作者词汇基本功很好,在学术词汇方面希望能更熟练的使用文中应增加一些长难句的使用,会为文章添彩;衔接成分太少,文章结构欠佳。
Puritans firmly believe that women are required to follow the traditional thoughts that women should obey their husband absolutely and are not allowed to share the equal love and statue with men. Women are just the adherents of the man. But Josephine is such an exception who breaks the traditional rules for women. Her hot temper, literary ambition, active approach to life, boyish enthusiasm, her fervent desire to be a boy and her struggle against the bonds of domesticity are not at all in harmony with the social convention. It is universally accepted that Puritans convince the God is the superior. But Josephine believes that there is the God in self’s heart that can help realize the dream. Thus she follows her heart to do anything she yearns to learn. Living the society dominated by males, females are required to be obedient. Josephine is dedicated to the family but refuse to yield to her husband blindly. She dislikes being bound to the traditional rites and customs. She has dreamed to become a useful woman rather than a common housewife. She believes that women also can contribute to society other than sewing all the time. Her choices of career stand for her dreams of being equal as men. She does not obey the traditional view on marriage.Josephine opposes the materialism and strongly believes materials cannot bring the pleasures in spirits. She had never made up for balls. She is an independent girl. Neither the peaceful domestic life, nor the noisy social parties, can make her feel satisfied. “The Duke’s Daughter paid the butcher’s bill, A Phantom Hand put down a new carpet, and the Curse of the Coventrys proved the blessing of the Marches in the way of groceries and gowns.” Meanwhile, Jo is hot-tempered. Due to some disputes, Amy burned her precious book. Jo is very angry. “Amy got no further for Jo’s hot temper mastered her, and she shook Amy till her teeth chattered in her head; crying, in a passion of grief and anger. Jo was quite beside herself; and with a parting box on her sister’s ear she rushed out of the room up to the old sofa in the garret, and finished her fight alone.” What’s more, Jo is a girl who wants to be a boy. “I wish I was a boy, and then I could go and fight beside father.” Jo wants to escape from the full dress and puts on the uniform to fight beside her father. Meg always says to Jo,” You are been running, haven’t you? Jo, when will you start to behave like a young lady?” In her mind, women can do whatever men do. Besides, women can also pursuit the freedom like men. She put herself in the position of the man of the family when her father is absence. Jo has intense equality thoughts, and her struggle to get her proper rights. Her unique behaviors express her desire to break the fetters on the women. Her choices of career stand for her dreams of being equal as men. She is unwilling to obey the traditional view on marriage to find a rich husband, but establishes her love on an equal base. Towards career of women, Jo thinks that women have rights to pursuit another ways of living instead of staying at home for all the time.