DaddyLongLegs Book Report 书评分析和总结.docx

Daddy-Long-Legs

DaddyLong-Legsisa1912epistolarynovelbytheAmericanwriterJeanWebster.Itfollowstheprotagonist,ayounggirlnamedJerushaJudyAbbott,throughhercollegeyears.Shewritestheletterstoherbenefactor,arichmanwhomshehasneverseen.

JeanWebsterwasanAmericanwriter.Herbest-knownbooksaremainlyaboutfeaturelivelyyoungfemalewhoisintellectual,moral,andsocial.Withenoughhumor,snappydialogue,andgentlybitingsocialcommentary,herbooksareenjoyabletocontemporaryreaders.

JeanWebsterwasborn inFredonia,NewYork.Onageof21, WebsterenteredVassarCollege.MajoringinEnglishandeconomics,shetookacourseinwelfareandpenalreformandbecameinterestedinsocialissues.Aspartofhercourseshevisitedinstitutionsfordelinquentanddestitutechildren.She wasinvolvedintheCollegeSettlementHousethatservedpoorercommunitiesinNewYork.Itwasaninterestthatshemaintainedthroughoutherlife.HerexperiencesatVassarprovidedmaterialforherbooksWhenPattyWenttoCollegeandDaddy-Long-Legs.

JeanWebsterwasactivepoliticalandsocially，andoftenincludedissuesofinterestinherbooks,suchasthefollowingfouraspects:

Womensissues

Jean Webster supported womens suffrage and education for women. Sheparticipatedinmarchesinsupportofvotesforwomen,andhavingbenefitedfromher

educationatVassar,sheremainedactivelyinvolvedwiththecollege.Hernovelsalsopromotedtheideaofeducationforwomen,andhermajorcharactersexplicitlysupportedwomenssuffrage.

Eugenicsandheredity

Theeugenicsmovementwasahot-topicwhenJeanWebsterwaswritinghernovels.Inparticular,RichardL.Dugdales1877bookabouttheJukefamilyaswellasHenryGoddards1912studyoftheKallikakfamilywerewidelyreadatthetime.WebstersDearEnemymentionsandsummarizesthebooksapprovingly,tosomedegree,althoughherprotagonist,SallieMcBride,ultimatelydeclaresthatshedo