Do you feel that Mr. March's many experiences with slavery shaped who his character became by the end of the novel, or even halfway through the novel?

Mr. March is an abolitionist from the opening of the novel. He fights in the Union Army because he wants to battle injustice, including slavery. This conviction only strengthens as the novel progesses.

Arguably the most important event in the intensifying of Mr. March's already ardent beliefs regarding slavery is his unexpected meeting with Grace, a young black woman whom Mr. March had known years before, when she was a slave. Grace's story has an indelible effect on him, and is a catalyst for the increasing passion of his anti-slavery convictions.

As the novel ends, the experiences of Mr. March have scarred him irreparably. However, his condemnation of racial injustice has not changed. His beliefs have become more fervent from the beginning of the novel, to the middle, to the end.