Playing Beatie Bow Essays

‘Playing Beatie Bow’ published in 1980 encompasses the contrast in the social and cultural context between the 1870’s and 1970’s in the Rocks Sydney. In this book the scenario is a teenage girl who is part of a prophecy and is transported to the 1870’s to the Rocks, Sydney to the Bow and Tallisker hold. ‘The stranger’ (teenage girl) must make the gift strong again so it is enabled to allow the Bow and Tallisker to continue on through the family. The gift has the ability to provide a sense of seeing

The character development of people varies between each individual. It depends on a person’s strive for the betterment. Some people are afraid of change, but development is something different that attracts the eyes of society. In Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women”, Amy March undergoes the least amount of character development in comparison to her sisters. Amy portrays stubbornness, irresponsibility, and selfishness throughout the novel. A person possessing a trait such as selfishness, can control