Sowing Wild Oats, the Transcendental Kind. Serious humor.
Transcendental Wild Oats Louisa May Alcott On the first day of June, 184-, a large wagon, drawn by a small horse and containing a motley load, went lumbering over certain New England hills, with the pleasing accompaniments of wind, rain, and hail. A serene man with a serene child upon his knee was.I first read the perfectly titled Transcendental Wild Oats, the thinly veiled autobiographical account of the Alcott familys time at Fruitlands, last month from an online source.Id read it in anticipation of my trip to Massachusetts, which included a visit to Fruitlands in Harvard, MA, which is not far from Concord.Louisa May Alcott Transcendental Wild Oats and Little Women Background, Discussion, and Activities Objectives: 1. To become better acquainted with Louisa May Alcott, author and pioneer in juvenile literary endeavors. 2. To learn about the life of 19th century children 3. To appreciate and practice memoir and autobiographical fiction. Process.
Early life. Louisa May Alcott was born on November 29, 1832, in Germantown, which is now part of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on her father's 33rd birthday.She was the daughter of transcendentalist and educator Amos Bronson Alcott and social worker Abby May and the second of four daughters: Anna Bronson Alcott was the eldest; Elizabeth Sewall Alcott and Abigail May Alcott were the two youngest.Louisa May Alcott was born on November 29, 1832, to Abigail “Abba” May Alcott and Amos Bronson Alcott. She was born in Pennsylvania, but she largely grew up near Boston and Concord, Massachusetts. Louisa had three sisters: Anna, who was older, Lizzie, who was younger, and May, the youngest.
Wild Oats Analysis What happens in the poem? What is the deeper 'meaning' of the poem? Tells story of man who fails miserably in relationship with one woman, and then years later, he finds he doesn't have photos of the woman he was dating, in stead he has photos of her friend.
