reading day five

Beth's spirits seem low and marmee has Jo find out what is wrong. Jo thinks that Beth is in love with Laurie, but Jo thinks that Laurie is in love with Jo. Jo decides to leave and goes to new york her mom approves and jo live with a women and teaches her childern, laurie says, teasing but yet serious, that jo wil lnot get out of his "grasp" so easily.Jo is only hoping that laurie will fall in love with beth while jo is gone.
jo writes from new york saying that all is well.she returns home to see laurie graduate all of the marches see him except amy. Laurie finally confesses his love for jo, jo tries to stop him from talking but he has to tell how he feels. she rejects his proposal to marraige and says that she doesn't love him, he is worried that she is in love wiht professor Bhaer, and says he is old. mr.laurence takes him away with him to europe for a while.
Jo realizes that beth is sicker than before, she is pale and thin. beth tells jo that she will die soon and is asked to tell her parents, jo doesn't need to say anything because they can see it in beth.

laurie meets up with amy in nice,france and they have a good time and laurie tells her how she is pretty and grown.

meg and john are having trouble, john spends time at his friends house because meg is always too busy with the children, marmee gives her advice that she needs to do both, meg cooks a nice meal and dresses up, put the tiwns to bed early and john is impresed, their son won't sleep and he takes over, they share the child duties and inresult spend more time together.

because of beth's health her family sets up a room for her with her piano, amy draws beautiful pictures and jo writes her a poem, before beth dies she askes jo to take care of her parents, beth dies peacefully.

laurie finally asks amy to marry him after they become very close, she says yes.
jo is very lonly at home she tries to make everything easier for everyone one day she tells her dad how much she misses beth, word comes about amy and laurie, marmee is worried that jo will take the news bad, jo doesn't but wishes she could find a love of her own.

amy and laurie come back, and mr.laurence. laurie tells jo that he is glad she never loved him because he loves amy, professor Bhear comes by and says he is here for business, he asks if he can visit later and jo is happy and says yes. finally he confesses his love and she does to and they decide to get married, although he has found a job in the west.

jo and Bhear spend a year apart, aunt march dies and leaves her house to jo. jo turns it into a school for rich and poor boys alike. mr.laurence helps pay for tuition for the poor boys. all of the girls and their familys arrive for a day of fun at the apple picking festival. marmee has her 60th birthday and they all celebrate. although somethings are bad, they all express how happy and grateful they are and they count their blessing and will never ever forget who they are and the real them.

Response: i will just remeber that you must only be your self and no one else, always count your blessings and never forget who you are and were you came from no matter what you become.

Reading day four

beth visits the Hummels, she doesn't want to go one day and asks a sister if she would, they ignore her, busy with their own work and she ends up going. the hummel baby has died of scarlet fever and beth feels as though she may have it. they send Amy to aunt March's house incase she would catch it, meg and jo have had it already so they wouldn't get it. they send for a doctor and beth does have it, jo wants to send for marmee right away, she talks to laurie and he admitts that he has already sent for her and she should arrive that night, beth is recovering and marmee returns late taht night.

meg and mr.brooke get very close, around chirstmas mr.march is home and megs parents think she is too young to marry, mr.brooke askes her hand in a few years and her parents agree, jo is sad because she feels like she is loosing a sister.

END OF PART 1

mr.march and mr.brooke, who had minor injuries, are home from war, which has ended. meg has a wedding and few months later she has twins, John Laurence and Margret, or Demi and Daisy for short, they have though time, they are poor.

jo wins a prize from her writting, 100 dollars, she sends marmee and beth to the seashore for beth to get better, she also finishes her novel and makes 300 dollars, she is still very very proud that she is helping support her self and her family.

jo and amy go on a visit, amy makes jo dress nice and act nice, they finally visit aunt march after jo has been crud, the author makes it sound like amy will have something good happen to her since she has been delightful that day.

Response: once again marmee has taught a lesson that the girls shouldn't be something they are not, amy tries to throw a really good party and it fails, her family is still loving and kind but she now know that she is who she is, which is a wonderful lesson!

reading day three

it is now spring and the girls take a gardening class. they also have a club that they write letters, its a society of arts and letters. based on the book by Charles Dickinson, The Pickwick Papers. they want to invite Laurie but they are afraid that he will laugh at them. he hides in the closet one day and comes out, they start a postal box and they write letter back and fourth to each other.

the king family and aunt march are on vacation. Jo and meg have nothing to do and they do nothing, the other girls also do nothing, one day marmee and Hannah do nothing and they fail to do anything right around the house and marmee just tried to teach them a lesson they everyone has to at least to something, a little bit of work.

meg finds one glove in the postal box with a german song translated by lauries tutor.all of the girls are invited to a picnic at lauries and there are many other people there, some are very rude to the girls and alot of the people break off into many different groups and converstaions.
laurie spies on the girls as the climb the hill, the are reading, sewing and knitting, and drawing. he joins them and he reads to them, they all talk about what they want to be when they are older, and they all dream.

jo submits her manuscripts to the newspaper and they publish them, jo now makes money for them, she is proud to help support her self and her family.mr. march is ill and marmee is sent to d.c to see him, along with mr.Brookes for company.

Response: i think that Jo will become a very good writer and have it as a living someday, maybe even become famous. all of the girls seem to be loving life and just living it at the moment, they are sad that marmee had to leave, that would be hard but i think it is good that they all have each other, they write her letters, each one a different way, even Mr.Laurence and Laurie write her, and Hannah.

reading day two

the girls start spending time a the Laurence house, meg finds the piano and plays it, she fears Mr. Laurence and he hears about the fear and comes to their house and says how he wishes someone would play during the day because it is so quiet. meg goes to the house one day and plays, Mr.Laurence leaves his door open to listen some days. meg and Mr.Laurence become good friends she kisses him on the cheek to thank him for the piano he sent her that was his granddaughter, who died.

Amy goes to school and the girls there exchange pickled limes, Amy feels horrible because she can't give her friends them in return. Meg gives her money to buy some and Amy tells her enemy, miss snow that she can't have any and miss snow tells the teacher and Amy is forced to throw them out the window and stand in the front of class until recess, at recess Amy goes home and tells her family they think that she did wrong but marmee lets her vacation from school and stay with Beth at home.

Jo is invited to a play with Laurie and Amy wants to follow but Jo doesn't let her, Amy tells Jo that she will be sorry. she gives Jo the cold shoulder when she comes home and she burns Jo's manuscripts. Jo is angry and tells Amy that they were her pride and joy and Amy apologizes. Jo and Laurie go ice skating and Amy follows, Laurie tells Jo not to go in the middle because it is thin, Jo doesn't tell Amy and she falls in, Jo is horrified with fear and Laurie saves her. she talks to marmee and say she has a problem controlling quick temper and marmee says she does too, Jo can't believe it because she thinks of marmee as a calm person. Amy and Jo make up, finally.

meg stays with her wealthy friend, she packs her best clothes. they go to picnics, plays and throw parties. at one party the girls talked about her dress and how her mom is planning on having meg marry Laurie for his money. the next party her friends dress her up in really nice clothes and Laurie comes to the party and criticises her for dressing like someone she's not. meg returns home and tells all. marmee says that it isn't true that she is going to force her to marry Laurie, she wants her girls to be happy in youth and marriage.

Response: i think that the life the girls have is great, they get by with what they have and they will be strong women, true women, and probably sucessful.

reading day one

there are four sisters and their dad is at war, as doctor.it is Christmas time and they wake up and they each find a book under their pillow, they all promise that each morning before they work that they would read the book. they wend down stairs trying to prepare breakfast and their mom comes in and asks if they would give their breakfast to the poor family, the mom is sick with 6 children and a crying baby. they took it over along with some cloths and started a fire for them and made it warm. they also gave up their money and they each bought their mother something instead of themselves. they put on this really cool play, Jo of course is the boy, she is a tom boy. Old Mr.Laurence sent them a feast after the play because he heard of what they did.Jo reads in the attic because she has a pet rat named scrabbles, and she also eats apple up there. meg and Jo are invited to a new years party,they don't have very good clothes and Jo hears that a boy is going to ask her to dance so she hides behind the curtains and Laurie, or Laurence boy is back there and they dance behind the curtains and meg sprains her ankle, Laurie gives them a ride home in his carriage.
the girls don't want to go back to their duties:
Jo reads to aunt march
Amy goes to school
meg babysits the king children
and Beth stays home and cleans and takes care of her doll collection.

one day Jo is shoveling and she see Laurie in the window of his house and she throws a snow ball at the window and he tells her that he is sick, she asks if she can keep him company, marmee doesn't like the idea but Jo goes anyways. she brings food, kittens, and trinkets.Laurie has to see the doctor, he sends Jo to his grandfathers library and she starts talking about the picture of old Mr. Laurence and says that it isn't good, thinking that Laurie is in the room but it is Mr.Laurence, he laughs a Jo's humor and they become friends and she is invited for tea. after tea Laurie plays the piano for Jo and his grandfather who doesn't want him to pursue music gets upset and Jo leaves, and tells all to her sisters.

Response: The girls are very sweet and they are very obedient, they love their mother and want to please her no matter what. i think that it is really cool how on Christmas morning they gave up their breakfast feast to that poor family. they all have a responsibility and even though they don't want to work they do it.

Chapter 26

Holden concludes his story by refusing to discuss what happened after his day in the park with Phoebe, although he does say that he went home, got sick, and was sent to the rest home from which he now tells his story. He says he is supposed to go to a new school in the fall and thinks that he will apply himself there, but he doesn't feel like talking about it. He wishes he hadn't talked about his experiences so much in the first place, even to D. B., who often comes to visit him in the rest home . Talking about what happened to him makes him miss all the people in his story.

Response- I think Holden may be helpless, the story just kind of ends and leaves you hanging but it was good while it lasted.

Chapter 25

Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's and goes to Grand Central Station. The next day we walks up and down 5th avenue feeling alone and depressed he keeps calling out to Allie to help him get across the road. He decides he is really going to leave New York he pictures himself never talking to anyone again and marrying a blind mute. He goes to his sister's school where he writes her a note telling her to meet him at the museum of art so he can give her the money back. He then sees "fuck you" written on the school and becomes very depressed(i don't think he can be anymore depressed). While at the museum waiting for his sister he helps these girls out by showing where the mummies are while down there he see "fuck you" written yet again on the wall and he begins to think someone will write it on his tomb stone when he dies. He passes out. His sister comes with a suitcase and begs him to let her come along. She gets very upset when he tells her there is no way she is coming. She gives him back the hunting hat and he offers to take her to the zoo. the look at some animals. He sits and watches her play while wearing the hat. He is so happy he thinks he might cry.

Response- very long chapter, he does say he is happy, but he still is very messed up, he is very luck to have Phoebe in his life.