Character Change in Little Women

I’m still reading the book Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. I’m not really seeing anything that important yet. Whatever I have read is mostly about the March family’s lifestyle. They have met a few people which I think will have a very important part in the book. I think in this response I want to talk about how one of the characters changed in the book. The character I want to talk about is Beth.

Beth was very scared of Mr. Laurence. She really loved music and pianos. When she went to Mr. Laurence’s house she saw that he had a piano. She really wanted to play it but something that Mr. Laurence did made her very scared to go into that house or even step in front of him when he came over. Mr. Laurence started to notice this after a period of time. He wanted to fix this so when he went over one time he switched the topic to music and kept on going. Beth heard everything and started to move closer to him. He noticed this and he told Mrs. March that if someone wanted to play his piano they could come over anytime. Beth took the chance and said she wanted to play it. Even though she was a bit scared the piano made them closer and closer. At the end Mr. Laurence gave Beth a piano as a gift because she reminded him of a grand-daughter he lost.

Beth and Mr. Laurence’s relationship changed so much. It became like a father and daughter relationship.