【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 ttle of her. He is afraid to say much, for fear she would slip away altogether, though she is not so shy as she used to be. For Amy, he says, he observes that Amy takes drumsticks at dinner, runs errands for her mother all the afternoon, gives Meg her place tonight, and has waited for everyone with patience and good humor. He also observes that she does not fret much nor look in the glass, and has not even mentioned a very pretty ring which she wore。 so he concludes that she has learned to think of other people more and of herself less, and has decided to try and molded her character as carefully as she molded her little clay figures. He is glad of this, altough he should be very proud of a graceful statue made by her, he should be infinitely proud of a lovable daughter with a talent for making life beautiful to herself and others. While ’s education to their daughters embodies in the daily life, she let daughters’ send breakfast to a poor woman as a Christmas present. In the chapter of Playing Pilgrims, to make daughters understand that human existence and life is a really drama, Mrs. March’s talked: “We are playing all the time in one way or another. Our burdens are here, our road is before us, and the longing for goodness and happiness is the guide that leads us through many troubles and mistakes to the peace which is a true Celestial City. Now, my little pilgrims, suppose you begin again, not in play, but in earnest, and see how far on you can get before Father es home.”(Little Women, 2021:23) When their children plains about poor and tired, Mrs. March tells an old man to send his four sons to battlefield to them and makes a parison to let them understand how rich they are and how happy they are for the sake of God. Later they make an experiment. That is, the children could try their experiment for a week and see how they like it. Next morning, Meg does not appear till ten o’ clock。 her solitary breakfast does not taste nice。 and the room seems lonely and untidy, for Jo has not filled the vases, Beth has not dusted, and Amy’s books lay scattered about. It seems that they get something. In the end of the experiment, mother says: “Work is wholesome, and there is plenty for everyone。 it keeps us from ennui and mischief, is good for health and spirits, and The Model of the Family Education 5 gives us a sense of power and independence better money or fashion.” (Little Women, 2021: 34) What Mother said lectures greatly inspire them? They say they will work like bees, and love it too. . Valuation Affirming There are so many preaches in the novel. In the circumstance, the children are growing up, overing difficulties and correcting shortings. What’s more important, the couple always set a good example with their own conducts. This is an important reason which let the children get success. For example, when Jo is anxious about how to get rid of her bad temper, and when Meg is not getting well on with John. Mrs. March makes Jo understand that it would take a long time to correct bad temper with her own experience, Meg understands that she should not have neglected her husband, and let him join in her life. In a word, whether teaching by words of mouth or examples, the four sisters get a lot of valuable information which taking a positive effect. . The Effects of the Education Art for Children. . For Meg Meg is a gentle and soft girl, and likes to perform, and writes dramas, but sometimes, she is vain, and easy to be allured by wealth and fame. After experiencing ups and downs of Vanity Fair, mother says she wants her daughters to be beautiful, acplished, and good。 to be admired, loved, and respected。 to be loved and chosen by a good man is the best and the sweetest thing which can happen to a woman, and she sincerely hopes her girls may know this beautiful experience. If her daughters marry rich men merely because they are rich, or have splendid houses, which are not homes because love is wanting, money is a needful and precious thing and when well used, a noble thing but she never wants Meg to think it is the first or only prize to strive for. She would rather see her daughters as poor men’ wife, if they were happy, beloved, contented, than queens on thrones, without selfrespect and peace. But later Meg is not vain any more. Because of this, her father thinks highly of her. She married John. Even after they get married, Meg also listens to her mother’s criticisms with an 廣東技術(shù)師范學(xué)院本科畢業(yè)論文 (設(shè)計(jì) ) 6 open mind. When she does not get on well with John because of housework and children, her mother told her: “John is a good man, but he has his faults, and you must learn to see and bear with them, remembering your own. Peace and happiness depend on keeping his respect. Watch yourself, be the first to ask pardon if you both err, and guard against the little piques, misunderstanding, and hasty words that often pave the way for bitter sorrow and regret.” (Little Women, 2021: 45) She also tells Meg that she has only made the mistake that most young wives makefets her duty to her husband in her love for her children. For children should draw her nearer than ever, not separate her, as if they were all her, and John has nothing to do but supporting them. Besides, she owes something to John as well as the babies。 doesn’t neglect husband for children, doesn39。t shut him out of the nursery, but teaches him how to help in it. His place is there as well as her, and the children need him。 let him feel that he has his part to do, and he will do it gladly and faithfully, and it will be better for she all. Young married people are apt to grow apart, and the very time when they ought to be most together。 for the first tenderness soon w