Question
adapted from Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
"Yes, you will!" persisted Jo. "You'll get over this after a while, and find some lovely accomplished girl, who will adore you, and make a fine mistress for your fine house. I shouldn't. You'd be ashamed of me, and we should quarrel—we can't help it even now, you see—and I shouldn't like elegant society and you would, and you'd hate my scribbling, and I couldn't get on without it, and we should be unhappy, and wish we hadn't done it, and everything would be horrid!"
"Anything more?" asked Laurie, finding it hard to listen patiently to this prophetic burst.
"Nothing more, except that I don't believe I shall ever marry. I'm happy as I am, and love my liberty too well to be in a hurry to give it up for any mortal man."
3
How does Jo challenge the societal norms of her time?
A.
Unlike most women of her time, she refuses to marry and sacrifice her freedom.
B.
She wants to find a man with whom she can have interesting conversations.
C.
Unlike most women of her time, she is accomplished and is fond of elegant society.
D.
She wants to be a fine mistress of a fine house and wants to focus on writing.
by Louisa May Alcott
"Yes, you will!" persisted Jo. "You'll get over this after a while, and find some lovely accomplished girl, who will adore you, and make a fine mistress for your fine house. I shouldn't. You'd be ashamed of me, and we should quarrel—we can't help it even now, you see—and I shouldn't like elegant society and you would, and you'd hate my scribbling, and I couldn't get on without it, and we should be unhappy, and wish we hadn't done it, and everything would be horrid!"
"Anything more?" asked Laurie, finding it hard to listen patiently to this prophetic burst.
"Nothing more, except that I don't believe I shall ever marry. I'm happy as I am, and love my liberty too well to be in a hurry to give it up for any mortal man."
3
How does Jo challenge the societal norms of her time?
A.
Unlike most women of her time, she refuses to marry and sacrifice her freedom.
B.
She wants to find a man with whom she can have interesting conversations.
C.
Unlike most women of her time, she is accomplished and is fond of elegant society.
D.
She wants to be a fine mistress of a fine house and wants to focus on writing.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
A. Unlike most women of her time, she refuses to marry and sacrifice her freedom.
This option best reflects how Jo challenges the societal norms of her time by valuing her independence and liberty over traditional expectations of marriage and domesticity.
This option best reflects how Jo challenges the societal norms of her time by valuing her independence and liberty over traditional expectations of marriage and domesticity.