By Louisa May Alcott
A novel that promotes equality of rights with men in many aspects, such as politics, social, economy, and culture. It sends a message of women empowerment, and the characters showed how they survived all the obstacles that come into their lives. Little women portrait the real situations of women in this world. There are four girls whom we witnessed how they turned into women with good values. Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy are the March sisters that everyone can relate to and the epitome of strong women.
The main character of Little Women, Jo is an outspoken tomboy with a passion for writing. Her character is based in large part on Louisa May Alcott herself. Jo refuses Laurie’s offer of marriage, despite the fact that everyone assumes they will end up together. In the end, Jo gives up her writing and marries Professor Bhaer, which can be seen either as a domestic triumph or as a professional loss, since Jo loses her headstrong independence (Spark notes, 2020).
The story started with four pretty young ladies with different personalities and dreams. Margaret March or Meg is the oldest March sister who has the same fate as her mother. She ended up marrying a poor man she loves. Most of her scenes depict a stereotypical girl who has a girlish weakness for luxury and money. Josephine March is the second oldest among the sisters. She is a brave, determined, proud, and independent woman. If there is a problem in her family, she always makes a way to solve it. She has a great passion for writing novels or stories and dreams that someday she will become a good and a famous writer. This character represented women who act with masculinity and not afraid to make bold decisions. The next one is Elizabeth March, who loves to play the piano and has a spirit of music. She is a silent type of woman and has a different way of coping with their life situation. She is supportive of her sisters, especially to Jo, which she encouraged to write a story for her before she died. The last one is Amy March, the artist of the family and she loves to paint. She dreamed of marrying a rich man in London, and Aunt March always believes that she is the only hope of her family. However, the most unexpected plot twist happened when Amy and Jo have the same man they love and desire named Laurie. Amy always thought she was second to Jo her whole life in everything, that's why she is afraid to marry Laurie. Jo chose not to interfere in her sister's relationship with Laurie and accepted the fact that everything will remain in the past. Still, at the end of the story, Jo found her true love with Professor Bhaer turned the Aunt March's house into a school for girls and boys and had two sons of their own (Little Women Wiki, 2020).
On the whole, women don't have to mimic the behavior of men to look masculine and brave. Women have a unique identity, and it will not fade as they continue to accept the gender that leads them to become true women. There are many lessons that you can get into this story, and it inspires you to empower women. To become who you are and bizarre.
“Women have minds and souls as well as just hearts, and they’ve got ambition and talent as well as just a beauty. And I’m sick of people saying love is all, a woman is fit for.”
-Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
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References
Heim B. (2020). ‘Little Women’ movie: All its best quotes to live your life by. Retrieved from https://filmdaily.co/news/little-women-best-quotes/
Little Women Wiki (2020). Jo March Little Women. Retrieved from https://littlewomen.fandom.com/wiki/Jo_March
Spark notes (2020). Little Women. Retrieved from https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/littlewomen/character/jo-march/
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