Carolina Lumetta

A collection of my academic and "just for fun" writings.

- "Watchdogs of Democracy" was my independent study research thesis at Wheaton College. I worked on analyzing media trends as they related to presidential campaigns under the mentorship of Dr. Bryan McGraw. 

- Reading Little Women is a blog created by one of my classes at Wheaton College.
- "The American Experiment" won first place at my community college's essay contest (note the subtle nod to Hamilton: The Musical)
- "Freedom of Information and National Security: A Legislative Analysis" was a finalist for Best Undergraduate Paper in the Michigan Political Science Association
- "Adult Literacy in the U.S." is an extensive research portfolio I wrote in an honors class on a topic I seek to expand on and continue researching.

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    The Women Who Dared to Write: A Conversation between Jane Austen and Louisa May Alcott

    We’ve often discussed in class how Louisa May Alcott transcends her time period to speak to ours. While many of her themes in Little Women are universal, I wondered how she might relate going the opposite direction on the timeline. It would be fair to say that Jane Austen was an important literary stepping stone to Louisa’s success, so I imagined a conversation between the two writers. Especially in academic circles, we can forget that the authors we study were real people living life both on an
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    What about Beth?

    Why every adaptation gets her character wrong. What does every film adaptation of Little Women have in common? An unremarkable and even forgettable Beth. While critics of the novel and the movies state that Beth is the least interesting of the March sisters, this is because modernity has forgotten that her character is shaped by a religion most people haven’t heard of: Transcendentalism. In fact, Louisa May Alcott’s thinly veiled autobiography portrays Beth as the ideal of her version of transc
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    Are They Ever “Just Friends”? A Friendly Debate between Two Readers

    Does Alcott satisfy readers with a convincing argument that there can be platonic friendships between boys and girls? Maria: Hi, my name is Maria. I just finished reading Little Women for the first time, and I haven’t seen any of the movies yet, and I’m very excited to watch them. But right now, my view of Little Women is just from the book. Carolina: Hi, my name is Carolina. I’ve been reading Little Women regularly since I fell in love with watching the 1994 movie when I was around 7 years ol
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    Live Like the Marches: Reading Pilgrim’s Progress

    Christmas morning opened not with gifts for the March sisters but with words. As Jo and her sisters opened their copies of Pilgrim’s Progress, they recognized the value of the tales within as applicable to their own lives. “[Jo] knew it very well, for it was that beautiful old story of the best life ever lived, and Jo felt that it was a true guide-book for any pilgrim going the long journey.” Meg took charge by announcing her decision to begin each day reading a section of the 1678 allegory to “

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