Little Women: A Late Nineteenth Century Novel By Louisa May Alcott

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Compare and Contrast Essay Outline
Little Women is a late nineteenth century novel by Louisa May Alcott, which follows the lives of four sisters and their mother while the sisters grow into being young women under the shadow of the American Civil War. The novel Little Women can differ dramatically from its adaptations – specifically, in this case, the 1994 film adaptation Little Women which starred Winona Ryder, Susan Sarandon, and Christian Bale as Jo, Marmee, and Laurie, respectively. The differences which exist in plot, theme, and characterisation, between the original novel and the 1994 adaptation will be thoroughly discussed. To do this, I will compare and contrast the original and its adaptation with regards to plot, characterisation, and themes, to see where they are similar, and where they are different, and also to potentially elaborate on how this changes our view of the story, and of the characters within it.
Characterisation
Choosing the characterisation of Amy and Laurie as opposed to the characterisation of other people is mainly due to that fact that they, of all characters, have survived mostly intact – all of the others suffer some changes in the transition from book to film. Some of these changes could be said to originate in the need to make change...