Tuesday, February 17, 2009

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.

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