A literary work can convey many messages including a lesson about moral values shown in the story. This can be seen in the Little Women (1868) novel by Louisa May Alcott that is used in this study. The purposes of this study are to describe the components of good character found in Little Women (1868), as well as to explain the moral values portrayed by the March family in Little Women (1868) using Thomas Lickona’s components of good character theory.
The method applied in this study was descriptive qualitative. The data were taken from the novel, such as dialogues, narration, and monologues. There were several steps conducted to collect the data, such as reading the novel, identifying the data, classifying the data, and reducing the data.
Arriving at the conclusion, there were two results found in this study. First, the components of good character such as moral knowing, moral feeling, and moral action is found in Little Women (1868) that were portrayed by Mrs. March, Josephine, Meg, Beth, and Amy. Second, Little Women (1868) portrayed moral values depicted on the March family’s behaviors that are mentioned by Thomas Lickona.

Keywords: Components of Good Character, Moral Values, March Family, Little Women