Friday, April 26, 2013

Qualities of One in Little Women

            I'm still reading Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. It's a really good book. I really want to talk about one of the characters in the book. The characters in this book are so fascinating. The one that I just read about and want to talk about is Meg. The March family isn't that rich. Meg was invited to a party of the Moffats and the Moffats. Meg has only one party dress but compared to the dresses of the Moffats it was like rags. When she goes there no one pays any attention to her because of what she was wearing. She overheard people talking about her. The next day the Moffat girls came to her and said they wanted to dress her up so that her beauty would come out.
            She eagerly agrees because she does want to look pretty. After she goes down the people who praised her when she was wearing her own simple dress were shaking her head at her. They were saying how she looked better in the simple dress. Laurie the boy that Meg likes even said that she didn't look like herself in the fancy dress. He said she would look much better in the simple dress. Right when Meg heard these two comments she wanted to change. The things that the people close to her affected her so much that she got embarrassed. After she went back home she said that she learned her lesson. A few small words from the people she new her the most changed her completely on the idea of needing fanciers clothes. These days everyone is so stubborn and won't change their mind.

1 comment:

  1. Great post Sadia! I think that this is a very common problem in everyday life. People are always trying to change their appearance to please others, but then they end up turning away those who liked them before. Though some may think it cliche, you should really just be yourself.

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