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Trina Q People always told me what Jo tells Meg - I will achieve such great things, I could be famous and I wanted that at some point but now I just want to settle down and make a home.
And I love how this quote works both ways. I grew up in a conservative immigrant family and now, at the age of 25, everyone around me tells me that I SHOULD get a boyfriend and get married and have children, because that’s the tradition and what all my female cousins have done. But my dream has never involved that. I’ve always been the nerdy “academic” type that likes studying (I know! How can someone like studying? Even I don’t know what’s wrong with me lol), reading and writing, as well as singing and other artistic things. I am content on my own (with 2 cats) living in a small apartment with a busy job and a small circle of friends. Apart from wanting to get a job that pays better, I wish for nothing more from life. I’m easily satisfied this way. A lot of people from my family think this life path of living alone is bizarre and that I couldn’t possibly be happy without a man and a “real family”. What can I say? My dreams are just different than yours. If you cannot understand, then at least respect it. That’s all anyone could ask for.
“A Slytherin to Jo’s Gryffindor” is the absolute best succinct summary of the two sisters. I loved Jo but deeply appreciated Amy’s shamelessness in leveraging the system to get what she wants.
So what would the girls be, house wise? I agree with Amy as Slytherin. Beth is absolutely a Hufflepuff I actually see Meg as a Gryffindor And Jo as a mix of Gryffindor and Ravenclaw. I guess considering the other three are each a house, that leaves Jo with Ravenclaw.
I agree that Amy is a Slytherin, though she might fit into Gryffindor, too, and Beth is definitely a Hufflepuff. Meg is a Gryffindor, though she could probably fit into Slytherin. I see Jo as a Ravenclaw (as I am), though she could fit into Gryffindor, too. The March family as a whole fits into Gryffindor or Ravenclaw. The dad is a Ravenclaw, and Marmee is a Gryffindor, maybe a Hufflepuff. Aunt March is a Slytherin. Friedrich Bhaer is a Ravenclaw, but I'm not sure where to place Laurie or John Brooke. To the uninitiated, we're talking about the Hogwarts houses in the Harry Potter stories: Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin.
msk Yeah but what I will say about Jane Austen is her heroines did feel distinctly different from one another- and I’m assuming Jane was more like some than others.
Konan x Hidan Back in the day everybody was a gold digger Especially women. Marriage has always been about finances, business, and family alliances. It only recently because about love
I loved Amy, she’s a pragmatist and is ambitious. She wants it all. There’s nothing glamorous about struggling to pay your bills. She also enjoys accomplishment and her dressing up stems from self respect than showing off.
But you can’t fully appreciate your accomplishments if you never faced a reality of struggling to pay your bills. There is nothing glorious about things being given to you by someone without knowing a struggle. Also other people will take a credit for your accomplishments because without them you couldn’t do it. Yes, Jo struggled but that means she can take full credit for her success. And that’s I think is the most important
@@Oktaviii Remember now...u can see the big change between her before the trip and after. She looks dead because the trip drained her and she had to conform to society’s standards in order to support her family financially. Yeah she got things handed to her sometimes. But we can’t forget that when she became an adult reality hit her like a book 😂
Amy's romanticism over choosing a gloriously wealthy and legendary love so she'd never have to suffer poverty again and would have pretty things gave way to pragmatism when she realized that Aunt March was right. One of the girls needed to marry rich to ensure her family was taken care of. Meg was technically supposed to be the one to do this since she was the oldest and the most interested in high society early on but she fell in love with a poor man. Jo doesn't want to marry at all let alone for money, and Beth is far too fragile health wise to go courting. So Amy is the only hope for her family. That kind of pressure is crushing and she lost a lot of that mischievous spark she once had but she's damned determined to succeed. She's definitely my favorite.
Yeah, even since reading the book I`ve always prefered Amy over Jo and felt that Jo was kind of mean and unfair with her!!... I`m mean she would always compare her with Beth.. besides is being said that while Jo was closer to Beth, Meg was closer to Amy so each eldest sisters would defend her fave sister from the other one...besides I`m also the youngest of 4 sisters so I feel related to her in many ways 😅😁...
I agree. Jo was kinda selfish. It was evident in the fair that she was cross with nearly everyone. Amy asked one thing for her to behave modestly that fair but she was so rude to everyone that host thought that Amy was making fun of her daughter while it was Jo@@fanyrf8
I think I am a combination of Jo and Amy. Like Jo, I am a feminist, dreamer and an independent woman. Like Amy, I have always been girly/feminine, I love beauty & the finer things in life which is why I focused on studies and I am working very hard to fulfil my wants and I don't believe in settling for an average Joe.
Seconded, we all may have traits from each March sister, from Jo's creativity and drive, to Amy's pragmatism and realism, to Meg's caring and supportive nature, and to Beth's shyness and sweetness. 💕
When I read the book as a kid, I always related to Amy more than Jo. Sure, she was bratty, but she was also strong and intelligent. I'm so grateful that this film finally did her character justice!
Me too! I always loved Amy and related to her deeply and I am beyond happy that this film gives her the portrayal she deserves thanks to Greta Gerwig and Florence Pugh
I was initially a Beth, met someone and turns into Meg, got my heart broken and became Jo, then finally grew mature & realistic, now I'm Amy. For me, it's more like a cycle.
I was just about say i'm not just one of them. I have a little of all of them in me. But i'm more of a Beth, but evolving into a Jo more and more. But i'm a realist like Amy, but i want a family like Meg to a point.
Right!? I see qualities of myself through all of the sisters. Not just one. At first when I read the book for the first time, I admired Jo sooooo much and put her in a pedestal in my mind to where I wanted to be her...I realized that I’ve always been more like Amy...with some Beth. And some unconventionality like Jo...just a tad. PS: I used to hate Amy. Lol 😂 like legit. Now I see her in a new light and not because of the Greta Gerwig movie but because I’ve grown and that has changed my mentality. There’s NOTHING wrong with knowing what you want and that you know you are materialistically inclined.
I think Jo's character is often romanticized; she sort of seems to have a mindset that causes her not to enjoy the standards of the time she lives in, which pushes her to pursue what she knows is right and that's unique. But as someone who's extremely similar to that, it's actually really painful and lonely and a lot of the time you don't actually know or understand what you want because it's never clearly painted in the world you live in. It kind of sucks.
Completely agree. Being a nonconformist isn't always fun, and certainly doesn't lend to wealth unless you are insanely talented, smart, and lucky. I do love beautiful things like Amy as well, but certainly wouldn't marry for money. I love some comforts of home like Beth, but more as a place you know you are always welcome, and a place to create. And I have a desire to find love like Meg, but am content if I don't. But it is still lonely at times, I like that that was shown in the movie.
This comment section is damn relatable and yes it is really lonely , and we do tend to lose a lot of friends and families due to our own boundaries or the amount of time we don't give to them , but like jo even i love my family a lot especially my cousin sisters (would have added brothers too but you know we're talking about women right now so)
Right! lmao Like I don't know how much more clear you could get. They said that and then read the quote, and I was just confused. What else would she have meant???
people could say stuff like that back that without being immediately thought of as being gay. In fact, if she had thought that was how her words would be taken, she probably wouldn’t have said them. Imo? It’s hard to tell. She had Jo end up with Bhaer because Laurie wasn’t manly enough for her (Jo was not just a tomboy, she was pro-masculinity). It could be that Alcott never found a man who measured up to her ideal of masculinity. And if she was gay, that’s fine, too.
@@seventhsheaven That's fair I suppose. And it does make sense she wouldn't say it if she thought it would be taken that way given the timeframe she lived in. I guess, I just don't understand what that statement would mean if not that she was gay. The phrase isn't really (to my knowledge/experience anyway) used in a friendship context.
A couple decades ago the same questions were raised about First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt's letters to close friend Lorena Hickok. Louisa Alcott was said to have had a close relationship with a young Polish man, I think in Paris. Though "Little Women" is set in U.S. civil wartime of the 1860's, Louisa was born in 1832. As I recall, she nursed during the Civil War, got some horrific disease and was treated with an equally dangerous drug like calomel (mercury), or arsenic. As I understand it she was not well most of her life. (I did a quick source check but was only able to verify her birth year and her age at time of Civil War.)
Jo is more of a Ravenclaw if you ask me. Beth is the most underrated March of the group. There's nothing wrong with being content by simple things, and being kind is just as important.
To me she was just kind of boring though? Like I feel like I don't really know anything about her other than she played piano and got ill 🤷 I don't think being shy and modest has to immediately equal being boring, Then again I've only seen the film so maybe she's more developed in the book... But I don't really like characters that are completely selfless either. It's not real or relatable and id much rather have Jo or Amy's flaws
Like you say being kind is important and I obviously 100% agree, but that is what ultimately killed her. 🤷 That she was always putting others first and never thinking about herself so I think the moral is you have to be selfish and put yourself first sometimes, 🤷 A good and nice character yes, but I don't think good and nice always nessecarily go with with how you should live your life
@@Silvercentipede I understand where you are coming from. That is definitely the impression that one gets from the movies for sure. At first reading, Beth might seem just as two-dimentional as in those movies, but you don't need to dig too deeply to find more to her. For instance, in the first chapter, she seemed to be the most caught up in the rehearsal for the play they were to put on that Christmas day. At one point Jo quoted a line from MacBeth as she saw a famous actor do, only to be told by Meg, "No, it's the toasting fork, with Mother's slipper on it instead of the bread. Beth is stagestruck!" She confessed her burden to her sister "Yes I do. Mine is dishes and dusters and envying girls with nice pianos and being afraid of people." She seemed to be forgetful. The most extreme example was during the chapter Experiments. She was(spoilers) described as constantly forgetting it was to be all play and no work, showing herself also to be a creature of habit. But the worst example of forgetfulness was (again, spoilers)when she forgot to feed her canary and he ended up dying. Much to her heartbreak. She loved animals as much as she loved her family and music. Also that chapter seemed to show something interesting about her tranquility. It seemed she couldn't keep her serenity as well when she had no work to do? Or when her surroundings was unusually chaotic? I might be off here, but maybe routine helped her keep calm? The kind where her hands are busy and her mind free to daydream? For earlier the author made it clear that she seemed to live in a world of her own, only coming out to meet the few she trusted and loved. And another time saying she was neither lonely more idle because her world was peopled with imaginary friends and she was by nature a busy bee. I could go on, having barely scratched the surface but I won't in this post. Like I said, I can relate with her and other characters like her. The quiet often strike those who are more extroverted as dull, but remember that still water runs deep.
i love amy, she’s realistic and she knows what she wants. as much as i love the fantasy of jo of “making it” by herself, back then it was very hard and amy knew that. amy realised how the system works so she decided to be part of that system but not be conformed by it.
I think that if I restrict myself as a book character, I would be dismissing the heart of Louisa's work. Every women are unique. I am a bit of all of them, and I am the original "me".
Congratulations on being a woman. The March sisters are not 2D characters, like women in other forms of fiction and popular culture, but most women, who are also deeply complicated beings with varying different characteristics, talents, dreams and ambitions, don't fall neatly into any rigidly defined stereotype or structured personality. That's the fundamental problem with the premise of this UA-cam video. Still doesn't stop the video from being fun, just means that it doesn't even touch the surface of what real-life women are really like.
Sansa Stark was definitely the Amy of her universe; though her original dream of marrying well and having a great love in her life was never meant to come true, she did (or will, in the ASOIAF books) change with time and achieved success in other areas.
I think that she's more of a Meg when she was a girl. However, I think, when she grows older, she becomes more of an Amy but still retains some of the characteristics of Meg.
I feel Sansa always fitted into the Amy profile. She didn't really want to have a family life for its own sake like Meg - Sansa wanted to shine, to be admired as the perfect lady and wife with the perfect, loving husband and the fairytale life. She wanted to be successful while conforming to how her society measured success. She was the traditional girly girl, she loved nice clothes and other luxuries, she was a little vain, admired beauty a great deal, she was ambitious and went to some lenghts to get what she wanted (lying to King Robert about the Arya vs Joffrey fight). By the end of her time in the Eyrie, Sansa shifted somewhat from wanting love and a Prince Charming to wanting power and control over her own fate (which she succeeded at getting in the show).
• not interested in marriage • pragmatic • shy • easily swayed by others’ opinions or external pressures So you are telling me I am mix of Jo, Amy, Beth, and Meg.
Amy aced her life within the constraints of their times and Jo paved the way for other possibilities for women in the future. Both stayed true to themselves and I love it.
I have Jo's anger issues and awkwardness with her femininity, Amy's love of money and comfort, Meg's spinelessness and Beth's extreme introversion. Yay!
Modern women are Jo’s that realized they don’t really need to be just one thing. They can be all of them, with the same independence and strength. Life chooses some things for us but at the end, everyone of these girls is part of being a woman. We just have more freedom than ever to be more than one of them.
Emma as Meg is pure genius. “Just because my dreams are different than yours doesn’t mean they’re less important.” Such a Hermione thing to say. Such a Belle thing to say. I am definitely either a Meg or an Amy, probably a Meg.
I really can't with straight people lmao the author says "I'm a man in a girls body" and that she's attracted strictly to girls and people out there be like "I wonder if she's queer"
@J R ok i get the author being gay. But how are people getting lesbian vibes from Jo? Book OR movie. If anything she seems textbook asexual. She never showed any interest in girls that way at all... but then again asexuals 'don't exist' and it's just another example of a character that shows asexual character traits being instead shoeboxed into being gay instead.
@@auksebarak760 Ace people totally exist! But why is Jo March seen as a lesbian icon? My interpretation (of her character in the movie) of her is based on her demeanor. Not every lesbian acts as Jo does, I get it, but not conforming to the traditional traits of the gender at that time is a sign for me. Also, the way she avoids marriage speaks to me in ways that remind me of myself (a lesbian). She doesn't love Laurie romantically, and doesn't want to. You can totally see her as you want to.
Both the Alcott the author, Jo March the character, and Saiorse Ronan, the actress give me gay vibes ( Sersh comes across as handsome not as feminine pretty as Emma Watson does).. marrying Jo was a convention of the times. Greta Gerwing version has dragged Jo gay vibes in the open... and has done justice to Amy the kind of strong heterosexual women people often calls a bitch.. I bet Greta is a Amy person in the real world. Flo Pugh was the best part of the movie for me.
I feel like people are lying and saying they always identified with Amy. Rather Greta Gerwig made us identiy with Amy. I never saw people getting behind her until the new film came out.
I always identified with Amy, since childhood. I paint so my childhood brain made the logical connection. After I grew up a bit I started understanding her approach even better, she believed that her talent is not what will help her succeed and I agree with that.
I always loved Amy ! I haven’t watch the latest little women yet, but I 100% get behind Amy. I want art, but I also want confort, stability and love. I could never really get behind Joe completely because « I want to be great or nothing ». I’ve always been ridiculously ambitious but, even if I tried not to be, I’m really feminine and I don’t want to live in poverty. If playing in society’s standards is what gets me what I want, I will, and I will use it to make a positive change in said society.
Little women is my favorite book of all time and I truly relate to Amy in the book and I never understood why she was classified as the brat. Sure she burned Jo’s book but she was just a child and she grew up. When the PBS series for little women came out i was so excited because I liked that they finally included a bit more of Laurie and Amy falling in love. My friends never understood my love of Amy and they stood by Jo being the best March sister (we’re high school students) but I still loved Amy and dreamed of my own Laurie. Now that the new movie came out my friends understand why I love Amy (although I still think that they could have put in more of Amy’s own kindness and the effort she put in to better herself). My best friend, Lily, and I have become accustomed to calling one another Meg and Amy since she’s like the elder and I like the younger sister. We used to dream of finding love, a John for her and a Laurie for me. Shortly before quarantine she found her John Brooke. I still hope to find my Laurie. Anyway, I didn’t start loving Amy when Greta’s movie came out, I loved her from the first time I read Little Women when I was 14. I admired her passion for art, ambition, and realism whilst still being a romantic. Laurie and Amy are my OTP (outside of Lily and her real life John Brooke) and I will always love both of their characters. I hope to become more like Amy by trying to better myself as she did and pursue my dreams and art (i play piano, act, dance, and sing but can’t draw to save my life). Though some of my friends see me as a kind Beth or loving Meg, I’ll always be an Amy.
Really interesting! But I feel like Beth and Meg's characters are too simplified in this analysis. I think there is more to both of them, even if they are more traditional that Jo and Amy.
I loved the new movie because it made Amy into a real character. She's always been the one I identify the most with, so it makes me sad when people hate her. I understand what it's like to be the bratty one in the family, and want everything your sister has. The scene where she burns the pages because Jo left her could literally be a scene from my life (albeit one I'm not proud of), and I've felt the hurt of having your sister care about a thing more than you. Amy ends up getting everything her sister had, but my interpretation of that was a bit different from yours. With a lot of the subtext, I felt like Laurie didn't really love her that much, but she wanted so badly to be happy and have him that she ignored it. Amy gets what she wants, but she understands that by the time she does, it's often hollow or meaningless. But I don't know, that could just be me projecting onto her. Anyway, great analysis for a great movie. Keep up the good work!
I always related most to Amy when I read the book too, and I also felt sad when she was hated (kinda felt like they were hating me since felt so similar to her lol). I think shaming strong femininity is just another form of sexism, so I love this new take on the book because it shows there's no one way to be a woman and they all have valid life decisions. You can be traditionally masculine or traditionally feminine, sweet and quiet or independent and rowdy. True feminism is about freedom regardless if whether your male or female.
Samantha Young I agree with most of what you said except for Laurie not loving. He definitely did, and even more than that, he needed her. He was growing lazy and losing sight of his future and Amy’s realism brought him back to that. And Laurie was there when Amy needed him most, when Beth died and she wasn’t there, Laurie was her connection to home.
I have a younger sister who is like Amy, has always wanted what I have and gotten what she wanted. (Im very Jo I think.) And I feel like i used to hate her when we were younger. But as we grew up I started to understand why she did the things she did. And it softened my gaze. And we now have a better relationship than we did.
It shocks me that Amy was looked down. So many I know are like her. To me, I think they looked down on Amy because she knew how to play at society's rules. It's either to rebel or follow them in people's eyes when she followed the 3rd and hidden path. This is just me but knowing that a lot of women have had low self-esteem since the beginning of society makes me think that many disliked her from also seeing many similarities with her. Obviously, I am looking too much into it. In the end, I am a lot like Beth who can't help on admiring those who are like Amy + Beth. I am a feminist so it makes me sad to know that so many men and women think that feminism thinks we are supposed to have jobs, get rid of marriage when there is nothing wrong with wanting to carry strong feminity.
I've seen a lot of videos on the 2019 "Little Women" movie, and read the corresponding comments. From that, I feel that a lot of people adore Amy and now don't like Jo, after seeing this new adaptation. I think it's really disappointing, because the goal of the new movie wasn't to value Amy and put down Jo, but to put all 4 sisters in the spotlight. I do appreciate Amy's personnality, but still identify with Jo nonetheless.
It because Jo has been the ideal women archetype in popular culture for the last 30 years. But during that time, figures like Amy or Meg have been sidelined and regarded as relics of a patriarchal past. The movie just reminded everyone that there no one ideal women, but many little woman that should be understood and celebrated.
@@lingeringsnowleaf3829 there are still ideal women, my sister is CEO. You just don't work hard enough. Jo is the person that Alcott dreamed about someday women can be treated equally and free to work their dream jobs. If there were no feminists like Jo existed, women nowadays would be still not allowed to go to school
Beth was my favourite character from the book, I was so sad that they didn't show her and Meg enough because also Meg and Amy were my second favourites to read about.
I spent so many years denying my Amy-ness because of internalized misogyny, saying how she's too vain and bratty and I'm much more a Jo because Jo wasn't vain like her sister. The exact quote from Louisa mentioned in the Amy section is the exact one that made me start seeing her differently. I was definitely a spoiled youngest child when I was younger, and absolutely love nice, beautiful things, but it's not in vanity, it's because being around pretty things makes me feel happy.
I've always wanted to be like Meg. I loved her when I first read the book as a child, and I still do. There was just something about her responsible, comforting energy, and she always seemed so real to me. Yes, she had her little mistakes, like letting herself get dressed up at the party, but they were all mistakes that I could see myself making, and the way she handled them was really relatable for me. Not to mention the way she chose John and love, and she was content in that even when times were hard. Idk. I always aspired to be like her, but as I've gotten older I've become more and more like Jo (not saying that's a bad thing at all, it just wasn't what younger me expected lol).
Although I personally can relate to every sister. I'm a Beth with sprinkles of Jo's hard work, ambition, and determination (plus the fact that I also want to be a writer). I feel like Beth is so underrated because she's kind and quiet. Having these 2 traits often make people seem less-interesting than an assertive Jo and Amy. But I can also see the moral behind Beth's tragic end. Sometimes us Beth's often care too much about others, we don't care about ourselves at all and it is taken to our backlash. It's the sad truth us caring people need to hear.
I'm a mix of jo and Beth. I try to be helpful and content and i am more so than the other kids (ill be 17 in a week). But I'm by no means an angel. It would be great to be one but I'm a horrid thing and an angry bratty thing. I congratulate you for being a complete Beth. That takes a strong good person
I know what you mean. Like Beth, I am a shy homebody who loves cats, music even though I have no talent in it. And family. I wish I could be more selfless, though. Shyness can be a form of selfishness, as your fears makes you focus on yourself. Beth was her most selfless when she was able to move past her fears to give. This isn't weakness but power.
I feel Beth has almost always got the short end of the stick in terms of adaptation, which I always felt annoyed by because she’s my absolute favorite, and I adore her perseverance and utter bravery, which I feel is often overlooked.
100% agree. She always seems like a side character or afterthought almost, even if she does have a huge part. As someone with chronic illnesses I look up to her bravery and perseverance that she had even when sick. I relate to her in every aspect and I think she deserves more credit.
I think I'm mostly Beth. I'm compassionate, I love music and dolls, and I want to have the people I love around me. I'm also shy and introverted. I have creative ambition and dreams like Jo and Amy but my introversion makes it a struggle for me to persue it. In the 90s version when Clare Danes said "I like to be at home. But I hate to be left behind" I felt that. When I was younger I was more like Amy. I was self involved and spiteful. Burning Jo's manuscript was the kind of shady shit I would have done, or at least thought about doing. My strong sense of beauty leads me to love material things and high society and I'm kind of a perfectionist. I can also be pragmatic when something important is on the line. I was also like Jo when I was younger. I had creative ambitions and nothing but disgust for most traditional values and conventions. I had a temper and really knew how to hold a grudge. There's a little bit of Meg in there. I make the most of my circumstances but sometimes I get swept away by my ache for more excitement and luxury. I'm not really a 'wife and Mother' type but I feel very warm towards the children in my life.
I know what you mean. While I love books and writing like Jo and have a beauty loving nature like Amy, I most relate to Beth. The only things that get me mad is when someone or something is being treated unfairly or when my environment is too chaotic and noisy/angry. I love sharing what I write and draw, but am perfectly content if they stay in my head, prefer it to be honest because when I try to capture what's in there, I only get a pale imitation of the beauty of my daydreams and that is discouraging. Plus I don't think people don't get how hard it is to be so timid and scared. I am scared of everything, it seems. Fear like that controls everything you do, and it takes so much more effort to do what others take for granted. I deal with it by my reading and daydreams, my spiritual life and focusing on making others feel loved and comfortable. That brings me peace. Also cats. Like Beth, I am a patron of cats. I bet if Beth lived today, she'll have a UA-cam channel full of videos of her kitties. Thank you.
@@applebrush9249 I feel like you just described me. Especially with the writing and daydreaming part. I daydream all the time and create stories in my head, but can't seem to put it down on paper.
@@katiewright3309 it's hard sometimes, isn't it? To have so many stories buzzing around in your head without a way to get it out in a way you like? Or in my case, not always even having the drive or energy to get it out. Sometimes it's more satisfying to live in your head anyway 😉
Jo allllllll day, EVERYDAY! At 35 my mother and grandmother are worried I won’t *ever* want a husband or kids and instead want to do something beyond that. Not that a husband and kids aren’t important but like Jo it’s not *all* every woman who is ever born is meant to do or be a wife and/or mother. Some of us find happiness totally within ourselves and the work we do and how that work might impact the world 🙋🏽♀️
That doesn't change the fact. And I wasn't implying that it was a bad thing or made her less admirable character. I just meant that finding happiness in a work she was totally enthusiastic about and a marriage with like-minded person who she really admired didn't rule each other out in her life, that's all.
I am Beth mostly. I love staying at home or with a small group of friends, but I definitely have this fear of missing out. I love helping other and support a lot of movements, but more in a quite way. Donating money and time/effort to individuals, but I don't march in the streets with others.
I read little women for the first time when I was 13 and I personally always disliked Jo a little bit, she had kind off a mean attitude. And while a bit of a brat in the beginning I always thought that Amy made a lot of practical sense as she grew up. I aspired to be more like Beth, even though is not in my nature to be that good. I wished that I could follow my heart like Meg, but I'm too much of a pragmatist.
I never liked jo (never read the book or watched the newest movie (but watched all the other movies)) I think it’s because she always looked down on things traditionally girly
@Kellie Gallagher I think Jo wanted to be a boy so she could have a better paying job than being a companion. All their struggles were because the family was poor and that limited their future
Indeed, Jo comes across as judgemental to those women in her life who want to have a traditional family role or be traditionally feminine, both Amy and Meg and yes even Beth. On the other hand Jo's sisters are much more accepting of her ways than she is of them. Even Meg who initially tries to get Jo to behave more ladylike, gets Jo far more than Jo ever understand her sisters and that understanding comes to Meg early on in Little Women (and before Good wives). Jo, on the other hand is so busy railing against her position in life she can't put herself in other people's shoes. There is nothing wrong with Jo's non conformity it's her self absorption that is the issue. Interestingly this attitude is the case in modern society for the most part among feminists as exampled above in the comments. It is far more acceptable to be a career driven woman than one who is content with a traditional female role. Even further exampled and exemplified in the video by the way they treat Beth's character as 'too submissive'. She wasn't submissive, she was selfless. There's a difference. She had agency, she used that agency to care for others.
@@Miluielle Oh, definitely. The unjust thing is that all those weak "femenine" qualities are celebrated as good in "woke" men, but are still shamed as weak and anti-feminist in women. It is as if modern society thinks that the only "good qualities" in women are the ones associated traditionally with men. It is a very recent kind of misogyny but one that is unfortunately spreading fast.
The thing with Little Women is that, at least for me, I’m able to see a part of me in all of them. For some parts I’m 100% Jo, other I’m such an Amy. I can see myself in Meg but sometimes in Beth too.
Amy has always been my favorite and the fact that people are finally seeing her in the same light that I have seen her since first reading the book makes me so happy. Florence did such an amazing job. Also after seeing this video, I'm most definitely an Amy. Maybe that's why I've always liked her so much, is that I relate to her.
I'm more like Beth. I'm pretty shy, I'm content with just my family, and I feel my siblings are always a step ahead. I feel inferior to them. I want to have their accomplishments. I also don't want to be left behind. I'd like to mention the 1994 version when she said to Jo at her deathbed "Why does everyone want to go away? I love being home... I don't like being left behind, now I am the one going ahead." I just started sobbing from there.
I'm probably an Amy because of my pragmatism and how much I focused on looks and social capital when I was younger but now I am also a Ravenclaw and value knowledge and wisdom.
Michelle Foucault same! I'm ( also ravenclaw) feel I'm an Amy as far as being girly/ feminine, a tiny bit spoiled, and artistic love for beauty. Lol I wouldn't mind living rich and having a life of luxury Mixed with a tiny bit of Beth Some of the nonconformist and passion of jo But feel like Meg especially with my dreams and (unlike Amy ) putting my heart first
Amy's monologue about marriage is my favorite scene in the entire movie. It really adds to understanding her character and it's part of what makes this movie better than the book.
As much as I identify with Jo, and always have, Amy is still my favorite character. She has so much depth to her and is never willing to settle for anything less then she feels she deserves. She had an amazing character arch and I am happy they finally did her justice in Gretas film
dragonmoth96 WRONG !!! _ Jo is a Slytherin with Gryffindor undertone because she is ambitious and resourceful. Her dream of becoming a writer is very important to her and will do anything necessary to make it a reality. She is a nonconformist idealist who dares to go her own way. _ Amy is a Ravenclaw with Slytherin tendency. In fact, she can be sorted into either house and still excel. Why ? Amy is ambitious just like Jo is in pursuing her dream but she also has fervent love for knowledge and fascination with history as well as tradition. Unlike Jo, Amy is a realist and proceeds life with logics. _ Meg is a total Hufflepuff because she does not seek vanity and values hardwork and loyalty. She would sometimes succumb to vanity but eventually choose to do the right thing in the end. _ Beth is a Ravenclaw with Hufflepuff personality for she values her pursuit of knowledge (evidently via her love of improving her skill in piano) above all else but she is also kind and loving. Because she possesses Hufflepuff quality, she is loyal and family-oriented. Nevertheless, the sorting hat will have a hard time deciding whether Beth should be sorted into Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw UNLESS she asks to be in Hufflepuff specifically. P/S: Please stop treating Slytherins like they are the villains. The truth is that Slytherins are complex in real life. They can become your best of friends or worst enemies depending on how you treat them. They can be the greatest heroes or the most twisted antagonists.
I am a total mix of all four! I have jo’s less-feminine side and her determination to make her own way in the world. I have Amy’s willing to do whatever it takes to give her the best shot at being successful and her realism that comes with that. I have Beth’s care for others and her desire to not bother anyone on her behalf. Finally, I have meg’s envy of those with more than her (especially when mentioned how she remembers a time when they weren’t’t poor... what a mood lol). I am happy with not being a specific March sister! They all have unique qualities and I like that I emulate some and not others
I absolutely loved the most recent adaption and found all four characters so deeply moving and felt that we really got a chance to understand and respect all of them. Of course I love Jo, and when she breaks down to her mother about her profound frustration with what is expected of women, and her loneliness, oh boy I cried, it hit hard. But my favourite character is Amy. It becomes clear to her in that scene with Meryl Streep, that the best way she can help herself and her family is marrying rich. Yes she craves a luxurious life for herself, but she also cares deeply about her family and her motivations are much less selfish and shallow than they appear. She's a super complex character who I admire and relate to, and also I love Florence Pugh's portrayal of her with all my heart.
I never wanted to be a Jo or an Amy. I always liked Meg and Beth. 🤷🏻♀️ I’ve always found kindness to be one of the most important qualities a person can have.
Have seen all the "Little Women" movies ever made except this latest one! Will watch it at some point, but the 1994 one will always remain my very favorite one, beautifully filmed, acted with gorgeous music by Thomas Newman! I'm a modern day Marmee who lives in Liberal MA and has all daughters and lost my middle one to coma and brain injury! My oldest is a mom and artist like myself professionally and my youngest is also an artist and teacher and is also a published author as well. "Art reflects life", life reflects art! Orchard House in Concord is open to the public and you can still see the bedroom and desk where Louisa May Alcott wrote the book and still see the piano in the front parlor and still see "Amy's" drawings on the walls of her bedroom! They were all "feminists" back then during the Transcendental era in the 1800s. "Marmee" in real life was the country's first social worker who helped women get work, "Meg" in real life was a teacher as was "Jo" along with being a writer and "Amy" an artist who died after childbirth! Louisa help raise her daughter until she was eight when she went back to Europe to live with her father! Louisa was also a nurse during the Civil War in Washington DC, got very sick and was never the same healthwise again. She was also the first woman to vote in a public school election back then! Louisa and her father a teacher/philosopher who was the first teacher to admit a black child into his school "Fruitlands' back then, died just days apart from each other! They're all buried except for "Amy" on Writer's Hill at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery with writers Nathaniel Hawthorne of "The Scarlet Letter" fame, Henry Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson!, May they all rest in peace~
Oh shit, the way you described Amy made me realised why I love her character so much. I am her. The only thing that differs between us is that even though I am ambitious as her in terms of recognition for her work, I also want to make my living for myself and not rely on marriage. But then I think about how were things back then, and as a very rational and realistic person just as her, maybe if I had lived back then I would take her same decisions in terms of marriage, she wanted passion but also having in mind the comfort. Holy shit I am her completely. While watching the movie, I thought I could relate more to Jo because of how ambitious and angry she was of her disadvantages as a woman in society. But then I realised I am not a carefree rebel tomboy. I was quirky and childish and a dreamer when I was younger just like Amy, and I grew up to be very feminine and put together and ambitious for my future in terms of wanting a good life, family and career. But maybe If I had live in other times, my rational self would have left my career ambitious to the side just like Amy did, but because we don't live back then any more I can be totally Amy without stopping aspiring for great things and to be self-sufficient. The thing of "wanting to marry rich" is seen as something completely selfish and coldhearted nowadays, but back then that was considered simply being smart, and I know for sure that if her character and the story had been developed in modern times, she would keep her aspirations for life just as high while also striving for her personal economic success and independence while continuing to follow her passion. I know this for sure because, in the scene where she is telling Laurie that she gives up trying to make a living as a great well-known artist because she is aware of the low possibilities of succeeding that she has for being a woman, you can clearly see by the expressions in her face while saying it that she feels sad, angry and frustrated about it. I know that in other circumstances she definitely wouldn't have given up because when she was young, and she wasn't fully conscious of her disadvantage as woman, she was aiming high for her career success as a painter just as Jo did as a writer. Something else that she has in common with Jo and the reason why they use to crash so much when they were younger is that they both sometimes are carried away by their emotions and react, and that is something I also identify with, It's something positive in a certain way because it allows me to be more spontaneous sometimes, but at the same time it can go the wrong way when I am angry, and that's something I'm still working on so I can fully become the grown version of Amy all grounded, put together and focused. Just as the video points out she is smart, and she has her own strategy to successfully get what she wants, but she is also is open to new opportunities to be happy and still get the life that she sees herself living, she is moved by aesthetics and beauty, she was a spoiled kid when she was younger, but she grew up to be a goal-oriented rational girl with standards, she is cultured, she understands how the world works and adapt and tries to make the most of it, she aspires happiness, and she knows what she needs to get it, knowing what I want is something I definitely relate to, and maybe a reason why in the movie "marriage story" I struggled so much in trying not to blame the woman who got married without having clear what she really wanted for the whole nightmare they went through, just because I simply couldn't relate for her (don't worry later in that movie I put myself in her shoes and tried to understand her). I love her identify and love her character so so much. Also, I shipped her a Laurie as a couple right away when I saw that besides having chemistry as adults, she was caring and tried to help him grow as a person. And that's something I'm always trying to do with the people around me who I love (I am a Virgo lol) I'm always trying to help them improve and become a better version of themselves, And that's exactly the personality trait that the disoriented and lovely grown-up Laurie needed in his wife. Even though Jo's character is the star of the movie because of how controversial and groundbreaking her personality and ideas were at the time the story was set at, Amy is such a good character as well, and I personally consider it a more relatable one. I am glad the director and writer of this movie tried their best to make her justice and point out her good attributes and relatable perspective.
Good to see, finally a woman makes "Little Women" , in ,maybe the way Alcott intended. -My sister , Mum and Girlfriend Is it just me or is Emma at her best in book adaptations. From being Hermione to Perks of being a wildflower to Meg. Side note:-. I never thought I'd see Hermione as Meg!
I love Little Women so much. It's one of my favorite books and the '49 version is my favorite adaptation. I'm actually really excited for Greta's adaptation. I'm a Jo with a splash of Amy.
If you read Louisa's letter exchange with her publisher she was the one who came up with all the marriages. Friedrichs character in little women is based on philosopher Henry Thoreau Louisa was in love with him. Laurie is based on Ladislas Wisniewski a young man who was first flirting with Louisa and then betrayed him. In all of Louisa's novels these two male archetypes are constantly present. The Friedrich archetype is the humble hard working man (Fritz in lw, Mac in Rose in Bloom, David in Work) He has silent passion for the protagonist and the Louisa type of protagonist loves him and wants that equal relationship. Laurie archetype is charming but idle. He either puts his act together and falls for a female character (like Amy) who is stern with them or they fail and fet sucked into consuming toxic self-harming behavior. Little Women is all about Louisa's love life. That is why she had conflicted relationship towards it. Henry was 16 years older (same age difference than between Louisa and the professor) Ladislas was 10 years younger. Louisa and Henry, They did have an affair and almost a telepathic way of communication which is also present in the novels. Henry passed away 5years before LW was published. That is also why Louisa listed out to be nurse in the war. He had lost her sister Lizzie at the same time.
Even in the 1994 version, which I grew up watching, I felt all the sisters had qualities everyone could identify with. I can’t confine myself to one character. If I have to choose, I’m mostly a Beth but with Jo’s independence and Amy’s pragmatism
meg's spinelessness, amy's taste for the finer things in life, jo's hot-headedness, occasional beth's selflessness....yikes this looks like a recipe for a mess of a human being
I couldn't identify with Jo more than I already do, it feels like my life is a reenactment of hers. I don't want to get married at all, but being lonley still weighs on me some times and writing is an amazing way of expressing everything I feel. I appreciate a the sister's because each one of them is unique and I feel like it's fun to try and figure which one you relate to more.
I always pictured myself as a mix of Jo, Beth and Meg. I was a creative, feminist bookworm with aspirations of being a writer, and thought outside of the box, I was quiet, caring and liked music and loved my family, and I was the oldest sibling, and cared too much about what others thought, and was romantic, and wanted to find "The One"'. While I never identified with Amy, this analysis has helped me to appreciate her character more, as well as her similarities to Jo. 💘📕🎹🎨
Same here (: A good friend told me that we can have more "personalities" because we're never the same because we behave different in different situations. I'm proudly like Jo, Beth and Meg, too (:
@@jazzyjaz9108 I'd say that I'm more like Meg now, since I lead a traditional life with my family, but my Beth and Jo sides occasionally shine through!😆
I read Little Women when I was eight and immediately found myself in Jo. She was everything I aspired to be. She even made me believe I could become an author, which I am now. She gave me the courage to pursue my dreams and showed me that it's okay to go against the grain, even if you have to hustle really hard and sacrifice some things. Of course, there are downsides to being too independent and too focused on your personal goals, but at least she stays true to herself and never compromises on her values just to become a cog in the machine designed to oppress women. That is why Jo March remains my heroine and spirit animal.
Before watching this video I was 100% sure I was like Beth. I definetly think she is the most similar to me but it’s the one I show to people. The characteristics you mentioned for Jo felt like you were describing me. The main difference is that she has such a strong character and temper, I’m not like that at all. I’m used to put other people’s feeling above me. I related to Amy about some things but I noticed that all of them were artistic or feminine, I find beauty in everything and everyone. And oh Meg. I would absolutely love to be a mother and get married, it has always been one of my biggest dreams (also fears), this past time I have doubted my sexuality and aspirations. I don’t really know how I am anymore and this message was sooo long. Thank you so much for the video 💕
I am Alcott and Greta’s Jo so fully it hurts. I have been a movie junkie my whole life along with my parents, and had a wall in our tiny house filled with movies. People would stop and gasp whenever they saw it as they would walk in. In all my life I never completely connected with any character on screen. As a kid growing up I rewrote the story of movies and their characters in my head to fit me into them, some of my “favorite” movies are my favorite because when I watch them a completely different story runs along with it in my head. When I saw Greta’s film in theaters, it rang my soul when Jo slumps into the couch and says I never got over not being born a man (or whatever the line is), and every few scenes after that the volume on that feeling would turn up. Up and up until the attic scene with Marmy and my heart busted like a light bulb with too much electricity rushing through it. I think I cried, I can’t even remember because I was so engaged with the film. I have never felt so fully expressed by a film, it was a feeling I never knew existed. This movie will forever be a joy in my life that I can run back to. Thanks Gerwig, thanks Alcott.
Meg for sure. I’m interested to watch this new Little Women movie. I love the book, loved the movie with Winona Ryder (I saw it when I was quite little and I think it was the first movie that made me cry my eyes out, when Beth died)
I see a bit of myself in all the sisters, and I think that is the point. Not to see ourselves in one of them, but to recognize certain traits in ourselves in all of them. Love Little Women!!
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You should make a video on the new Netflix series called YOU 😊
No
“Just because my dreams are different than yours doesn’t mean they’re less important.”
Y’all don’t even know how much I love this quote.
Yes, this is such an underrated quote from Meg, and I love her all the more for standing up for herself and her dreams!💖👏
Trina Q People always told me what Jo tells Meg - I will achieve such great things, I could be famous and I wanted that at some point but now I just want to settle down and make a home.
And I love how this quote works both ways. I grew up in a conservative immigrant family and now, at the age of 25, everyone around me tells me that I SHOULD get a boyfriend and get married and have children, because that’s the tradition and what all my female cousins have done.
But my dream has never involved that. I’ve always been the nerdy “academic” type that likes studying (I know! How can someone like studying? Even I don’t know what’s wrong with me lol), reading and writing, as well as singing and other artistic things.
I am content on my own (with 2 cats) living in a small apartment with a busy job and a small circle of friends. Apart from wanting to get a job that pays better, I wish for nothing more from life. I’m easily satisfied this way.
A lot of people from my family think this life path of living alone is bizarre and that I couldn’t possibly be happy without a man and a “real family”.
What can I say? My dreams are just different than yours. If you cannot understand, then at least respect it. That’s all anyone could ask for.
I love the quote
Joan from the movie Mona Lisa Smile said something very similar.
"you're not married."
"that's because im rich."
damn, i want to be the aunt.
But she was married, her husband died
Same lol
The true goal!
LMAO
SAME
It's still this way. If you're rich you don't have to do the stuff you don't want.
“A Slytherin to Jo’s Gryffindor” is the absolute best succinct summary of the two sisters. I loved Jo but deeply appreciated Amy’s shamelessness in leveraging the system to get what she wants.
So what would the girls be, house wise?
I agree with Amy as Slytherin.
Beth is absolutely a Hufflepuff
I actually see Meg as a Gryffindor
And Jo as a mix of Gryffindor and Ravenclaw. I guess considering the other three are each a house, that leaves Jo with Ravenclaw.
I agree that Amy is a Slytherin, though she might fit into Gryffindor, too, and Beth is definitely a Hufflepuff. Meg is a Gryffindor, though she could probably fit into Slytherin. I see Jo as a Ravenclaw (as I am), though she could fit into Gryffindor, too.
The March family as a whole fits into Gryffindor or Ravenclaw. The dad is a Ravenclaw, and Marmee is a Gryffindor, maybe a Hufflepuff. Aunt March is a Slytherin.
Friedrich Bhaer is a Ravenclaw, but I'm not sure where to place Laurie or John Brooke.
To the uninitiated, we're talking about the Hogwarts houses in the Harry Potter stories: Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin.
And Beth is such a Hufflepuff! Too bad Meg’ not a Ravenclaw
I’m so glad to know I’m an Amy and hearing that line about Slytherin really solidified it
Of course Meg is a Gryffindor 😉
Agree that Amy is a Slytherin with a side of Gryffindor - I can relate to her the most 🐍
“These little women... how little are they? I mean, are they like scary little?” - Joey Tribbiani
that's what I was thinking about for the whole time hahahah
THIS HAHAHAHA
I've been looking for this comment
I had the same thought and cracked up!
"Beth dies"
Joey - 😳😲😱😫😡
Meg March Energy is telling your kids "there's food at home" and then there actually is really good food at home
lmao is this the meme
The way the author portrayed Jo in the book was always biased, because she was a Jo
that is true. she's the character we're meant to like. it's like with elizabeth bennet in pride and prejudice actually.
Yeah but Jo was the best 🤣
@@msk-qp6fn It's better be ourselves not trying to be a cheap copy
Yeah she was describing herself in Jo
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Yeah but what I will say about Jane Austen is her heroines did feel distinctly different from one another- and I’m assuming Jane was more like some than others.
“It wouldn’t be wrong to call Saoirse handsome and Timothée beautiful” I love that 2:15
When was that?
💖 I loove them, hope to meet them both
@@henriettaanneeles490 at the beginning, it's a clip from an interview with Greta gerwin
@@henriettaanneeles490 2:15
@@mooominpapa thank you!
“When I marry I’m going to be disgustingly rich” omg goals lmao
Cara me too
Gold diggers
Konan x Hidan
Back in the day everybody was a gold digger
Especially women. Marriage has always been about finances, business, and family alliances.
It only recently because about love
@@Shay45
I'm not talking about Amy. I'm talking about those women here who only want to marry rich men.
I love how an innocent joke(ish) turned into a discussion about gold diggers ha
I loved Amy, she’s a pragmatist and is ambitious. She wants it all. There’s nothing glamorous about struggling to pay your bills. She also enjoys accomplishment and her dressing up stems from self respect than showing off.
But you can’t fully appreciate your accomplishments if you never faced a reality of struggling to pay your bills. There is nothing glorious about things being given to you by someone without knowing a struggle. Also other people will take a credit for your accomplishments because without them you couldn’t do it. Yes, Jo struggled but that means she can take full credit for her success. And that’s I think is the most important
@@Oktaviii Remember now...u can see the big change between her before the trip and after. She looks dead because the trip drained her and she had to conform to society’s standards in order to support her family financially. Yeah she got things handed to her sometimes. But we can’t forget that when she became an adult reality hit her like a book 😂
Amy's romanticism over choosing a gloriously wealthy and legendary love so she'd never have to suffer poverty again and would have pretty things gave way to pragmatism when she realized that Aunt March was right. One of the girls needed to marry rich to ensure her family was taken care of.
Meg was technically supposed to be the one to do this since she was the oldest and the most interested in high society early on but she fell in love with a poor man. Jo doesn't want to marry at all let alone for money, and Beth is far too fragile health wise to go courting. So Amy is the only hope for her family. That kind of pressure is crushing and she lost a lot of that mischievous spark she once had but she's damned determined to succeed. She's definitely my favorite.
Yeah, even since reading the book I`ve always prefered Amy over Jo and felt that Jo was kind of mean and unfair with her!!... I`m mean she would always compare her with Beth.. besides is being said that while Jo was closer to Beth, Meg was closer to Amy so each eldest sisters would defend her fave sister from the other one...besides I`m also the youngest of 4 sisters so I feel related to her in many ways 😅😁...
I agree. Jo was kinda selfish. It was evident in the fair that she was cross with nearly everyone. Amy asked one thing for her to behave modestly that fair but she was so rude to everyone that host thought that Amy was making fun of her daughter while it was Jo@@fanyrf8
I think I am a combination of Jo and Amy. Like Jo, I am a feminist, dreamer and an independent woman. Like Amy, I have always been girly/feminine, I love beauty & the finer things in life which is why I focused on studies and I am working very hard to fulfil my wants and I don't believe in settling for an average Joe.
i think they all have feminist qualities bc they all do what makes them happy not what others want them to do
You described me so perfectly. Also, I wanna be a writer too.
Same and I want a family as well lol
Same!
And I wanna be a writer and an artist lol and sometimes I dress girly and sometimes like a dude
Gonna be honest. I feel like I'm a mix of all of them.
Seconded, we all may have traits from each March sister, from Jo's creativity and drive, to Amy's pragmatism and realism, to Meg's caring and supportive nature, and to Beth's shyness and sweetness. 💕
Same, I'm sure most people agree with you
I do too
I don't feel like I'm a Jo at all, but definitely a combination of the other three
You guys are Divergents!!!!
I'm definitely Amy. Be part of the system but not be tamed by the system.
Jasmin
I love that description. That’s what I enjoy about this analysis on her & I’m like “that sounds like me”
That part is fine, but she's always complaining and jealous....and all
N I No she’s not she’s a great character
Yeees, I love her
Me too. With a dash of Meg.
When I read the book as a kid, I always related to Amy more than Jo. Sure, she was bratty, but she was also strong and intelligent. I'm so grateful that this film finally did her character justice!
Me too! I always loved Amy and related to her deeply and I am beyond happy that this film gives her the portrayal she deserves thanks to Greta Gerwig and Florence Pugh
Amy is the best! She’s pragmatic and rational. Never liked Jo much.
Same!! I have always seen myself as an Amy and hated how movies and shows make her seem immature and bratty.
I think this version did the best job with her character but the 1994 version made her very likable when she was grown.
AGREED
I was initially a Beth,
met someone and turns into Meg,
got my heart broken and became Jo,
then finally grew mature & realistic, now I'm Amy.
For me, it's more like a cycle.
I was just about say i'm not just one of them. I have a little of all of them in me. But i'm more of a Beth, but evolving into a Jo more and more. But i'm a realist like Amy, but i want a family like Meg to a point.
That's a really great summation. Cheers to you!
Beautifully put together
SAME, thank you for articulating it so well!
Right!? I see qualities of myself through all of the sisters. Not just one. At first when I read the book for the first time, I admired Jo sooooo much and put her in a pedestal in my mind to where I wanted to be her...I realized that I’ve always been more like Amy...with some Beth. And some unconventionality like Jo...just a tad. PS: I used to hate Amy. Lol 😂 like legit. Now I see her in a new light and not because of the Greta Gerwig movie but because I’ve grown and that has changed my mentality. There’s NOTHING wrong with knowing what you want and that you know you are materialistically inclined.
I just love this line of Amy" I'd be respected if I couldn't be loved."
I think Jo's character is often romanticized; she sort of seems to have a mindset that causes her not to enjoy the standards of the time she lives in, which pushes her to pursue what she knows is right and that's unique. But as someone who's extremely similar to that, it's actually really painful and lonely and a lot of the time you don't actually know or understand what you want because it's never clearly painted in the world you live in.
It kind of sucks.
OMG same thoughts. I'm just caught between being a Jo and a Meg. But I'm 90% more of a Jo.
Completely agree. Being a nonconformist isn't always fun, and certainly doesn't lend to wealth unless you are insanely talented, smart, and lucky. I do love beautiful things like Amy as well, but certainly wouldn't marry for money. I love some comforts of home like Beth, but more as a place you know you are always welcome, and a place to create. And I have a desire to find love like Meg, but am content if I don't. But it is still lonely at times, I like that that was shown in the movie.
Yesss thank you it can be lonely as fuck!!! And can leave you really unsatisfied with a life many other woman would love
Exactly, ordinary life can seem stifling but anything outside of that is lonely and kind of scary.
This comment section is damn relatable and yes it is really lonely , and we do tend to lose a lot of friends and families due to our own boundaries or the amount of time we don't give to them , but like jo even i love my family a lot especially my cousin sisters (would have added brothers too but you know we're talking about women right now so)
Louisa Alcott, "I've fallen in love with many pretty girls."
Straight people, "some people speculate that she might have been gay?!!?"
Right! lmao
Like I don't know how much more clear you could get.
They said that and then read the quote, and I was just confused. What else would she have meant???
people could say stuff like that back that without being immediately thought of as being gay. In fact, if she had thought that was how her words would be taken, she probably wouldn’t have said them.
Imo? It’s hard to tell. She had Jo end up with Bhaer because Laurie wasn’t manly enough for her (Jo was not just a tomboy, she was pro-masculinity). It could be that Alcott never found a man who measured up to her ideal of masculinity.
And if she was gay, that’s fine, too.
@@seventhsheaven That's fair I suppose. And it does make sense she wouldn't say it if she thought it would be taken that way given the timeframe she lived in. I guess, I just don't understand what that statement would mean if not that she was gay.
The phrase isn't really (to my knowledge/experience anyway) used in a friendship context.
A couple decades ago the same questions were raised about First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt's letters to close friend Lorena Hickok.
Louisa Alcott was said to have had a close relationship with a young Polish man, I think in Paris. Though "Little Women" is set in U.S. civil wartime of the 1860's, Louisa was born in 1832. As I recall, she nursed during the Civil War, got some horrific disease and was treated with an equally dangerous drug like calomel (mercury), or arsenic. As I understand it she was not well most of her life. (I did a quick source check but was only able to verify her birth year and her age at time of Civil War.)
Gay people didn't exist before the decadence of the 60's *eyeroll*
Jo is more of a Ravenclaw if you ask me. Beth is the most underrated March of the group. There's nothing wrong with being content by simple things, and being kind is just as important.
Thank you. I always felt like she was made out to be too two dimensional
jo ravenclaw, beth hufflepuff, meg gryffindor and amy slytherin
To me she was just kind of boring though? Like I feel like I don't really know anything about her other than she played piano and got ill 🤷 I don't think being shy and modest has to immediately equal being boring,
Then again I've only seen the film so maybe she's more developed in the book...
But I don't really like characters that are completely selfless either. It's not real or relatable and id much rather have Jo or Amy's flaws
Like you say being kind is important and I obviously 100% agree, but that is what ultimately killed her. 🤷 That she was always putting others first and never thinking about herself so I think the moral is you have to be selfish and put yourself first sometimes, 🤷
A good and nice character yes, but I don't think good and nice always nessecarily go with with how you should live your life
@@Silvercentipede I understand where you are coming from. That is definitely the impression that one gets from the movies for sure.
At first reading, Beth might seem just as two-dimentional as in those movies, but you don't need to dig too deeply to find more to her.
For instance, in the first chapter, she seemed to be the most caught up in the rehearsal for the play they were to put on that Christmas day. At one point Jo quoted a line from MacBeth as she saw a famous actor do, only to be told by Meg, "No, it's the toasting fork, with Mother's slipper on it instead of the bread. Beth is stagestruck!"
She confessed her burden to her sister "Yes I do. Mine is dishes and dusters and envying girls with nice pianos and being afraid of people."
She seemed to be forgetful. The most extreme example was during the chapter Experiments. She was(spoilers) described as constantly forgetting it was to be all play and no work, showing herself also to be a creature of habit. But the worst example of forgetfulness was (again, spoilers)when she forgot to feed her canary and he ended up dying. Much to her heartbreak. She loved animals as much as she loved her family and music.
Also that chapter seemed to show something interesting about her tranquility. It seemed she couldn't keep her serenity as well when she had no work to do? Or when her surroundings was unusually chaotic? I might be off here, but maybe routine helped her keep calm? The kind where her hands are busy and her mind free to daydream? For earlier the author made it clear that she seemed to live in a world of her own, only coming out to meet the few she trusted and loved. And another time saying she was neither lonely more idle because her world was peopled with imaginary friends and she was by nature a busy bee.
I could go on, having barely scratched the surface but I won't in this post. Like I said, I can relate with her and other characters like her. The quiet often strike those who are more extroverted as dull, but remember that still water runs deep.
i love amy, she’s realistic and she knows what she wants. as much as i love the fantasy of jo of “making it” by herself, back then it was very hard and amy knew that. amy realised how the system works so she decided to be part of that system but not be conformed by it.
I think that if I restrict myself as a book character, I would be dismissing the heart of Louisa's work. Every women are unique. I am a bit of all of them, and I am the original "me".
Yep
Well said
♡
Pretty much how I feel too.
I agree
"I want to be great or nothing!".
It stills in my mind.
Well said. I have Jo’s ambition, Amy’s pragmatism and realism, and Beth’s shyness and introvertness.
Neat, you're a healthy mix of most of the sisters, much like myself, although I never really related much to Amy. 😁
I am pretty much amy (especially being the youngest of 4 girls) except I dont value money or girly things very much
S a m e
Congratulations on being a woman. The March sisters are not 2D characters, like women in other forms of fiction and popular culture, but most women, who are also deeply complicated beings with varying different characteristics, talents, dreams and ambitions, don't fall neatly into any rigidly defined stereotype or structured personality. That's the fundamental problem with the premise of this UA-cam video. Still doesn't stop the video from being fun, just means that it doesn't even touch the surface of what real-life women are really like.
So no meg 😂
Sansa Stark was definitely the Amy of her universe; though her original dream of marrying well and having a great love in her life was never meant to come true, she did (or will, in the ASOIAF books) change with time and achieved success in other areas.
I think that she's more of a Meg when she was a girl. However, I think, when she grows older, she becomes more of an Amy but still retains some of the characteristics of Meg.
I feel Sansa always fitted into the Amy profile. She didn't really want to have a family life for its own sake like Meg - Sansa wanted to shine, to be admired as the perfect lady and wife with the perfect, loving husband and the fairytale life. She wanted to be successful while conforming to how her society measured success. She was the traditional girly girl, she loved nice clothes and other luxuries, she was a little vain, admired beauty a great deal, she was ambitious and went to some lenghts to get what she wanted (lying to King Robert about the Arya vs Joffrey fight). By the end of her time in the Eyrie, Sansa shifted somewhat from wanting love and a Prince Charming to wanting power and control over her own fate (which she succeeded at getting in the show).
last to party oh I 100% agree, brilliant!
And Arya would be Jo, of course.
I mean yeah, they were both brats
• not interested in marriage
• pragmatic
• shy
• easily swayed by others’ opinions or external pressures
So you are telling me I am mix of Jo, Amy, Beth, and Meg.
you just sound like a sensor lol (in mbti)
Amy aced her life within the constraints of their times and Jo paved the way for other possibilities for women in the future. Both stayed true to themselves and I love it.
I loved the line "a slytherine to Jo's gryffindor "
And Beth is a Hufflepuff. I'm not sure about Meg though.
@@happychaosofthenorth Meg would definitely be a Hufflepuff to me. Kind, hardworking, loyal to a tee? She ticks all of the boxes!💛🌻
I have Jo's anger issues and awkwardness with her femininity, Amy's love of money and comfort, Meg's spinelessness and Beth's extreme introversion. Yay!
me too minus the money. are you a man?
Being a wife, mother and homemaker myself, there's nothing spineless in Megs decision. It's honorable and challenging to do it well.
yeahhh me too (deadpan)
@@meowypotter1246 yes, but as mentioned in the video she's spineless about some other things, easily swayed in small decisions (which I am too)
This is ME ! I always been a tomboy and still am although I’m trying to dress up more and wear more makeup.
Modern women are Jo’s that realized they don’t really need to be just one thing. They can be all of them, with the same independence and strength. Life chooses some things for us but at the end, everyone of these girls is part of being a woman. We just have more freedom than ever to be more than one of them.
So true!
I don't know why your comment made me tear up. You are so right!
True!
It's also ok to 'just' be a Meg or one of the other sisters if that way you can he yourself
Exactly how I felt too!😇
Emma as Meg is pure genius.
“Just because my dreams are different than yours doesn’t mean they’re less important.”
Such a Hermione thing to say. Such a Belle thing to say.
I am definitely either a Meg or an Amy, probably a Meg.
Jo March: I will do my art on my own terms
Amy March: Same, but with batman
oh, yes
I really can't with straight people lmao the author says "I'm a man in a girls body" and that she's attracted strictly to girls and people out there be like "I wonder if she's queer"
Yeah.. this explains why I got gay vibes from Jo during the entire movie, but she ended up marrying a man
@@ludmilamaiolini6811 Or did she? The entire ending could be a fiction, which she was forced to write by her publisher.
@J R ok i get the author being gay. But how are people getting lesbian vibes from Jo? Book OR movie. If anything she seems textbook asexual. She never showed any interest in girls that way at all... but then again asexuals 'don't exist' and it's just another example of a character that shows asexual character traits being instead shoeboxed into being gay instead.
@@auksebarak760 Ace people totally exist! But why is Jo March seen as a lesbian icon? My interpretation (of her character in the movie) of her is based on her demeanor. Not every lesbian acts as Jo does, I get it, but not conforming to the traditional traits of the gender at that time is a sign for me. Also, the way she avoids marriage speaks to me in ways that remind me of myself (a lesbian). She doesn't love Laurie romantically, and doesn't want to. You can totally see her as you want to.
Both the Alcott the author, Jo March the character, and Saiorse Ronan, the actress give me gay vibes ( Sersh comes across as handsome not as feminine pretty as Emma Watson does).. marrying Jo was a convention of the times. Greta Gerwing version has dragged Jo gay vibes in the open... and has done justice to Amy the kind of strong heterosexual women people often calls a bitch.. I bet Greta is a Amy person in the real world. Flo Pugh was the best part of the movie for me.
I'm a total Amy. Love,feminine and successful with slitheryn energy
Raissa ilunga slytherin 💕
I feel like people are lying and saying they always identified with Amy. Rather Greta Gerwig made us identiy with Amy. I never saw people getting behind her until the new film came out.
I always identified with Amy, since childhood. I paint so my childhood brain made the logical connection.
After I grew up a bit I started understanding her approach even better, she believed that her talent is not what will help her succeed and I agree with that.
I was so annoyed with the character that inmediatly thought, well, it's because i would do the same
I always loved Amy ! I haven’t watch the latest little women yet, but I 100% get behind Amy. I want art, but I also want confort, stability and love. I could never really get behind Joe completely because « I want to be great or nothing ». I’ve always been ridiculously ambitious but, even if I tried not to be, I’m really feminine and I don’t want to live in poverty. If playing in society’s standards is what gets me what I want, I will, and I will use it to make a positive change in said society.
Fear to be judged I suppose society can be a scary thing that's why we can't let just a point of view rule
Little women is my favorite book of all time and I truly relate to Amy in the book and I never understood why she was classified as the brat. Sure she burned Jo’s book but she was just a child and she grew up. When the PBS series for little women came out i was so excited because I liked that they finally included a bit more of Laurie and Amy falling in love. My friends never understood my love of Amy and they stood by Jo being the best March sister (we’re high school students) but I still loved Amy and dreamed of my own Laurie. Now that the new movie came out my friends understand why I love Amy (although I still think that they could have put in more of Amy’s own kindness and the effort she put in to better herself). My best friend, Lily, and I have become accustomed to calling one another Meg and Amy since she’s like the elder and I like the younger sister. We used to dream of finding love, a John for her and a Laurie for me. Shortly before quarantine she found her John Brooke. I still hope to find my Laurie. Anyway, I didn’t start loving Amy when Greta’s movie came out, I loved her from the first time I read Little Women when I was 14. I admired her passion for art, ambition, and realism whilst still being a romantic. Laurie and Amy are my OTP (outside of Lily and her real life John Brooke) and I will always love both of their characters. I hope to become more like Amy by trying to better myself as she did and pursue my dreams and art (i play piano, act, dance, and sing but can’t draw to save my life). Though some of my friends see me as a kind Beth or loving Meg, I’ll always be an Amy.
Really interesting! But I feel like Beth and Meg's characters are too simplified in this analysis. I think there is more to both of them, even if they are more traditional that Jo and Amy.
Kinda agree
like modern meg won't choose to work, she might create a source of income. Meg is more entrepreneurial or so I believe
i think there is not much of Beth but because she was way too shy and died way too soon to get to know herself.
As an asexual, hot-tempered writer named Jo, I’m satisfied that I am still Jo.
This comment is gold and I'll be framing it in my room 😂😂
THIS IS MY FAVORITE COMMENT LOLLLL
I loved the new movie because it made Amy into a real character. She's always been the one I identify the most with, so it makes me sad when people hate her. I understand what it's like to be the bratty one in the family, and want everything your sister has. The scene where she burns the pages because Jo left her could literally be a scene from my life (albeit one I'm not proud of), and I've felt the hurt of having your sister care about a thing more than you. Amy ends up getting everything her sister had, but my interpretation of that was a bit different from yours. With a lot of the subtext, I felt like Laurie didn't really love her that much, but she wanted so badly to be happy and have him that she ignored it. Amy gets what she wants, but she understands that by the time she does, it's often hollow or meaningless. But I don't know, that could just be me projecting onto her. Anyway, great analysis for a great movie. Keep up the good work!
I always related most to Amy when I read the book too, and I also felt sad when she was hated (kinda felt like they were hating me since felt so similar to her lol). I think shaming strong femininity is just another form of sexism, so I love this new take on the book because it shows there's no one way to be a woman and they all have valid life decisions. You can be traditionally masculine or traditionally feminine, sweet and quiet or independent and rowdy. True feminism is about freedom regardless if whether your male or female.
Samantha Young I agree with most of what you said except for Laurie not loving. He definitely did, and even more than that, he needed her. He was growing lazy and losing sight of his future and Amy’s realism brought him back to that. And Laurie was there when Amy needed him most, when Beth died and she wasn’t there, Laurie was her connection to home.
I have a younger sister who is like Amy, has always wanted what I have and gotten what she wanted. (Im very Jo I think.) And I feel like i used to hate her when we were younger.
But as we grew up I started to understand why she did the things she did. And it softened my gaze. And we now have a better relationship than we did.
It shocks me that Amy was looked down. So many I know are like her. To me, I think they looked down on Amy because she knew how to play at society's rules. It's either to rebel or follow them in people's eyes when she followed the 3rd and hidden path. This is just me but knowing that a lot of women have had low self-esteem since the beginning of society makes me think that many disliked her from also seeing many similarities with her. Obviously, I am looking too much into it.
In the end, I am a lot like Beth who can't help on admiring those who are like Amy + Beth. I am a feminist so it makes me sad to know that so many men and women think that feminism thinks we are supposed to have jobs, get rid of marriage when there is nothing wrong with wanting to carry strong feminity.
I actually liked Amy in the book
when amy march said "i'd be respected if i couldn't be loved".....i felt that
I've seen a lot of videos on the 2019 "Little Women" movie, and read the corresponding comments. From that, I feel that a lot of people adore Amy and now don't like Jo, after seeing this new adaptation. I think it's really disappointing, because the goal of the new movie wasn't to value Amy and put down Jo, but to put all 4 sisters in the spotlight. I do appreciate Amy's personnality, but still identify with Jo nonetheless.
Yeah
I think it's because Jo has always been a favorite, so she's now considered "overrated".
It because Jo has been the ideal women archetype in popular culture for the last 30 years. But during that time, figures like Amy or Meg have been sidelined and regarded as relics of a patriarchal past. The movie just reminded everyone that there no one ideal women, but many little woman that should be understood and celebrated.
@@lingeringsnowleaf3829 there are still ideal women, my sister is CEO. You just don't work hard enough. Jo is the person that Alcott dreamed about someday women can be treated equally and free to work their dream jobs. If there were no feminists like Jo existed, women nowadays would be still not allowed to go to school
Beth was my favourite character from the book, I was so sad that they didn't show her and Meg enough because also Meg and Amy were my second favourites to read about.
I spent so many years denying my Amy-ness because of internalized misogyny, saying how she's too vain and bratty and I'm much more a Jo because Jo wasn't vain like her sister. The exact quote from Louisa mentioned in the Amy section is the exact one that made me start seeing her differently. I was definitely a spoiled youngest child when I was younger, and absolutely love nice, beautiful things, but it's not in vanity, it's because being around pretty things makes me feel happy.
Maybe they should hide the book in the freezer
Hahaha, "Friends" references abound! They'll likely have to do the same to "The Shining"!
Fun fact Emma Watson has hidden a bunch of books for people to discovee
Joey
😂 yeees!
Lmao😂😂😂
I relate to Jo the most, but Amy is my favorite and i love how this version made her character justice
I don't related are like Amy Jo is the best and is known for being the best Jo march is the best
"no one makes their own way, especially a woman"
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Kaitln White thank you!
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Oh well, you haven't lived in those times.
I've always wanted to be like Meg. I loved her when I first read the book as a child, and I still do. There was just something about her responsible, comforting energy, and she always seemed so real to me. Yes, she had her little mistakes, like letting herself get dressed up at the party, but they were all mistakes that I could see myself making, and the way she handled them was really relatable for me. Not to mention the way she chose John and love, and she was content in that even when times were hard. Idk. I always aspired to be like her, but as I've gotten older I've become more and more like Jo (not saying that's a bad thing at all, it just wasn't what younger me expected lol).
Although I personally can relate to every sister. I'm a Beth with sprinkles of Jo's hard work, ambition, and determination (plus the fact that I also want to be a writer). I feel like Beth is so underrated because she's kind and quiet. Having these 2 traits often make people seem less-interesting than an assertive Jo and Amy. But I can also see the moral behind Beth's tragic end. Sometimes us Beth's often care too much about others, we don't care about ourselves at all and it is taken to our backlash. It's the sad truth us caring people need to hear.
Oh boy, I am a total Beth and I did not expect to be so fully psychoanalyzed by a The Take video 😳
I felt that too
@@barbarazurek4648 I'm not at all a Beth but I felt that too. I was indignant on behalf of Beth.
Beth never seems to get the respect the other three get.
I'm a mix of jo and Beth. I try to be helpful and content and i am more so than the other kids (ill be 17 in a week). But I'm by no means an angel. It would be great to be one but I'm a horrid thing and an angry bratty thing. I congratulate you for being a complete Beth. That takes a strong good person
I know what you mean. Like Beth, I am a shy homebody who loves cats, music even though I have no talent in it. And family. I wish I could be more selfless, though.
Shyness can be a form of selfishness, as your fears makes you focus on yourself. Beth was her most selfless when she was able to move past her fears to give. This isn't weakness but power.
I do have Amy's love of beauty and culture.
Me too
Amy is my favorite. She wants the passion, family and comfort. And she gets EVERYTHING 🙌
Fr
“we’ll i’m not a poet… i’m just a woman” is such a LINE i love greta gerwig
I feel Beth has almost always got the short end of the stick in terms of adaptation, which I always felt annoyed by because she’s my absolute favorite, and I adore her perseverance and utter bravery, which I feel is often overlooked.
100% agree. She always seems like a side character or afterthought almost, even if she does have a huge part. As someone with chronic illnesses I look up to her bravery and perseverance that she had even when sick. I relate to her in every aspect and I think she deserves more credit.
I think I'm mostly Beth. I'm compassionate, I love music and dolls, and I want to have the people I love around me. I'm also shy and introverted. I have creative ambition and dreams like Jo and Amy but my introversion makes it a struggle for me to persue it. In the 90s version when Clare Danes said "I like to be at home. But I hate to be left behind" I felt that.
When I was younger I was more like Amy. I was self involved and spiteful. Burning Jo's manuscript was the kind of shady shit I would have done, or at least thought about doing. My strong sense of beauty leads me to love material things and high society and I'm kind of a perfectionist. I can also be pragmatic when something important is on the line.
I was also like Jo when I was younger. I had creative ambitions and nothing but disgust for most traditional values and conventions. I had a temper and really knew how to hold a grudge.
There's a little bit of Meg in there. I make the most of my circumstances but sometimes I get swept away by my ache for more excitement and luxury. I'm not really a 'wife and Mother' type but I feel very warm towards the children in my life.
God I feel so seen by this comment
I know what you mean. While I love books and writing like Jo and have a beauty loving nature like Amy, I most relate to Beth.
The only things that get me mad is when someone or something is being treated unfairly or when my environment is too chaotic and noisy/angry. I love sharing what I write and draw, but am perfectly content if they stay in my head, prefer it to be honest because when I try to capture what's in there, I only get a pale imitation of the beauty of my daydreams and that is discouraging.
Plus I don't think people don't get how hard it is to be so timid and scared. I am scared of everything, it seems. Fear like that controls everything you do, and it takes so much more effort to do what others take for granted. I deal with it by my reading and daydreams, my spiritual life and focusing on making others feel loved and comfortable. That brings me peace.
Also cats. Like Beth, I am a patron of cats. I bet if Beth lived today, she'll have a UA-cam channel full of videos of her kitties.
Thank you.
@@applebrush9249 I feel like you just described me. Especially with the writing and daydreaming part. I daydream all the time and create stories in my head, but can't seem to put it down on paper.
@@katiewright3309 it's hard sometimes, isn't it? To have so many stories buzzing around in your head without a way to get it out in a way you like? Or in my case, not always even having the drive or energy to get it out.
Sometimes it's more satisfying to live in your head anyway 😉
Omg same 😭
I am definitely an Amy with sprinkles of Jo here and there
Ciara FitzGerald me too girl
Same sis
I always knew I was Amy with a hint of all three in between the gaps
i think i’m more jo with hints of amy😂
Bailey Dobson same
Jo allllllll day, EVERYDAY! At 35 my mother and grandmother are worried I won’t *ever* want a husband or kids and instead want to do something beyond that.
Not that a husband and kids aren’t important but like Jo it’s not *all* every woman who is ever born is meant to do or be a wife and/or mother. Some of us find happiness totally within ourselves and the work we do and how that work might impact the world 🙋🏽♀️
Same here. I'm a lot like Jo and it worries my mum
But Jo did marry and get kids eventually, and put her whole life as a writer to a hiatus till her children were older.
That doesn't change the fact. And I wasn't implying that it was a bad thing or made her less admirable character. I just meant that finding happiness in a work she was totally enthusiastic about and a marriage with like-minded person who she really admired didn't rule each other out in her life, that's all.
I am Beth mostly. I love staying at home or with a small group of friends, but I definitely have this fear of missing out. I love helping other and support a lot of movements, but more in a quite way. Donating money and time/effort to individuals, but I don't march in the streets with others.
“Love yourself, live your truth, and follow whichever dream is yours.”
I read little women for the first time when I was 13 and I personally always disliked Jo a little bit, she had kind off a mean attitude. And while a bit of a brat in the beginning I always thought that Amy made a lot of practical sense as she grew up. I aspired to be more like Beth, even though is not in my nature to be that good. I wished that I could follow my heart like Meg, but I'm too much of a pragmatist.
I never liked jo (never read the book or watched the newest movie (but watched all the other movies)) I think it’s because she always looked down on things traditionally girly
@Kellie Gallagher I think Jo wanted to be a boy so she could have a better paying job than being a companion. All their struggles were because the family was poor and that limited their future
Lauren you’re the reason why people hate feminist today
Indeed, Jo comes across as judgemental to those women in her life who want to have a traditional family role or be traditionally feminine, both Amy and Meg and yes even Beth.
On the other hand Jo's sisters are much more accepting of her ways than she is of them. Even Meg who initially tries to get Jo to behave more ladylike, gets Jo far more than Jo ever understand her sisters and that understanding comes to Meg early on in Little Women (and before Good wives). Jo, on the other hand is so busy railing against her position in life she can't put herself in other people's shoes. There is nothing wrong with Jo's non conformity it's her self absorption that is the issue.
Interestingly this attitude is the case in modern society for the most part among feminists as exampled above in the comments. It is far more acceptable to be a career driven woman than one who is content with a traditional female role.
Even further exampled and exemplified in the video by the way they treat Beth's character as 'too submissive'. She wasn't submissive, she was selfless. There's a difference. She had agency, she used that agency to care for others.
@@Miluielle Oh, definitely. The unjust thing is that all those weak "femenine" qualities are celebrated as good in "woke" men, but are still shamed as weak and anti-feminist in women. It is as if modern society thinks that the only "good qualities" in women are the ones associated traditionally with men. It is a very recent kind of misogyny but one that is unfortunately spreading fast.
The thing with Little Women is that, at least for me, I’m able to see a part of me in all of them. For some parts I’m 100% Jo, other I’m such an Amy. I can see myself in Meg but sometimes in Beth too.
Mood
I'm most similar to Beth, being a conflict allergic introvert, but with nowhere near the character's selflessness, even at a more realistic level.
Amy has always been my favorite and the fact that people are finally seeing her in the same light that I have seen her since first reading the book makes me so happy. Florence did such an amazing job.
Also after seeing this video, I'm most definitely an Amy. Maybe that's why I've always liked her so much, is that I relate to her.
The Beth part plus the soft background music just... made me appreciate her so much
So Jo is Gryffindor, Amy is Slytherin, Beth is Hufflepuff and finally Meg is Ravenclaw?
I'd argue Jo's a Ravenclaw and Meg's a Gryffindor. Jo is creative and wants to create a path that's unique for her, Meg is like mama Weasley
@@lucialveroy omg actually though lol
umm i think Jo is more ambitious than brave. Amy yup shes a slitherin beth is a hufflepuff and meg should also be in puff
i'm a jo and a ravenclaw so i naturally associate those
I always loved Amy the most, she’s creative, smart, and headstrong.
Honestly as much as I love Jo, the 2019 version did such justice to Amy that I fell in love with her (her growth mainly) and Meg too.
I'm more like Beth. I'm pretty shy, I'm content with just my family, and I feel my siblings are always a step ahead. I feel inferior to them. I want to have their accomplishments. I also don't want to be left behind. I'd like to mention the 1994 version when she said to Jo at her deathbed "Why does everyone want to go away? I love being home... I don't like being left behind, now I am the one going ahead." I just started sobbing from there.
So basically: Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff and a muggle
Lol, kinda sad there's no Ravenclaw. Maybe that's their mother lol
very ironic since it's emma watson
Did you really just call Hermione a muggle? Lol
Jo-Gryffindor, Amy-Slytherin, Meg-Hufflepuff and Beth-muggle
im huflepuff
I've always loved the Amy from the book and I love her even more now after seeing the new film. She's always been my favorite.
Thank you, The Take.
I was asking myself the same question after the movie.
Ditto, everyone has their favourites in an ensemble cast, and for me, it's probably Meg or Beth that I relate to the most!👰🎹
I'm probably an Amy because of my pragmatism and how much I focused on looks and social capital when I was younger but now I am also a Ravenclaw and value knowledge and wisdom.
Michelle Foucault same! I'm ( also ravenclaw) feel I'm an Amy as far as being girly/ feminine, a tiny bit spoiled, and artistic love for beauty. Lol I wouldn't mind living rich and having a life of luxury
Mixed with a tiny bit of Beth
Some of the nonconformist and passion of jo
But feel like Meg especially with my dreams and (unlike Amy ) putting my heart first
Worry not because Amy is a Ravenclaw with Slytherin undertone
Amy's monologue about marriage is my favorite scene in the entire movie. It really adds to understanding her character and it's part of what makes this movie better than the book.
As much as I identify with Jo, and always have, Amy is still my favorite character. She has so much depth to her and is never willing to settle for anything less then she feels she deserves. She had an amazing character arch and I am happy they finally did her justice in Gretas film
The Hogwarts houses parallels were on point!
Sandra Dermark which are they? I didn’t catch them....
I’ve been doing so for years
@@rebeccamontealvo Jo = Gryffindor, Amy = Slytherin, Beth = Hufflepuff, Meg = Ravenclaw, easy!
dragonmoth96 WRONG !!!
_ Jo is a Slytherin with Gryffindor undertone because she is ambitious and resourceful. Her dream of becoming a writer is very important to her and will do anything necessary to make it a reality. She is a nonconformist idealist who dares to go her own way.
_ Amy is a Ravenclaw with Slytherin tendency. In fact, she can be sorted into either house and still excel. Why ? Amy is ambitious just like Jo is in pursuing her dream but she also has fervent love for knowledge and fascination with history as well as tradition. Unlike Jo, Amy is a realist and proceeds life with logics.
_ Meg is a total Hufflepuff because she does not seek vanity and values hardwork and loyalty. She would sometimes succumb to vanity but eventually choose to do the right thing in the end.
_ Beth is a Ravenclaw with Hufflepuff personality for she values her pursuit of knowledge (evidently via her love of improving her skill in piano) above all else but she is also kind and loving. Because she possesses Hufflepuff quality, she is loyal and family-oriented. Nevertheless, the sorting hat will have a hard time deciding whether Beth should be sorted into Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw UNLESS she asks to be in Hufflepuff specifically.
P/S: Please stop treating Slytherins like they are the villains. The truth is that Slytherins are complex in real life. They can become your best of friends or worst enemies depending on how you treat them. They can be the greatest heroes or the most twisted antagonists.
@@ThePerksdeLeSarcasmeSiorai Much better analysis.
me: "i'm a jo"
this video: "you're jo if you're a feminist, gay, lonely yet careless and creative"
me: "... i'm a jo"
I am a total mix of all four! I have jo’s less-feminine side and her determination to make her own way in the world. I have Amy’s willing to do whatever it takes to give her the best shot at being successful and her realism that comes with that. I have Beth’s care for others and her desire to not bother anyone on her behalf. Finally, I have meg’s envy of those with more than her (especially when mentioned how she remembers a time when they weren’t’t poor... what a mood lol). I am happy with not being a specific March sister! They all have unique qualities and I like that I emulate some and not others
I absolutely loved the most recent adaption and found all four characters so deeply moving and felt that we really got a chance to understand and respect all of them. Of course I love Jo, and when she breaks down to her mother about her profound frustration with what is expected of women, and her loneliness, oh boy I cried, it hit hard.
But my favourite character is Amy. It becomes clear to her in that scene with Meryl Streep, that the best way she can help herself and her family is marrying rich. Yes she craves a luxurious life for herself, but she also cares deeply about her family and her motivations are much less selfish and shallow than they appear. She's a super complex character who I admire and relate to, and also I love Florence Pugh's portrayal of her with all my heart.
I never wanted to be a Jo or an Amy. I always liked Meg and Beth. 🤷🏻♀️ I’ve always found kindness to be one of the most important qualities a person can have.
You just may have convinced me to watch this movie.
Antoine Henderson ohh watch it. It’s a easy watching. 😭🥰
Oh please do it quick!
i’ve always been a beth. she will always be my favorite character in any book
Have seen all the "Little Women" movies ever made except this latest one! Will watch it at some point, but the 1994 one will always remain my very favorite one, beautifully filmed, acted with gorgeous music by Thomas Newman! I'm a modern day Marmee who lives in Liberal MA and has all daughters and lost my middle one to coma and brain injury! My oldest is a mom and artist like myself professionally and my youngest is also an artist and teacher and is also a published author as well. "Art reflects life", life reflects art! Orchard House in Concord is open to the public and you can still see the bedroom and desk where Louisa May Alcott wrote the book and still see the piano in the front parlor and still see "Amy's" drawings on the walls of her bedroom! They were all "feminists" back then during the Transcendental era in the 1800s. "Marmee" in real life was the country's first social worker who helped women get work, "Meg" in real life was a teacher as was "Jo" along with being a writer and "Amy" an artist who died after childbirth! Louisa help raise her daughter until she was eight when she went back to Europe to live with her father! Louisa was also a nurse during the Civil War in Washington DC, got very sick and was never the same healthwise again. She was also the first woman to vote in a public school election back then! Louisa and her father a teacher/philosopher who was the first teacher to admit a black child into his school "Fruitlands' back then, died just days apart from each other! They're all buried except for "Amy" on Writer's Hill at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery with writers Nathaniel Hawthorne of "The Scarlet Letter" fame, Henry Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson!, May they all rest in peace~
Oh shit, the way you described Amy made me realised why I love her character so much. I am her. The only thing that differs between us is that even though I am ambitious as her in terms of recognition for her work, I also want to make my living for myself and not rely on marriage. But then I think about how were things back then, and as a very rational and realistic person just as her, maybe if I had lived back then I would take her same decisions in terms of marriage, she wanted passion but also having in mind the comfort. Holy shit I am her completely. While watching the movie, I thought I could relate more to Jo because of how ambitious and angry she was of her disadvantages as a woman in society. But then I realised I am not a carefree rebel tomboy. I was quirky and childish and a dreamer when I was younger just like Amy, and I grew up to be very feminine and put together and ambitious for my future in terms of wanting a good life, family and career. But maybe If I had live in other times, my rational self would have left my career ambitious to the side just like Amy did, but because we don't live back then any more I can be totally Amy without stopping aspiring for great things and to be self-sufficient. The thing of "wanting to marry rich" is seen as something completely selfish and coldhearted nowadays, but back then that was considered simply being smart, and I know for sure that if her character and the story had been developed in modern times, she would keep her aspirations for life just as high while also striving for her personal economic success and independence while continuing to follow her passion. I know this for sure because, in the scene where she is telling Laurie that she gives up trying to make a living as a great well-known artist because she is aware of the low possibilities of succeeding that she has for being a woman, you can clearly see by the expressions in her face while saying it that she feels sad, angry and frustrated about it. I know that in other circumstances she definitely wouldn't have given up because when she was young, and she wasn't fully conscious of her disadvantage as woman, she was aiming high for her career success as a painter just as Jo did as a writer. Something else that she has in common with Jo and the reason why they use to crash so much when they were younger is that they both sometimes are carried away by their emotions and react, and that is something I also identify with, It's something positive in a certain way because it allows me to be more spontaneous sometimes, but at the same time it can go the wrong way when I am angry, and that's something I'm still working on so I can fully become the grown version of Amy all grounded, put together and focused. Just as the video points out she is smart, and she has her own strategy to successfully get what she wants, but she is also is open to new opportunities to be happy and still get the life that she sees herself living, she is moved by aesthetics and beauty, she was a spoiled kid when she was younger, but she grew up to be a goal-oriented rational girl with standards, she is cultured, she understands how the world works and adapt and tries to make the most of it, she aspires happiness, and she knows what she needs to get it, knowing what I want is something I definitely relate to, and maybe a reason why in the movie "marriage story" I struggled so much in trying not to blame the woman who got married without having clear what she really wanted for the whole nightmare they went through, just because I simply couldn't relate for her (don't worry later in that movie I put myself in her shoes and tried to understand her). I love her identify and love her character so so much. Also, I shipped her a Laurie as a couple right away when I saw that besides having chemistry as adults, she was caring and tried to help him grow as a person. And that's something I'm always trying to do with the people around me who I love (I am a Virgo lol) I'm always trying to help them improve and become a better version of themselves, And that's exactly the personality trait that the disoriented and lovely grown-up Laurie needed in his wife. Even though Jo's character is the star of the movie because of how controversial and groundbreaking her personality and ideas were at the time the story was set at, Amy is such a good character as well, and I personally consider it a more relatable one. I am glad the director and writer of this movie tried their best to make her justice and point out her good attributes and relatable perspective.
Good to see, finally a woman makes "Little Women" , in ,maybe the way Alcott intended.
-My sister , Mum and Girlfriend
Is it just me or is Emma at her best in book adaptations. From being Hermione to Perks of being a wildflower to Meg.
Side note:-. I never thought I'd see Hermione as Meg!
I don’t think anyone ever did and would think of her as Meg
I love Little Women so much. It's one of my favorite books and the '49 version is my favorite adaptation. I'm actually really excited for Greta's adaptation. I'm a Jo with a splash of Amy.
I am an Amy. The moment I read ‚the romantic realist‘ I knew it for sure
If you read Louisa's letter exchange with her publisher she was the one who came up with all the marriages. Friedrichs character in little women is based on philosopher Henry Thoreau Louisa was in love with him. Laurie is based on Ladislas Wisniewski a young man who was first flirting with Louisa and then betrayed him. In all of Louisa's novels these two male archetypes are constantly present. The Friedrich archetype is the humble hard working man (Fritz in lw, Mac in Rose in Bloom, David in Work) He has silent passion for the protagonist and the Louisa type of protagonist loves him and wants that equal relationship. Laurie archetype is charming but idle. He either puts his act together and falls for a female character (like Amy) who is stern with them or they fail and fet sucked into consuming toxic self-harming behavior. Little Women is all about Louisa's love life. That is why she had conflicted relationship towards it. Henry was 16 years older (same age difference than between Louisa and the professor) Ladislas was 10 years younger. Louisa and Henry, They did have an affair and almost a telepathic way of communication which is also present in the novels. Henry passed away 5years before LW was published. That is also why Louisa listed out to be nurse in the war. He had lost her sister Lizzie at the same time.
I want to be Beth
Talented?
No, dead
Damn
Can totally relate. It's like living ur dream life
High five
Even in the 1994 version, which I grew up watching, I felt all the sisters had qualities everyone could identify with. I can’t confine myself to one character. If I have to choose, I’m mostly a Beth but with Jo’s independence and Amy’s pragmatism
I am completely Jo. A fiery temper, creative, not feminine, non conventional, ambitious and I'm even a aspiring writer!
Resuming, Amy is a capricorn and Jo is an Aquarius
As a capricorn. YES
meg's spinelessness, amy's taste for the finer things in life, jo's hot-headedness, occasional beth's selflessness....yikes this looks like a recipe for a mess of a human being
msk right😂😂 I think we all know someone like that.
I'm that exact mess loll
I couldn't identify with Jo more than I already do, it feels like my life is a reenactment of hers. I don't want to get married at all, but being lonley still weighs on me some times and writing is an amazing way of expressing everything I feel.
I appreciate a the sister's because each one of them is unique and I feel like it's fun to try and figure which one you relate to more.
" Amy is Slytherin to Jo's Gryffindor" Thats when i knew i am an Amy
Showing each perspective I love it
I always pictured myself as a mix of Jo, Beth and Meg. I was a creative, feminist bookworm with aspirations of being a writer, and thought outside of the box, I was quiet, caring and liked music and loved my family, and I was the oldest sibling, and cared too much about what others thought, and was romantic, and wanted to find "The One"'.
While I never identified with Amy, this analysis has helped me to appreciate her character more, as well as her similarities to Jo. 💘📕🎹🎨
So what are you now? Because you keep saying "was".
@@jazzyjaz9108 good question
Same here (: A good friend told me that we can have more "personalities" because we're never the same because we behave different in different situations. I'm proudly like Jo, Beth and Meg, too (:
@@jazzyjaz9108 I'd say that I'm more like Meg now, since I lead a traditional life with my family, but my Beth and Jo sides occasionally shine through!😆
@@trinaq good combo
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I get to watch the new one in January.
I read Little Women when I was eight and immediately found myself in Jo. She was everything I aspired to be. She even made me believe I could become an author, which I am now. She gave me the courage to pursue my dreams and showed me that it's okay to go against the grain, even if you have to hustle really hard and sacrifice some things. Of course, there are downsides to being too independent and too focused on your personal goals, but at least she stays true to herself and never compromises on her values just to become a cog in the machine designed to oppress women. That is why Jo March remains my heroine and spirit animal.
Before watching this video I was 100% sure I was like Beth. I definetly think she is the most similar to me but it’s the one I show to people. The characteristics you mentioned for Jo felt like you were describing me. The main difference is that she has such a strong character and temper, I’m not like that at all. I’m used to put other people’s feeling above me. I related to Amy about some things but I noticed that all of them were artistic or feminine, I find beauty in everything and everyone. And oh Meg. I would absolutely love to be a mother and get married, it has always been one of my biggest dreams (also fears), this past time I have doubted my sexuality and aspirations. I don’t really know how I am anymore and this message was sooo long. Thank you so much for the video 💕
I am Alcott and Greta’s Jo so fully it hurts. I have been a movie junkie my whole life along with my parents, and had a wall in our tiny house filled with movies. People would stop and gasp whenever they saw it as they would walk in. In all my life I never completely connected with any character on screen. As a kid growing up I rewrote the story of movies and their characters in my head to fit me into them, some of my “favorite” movies are my favorite because when I watch them a completely different story runs along with it in my head. When I saw Greta’s film in theaters, it rang my soul when Jo slumps into the couch and says I never got over not being born a man (or whatever the line is), and every few scenes after that the volume on that feeling would turn up. Up and up until the attic scene with Marmy and my heart busted like a light bulb with too much electricity rushing through it. I think I cried, I can’t even remember because I was so engaged with the film. I have never felt so fully expressed by a film, it was a feeling I never knew existed. This movie will forever be a joy in my life that I can run back to. Thanks Gerwig, thanks Alcott.
Meg for sure. I’m interested to watch this new Little Women movie. I love the book, loved the movie with Winona Ryder (I saw it when I was quite little and I think it was the first movie that made me cry my eyes out, when Beth died)
Jo- Gryffindor
Amy- Slytherin
Beth- Hufflepuff
Meg- Ravenclaw
I see a bit of myself in all the sisters, and I think that is the point. Not to see ourselves in one of them, but to recognize certain traits in ourselves in all of them. Love Little Women!!