Lesson 120 essay

The assignment was to wright about worldviews of 2 or 3 authors from this year…

I would quickly like to point out what a Worldview in Literature is. Depending on what the Author’s worldview is, that is what will come up in their book. So if a Author was a Christian, his or her book would most likely have Christian characters and thinking.

Louisa May Alcott

This year, I read the book “Little Men” by Louisa May Alcott, who is an American author. Based on the book and others I have read, I think that Louisa May Alcott’s Worldviews are; Theism and Transcendentalism.

If you read “Little Men”, you will find that the boys sing several hymns, go to church on Sundays and listen to Father or Mother Bhaer read the Bible. This would mean that the Author is a Theist, or someone who believes in one god.

In “Little Men”, Mother ( or Jo) and Father Bhaer do not believe in beating the boys (This would mean not spanking, speaking harshly, and/or hurting them), Jo also sees the boys’ good sides and hopes to help them. She also tries to not look at the boys’ bad side and thinks that they are good no matter what. This would make Louisa May Alcott a Transcendentalist, or someone who thinks that people are born as “Sweet little angels” and that there is really no bad in them.

My next Author is Daniel Defoe, who wrote the famous book, “Robinson Crouse”. His worldview was most likely Theism. I cannot think of any other worldviews he might have because I have not read many of his books.

Daniel Defoe was most likely Christian because after the wreak, Robinson Crouse starts reading the bible more and more, and starts looking to the Father for help. Because the main character in the book is Christian, the author is most likely Christian.

There are many worldviews in the world. Some are not implemented today while others are very popular. The worldviews that are very popular today include: Theism, Atheism and Socialism.