Mrs. March removes Amy from school in a most daring way without a second thought. She sent her other daughter to deliver the message. Alcott writes,
“Just before school closed, Jo appeared, wearing a grim expression as she stalked up to the desk, and delivered a letter from her mother, then collected Amy's property, and departed, carefully scraping the mud from her boots on the door mat, as if she shook the dust of the place off her feet.” (Page 176).
Jo delivered the message in a discontented yet discreet way. Some parents nowadays would never commit the same actions as the March’s did. Monroe writes, “community pressure can become an issue if a parent chooses to challenge the practice.”. It is hard to stop corporal punishment if the rest of the community supports it, therefore, the parent only has the options to keep their child in that school or find another school that does not have corporal punishment. This law is state-wide, so finding another school can prove difficult. These two pieces of writing can be beneficial to the debate on corporal punishment. Through the writings of the effect emotionally, how the family reacts, and supports the child, one question can be answered. Should corporal punishment be nullified