)，而奧爾科特的《小婦人》則是在南北戰爭的背景下對女性意識的繼承與發展。 下面是本站小編爲大家整理的優秀英語作文，歡迎閱讀與借鑑，謝謝!
Little Women
Before I read this book, I had watched a cartoon movie made by Japan. So I have a strong interest on it.
It all begins in the dead of winter; The Christmas Season. The coldest one of all, were the war has made fuel for heating very scarce. While her husband is off at war, Marmee is left alone to raise their four daughters: Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy.
On Christmas Eve, Marmee has just arrived home from passing out food to the less fortunate with a letter from her husband, the girls' father. The all gather together around the fire to read the letter. Afterwards, the girls are teary eyed. Marmee kisses them and they are off to bed.
Jo is longing to become a writer. So, every night she stays up late writing the script for soap operas. As morning comes she is the last one awake. The table is set, and food prepared for their Christmas feast.
As dusk falls, the girls are all up in the attic acting out Jo's play, which she reads from the local (fake) newspaper. As they are performing, their rich, next-door neighbors grandson watches from the window.
The 2 oldest girls: Jo and Meg, get ready to attend the Christmas Ball. While Jo is curling Meg's hair, there is a strange smell to the air. Amy screams, Megs hair is being singed. They continue digging through the old clothes bin for a pair of white gloves.
One of the prominent themes in Little Women is the coming of age or maturation of the girls. During the course of the novel we see them grow in many ways -- physically, intellectually, and especially emotionally. One question which readers must ask themselves is whether the views the characters have on the coming of age process are shared by Alcott. If they aren't, what are Alcott's views and how do they differ from those of the women in her story?
It is interesting to examine the last half of Chapter 20, "Confidential." Jo addresses the maturation issue as she speaks with Marmee of the situation between Meg and Mr. Brooke. The possible love between these two represents one of the very important aspects in coming of age for a teenage girl. Jo treats this natural process as if it were some sort of disease, however. Jo cannot understand why Meg would want to stop behaving "like a sensible creature" (p.202), and refers to love as "such nonsense."
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小婦人
在我讀這本書之前，我看了一部由日本製作的卡通片。所以我對它有濃厚的興趣。
這一切都始於嚴冬，聖誕季節。最冷的一個，是戰爭使燃料取暖非常稀缺。而她的丈夫在戰爭之後，Marmee獨自撫養四個女兒：Jo，Meg，Beth，艾米。
在聖誕前夜，媽媽剛到家，從中傳遞出的食物不那麼幸運的人和她丈夫的一封信，女孩的父親。衆人圍坐在爐火旁念信。後來，女孩流淚的眼睛。媽媽的吻和他們上牀。
Jo渴望成爲一名作家。所以，每天晚上她熬夜寫劇本的肥皂劇。清晨來臨，她是最後一個醒來的人。餐桌上擺滿了食物，準備了他們的聖誕大餐。
夜幕降臨時，女孩們都站在閣樓上表演Jo的戲劇，她從當地(假)報紙上讀到。正當他們表演時，他們有錢，隔壁鄰居孫子從窗口看。
2個最老的女孩：Jo和Meg，準備參加聖誕舞會。當Jo捲曲Meg的頭髮時，空氣中有一種奇怪的'氣味。艾米的尖叫聲，兆頭髮被燒焦。他們繼續爲一副白手套穿舊衣服箱。
小女孩的突出主題之一是女孩的年齡或成熟。在小說的過程中，我們看到他們在許多方面成長-身體上，智力上，特別是情感上。讀者必須自問的一個問題是人物對年齡進程的看法是否與奧爾科特分享?。如果他們不是，什麼是奧爾科特的意見，以及他們如何區別於那些婦女在她的故事?
有趣的是，研究20章的後半部分，“保密”。Jo地址的成熟問題爲她說話的Meg和布魯克先生之間的情況Marmee。這兩個孩子之間的可能的愛代表了一個十幾歲女孩的年齡的一個非常重要的方面。然而，把這種自然過程視爲某種疾病。喬不明白Meg爲什麼要停止”像是一個明智的人”(p.202)，指的是愛”之類的廢話。”
