March

At the outset of Chapter 11, Mr. March states, “The brave man, the real hero, quakes with terror, sweats, feels his very bowels betray him, and in spite of this moves forward to do the act he dreads” (168). Is there any point in the novel when Mr. March achieves this definition of bravery? Explain your answer using examples from the text.

In Part 2, the narration switches to Marmee’s point of view. What does this perspective shift tell us about Mr. March’s reliability as a narrator?

Grace says that Mr. March does not love her, but “loves, perhaps, an idea of [her]: Africa, liberated” (242). In what ways does Mr. March seem to love Grace? In what ways does he seem to love this idea of Grace? In his mind, are they different?