Abstract:American famous writer, Louisa May Alcott’s novel Little Women fully reflects the transcendental ideas
This novel based on the American Civil War contains complex cultural contexts and thus, can be read from many perspectives
This thesis attempts to read this novel from the perspective of Transcendentalism, and try to tap theTranscendentalism embodied in thought, in order to broaden people's perspective of reading the novel
Transcendentalism promotes the unity of people, God, the spirit of natural, to emphasize the spirit of self and self-reliance
These ideas are reflected in the March sisters’growing up and character
March sisters have different personalities and talents, but they focus on their own spirit improvement and strongly maintain the self-reliance and self-ind