LITTLE WOMEN

   what the book means to me?

It’s almost December 25^th. CHRISTMAS!!!! And also, Little Women’s second movie adaptation is coming out on Christmas. Yay!

I am a Potterhead and the biggest ever fan of Emma Watson. It makes sense I came to know about this insanely popular classic because she is featured as Meg March in it.

Emma is like a role model to me. She inspires me so much.

Her character Meg March is the eldest of the four sisters, the other three being Jo, Beth and Amy. Meg in the book is a role model to the other sisters.

Also, I have always wanted an elder sibling and Emma playing the eldest sister kind of fulfils the 

dream.

Not wandering off the topic, Little Women is about the life of these four sisters during Civil War while their father is at war.

The ending or the climax of the book is very different to me because this book had two versions and the second version published had some awful news. Nowadays, you can find copies that have merged both of these versions.

I would have strolled around like a happy child only if my friend hadn’t told me about an awful thing that happens (If you are curious about the awful spoiler, Rachel Green from F.R.I.E.N.D.S spoils that for Joey too).

I actually read a kids version of the book, and like the March sisters I don’t want to escape the happy ending.

I swear if Louisa May Alcott is anything like Jo, as they say, I think she did write that horrible ending but decided not to write it and then published it. Then her publishers forced her to add some spice and she added it. Classic Jo, I tell you.

Jo is our tomboy, wanting to be the man of the family while her father’s away. Meg is the ideal women and wants to be rich. Beth is our silent killer (not literally ofc), she is just happy in her own world (as Papa says), she’s also a favourite of mostly every other character. Amy is the youngest, spoilt, conceited and selfish.

Other important characters are Laurie (the boy next door), Mr Lawrence (Laurie’s grandfather), Marmee (mom), Mr Brooke, Hannah and Aunt March. The only negative-ish character in this book is Aunt March, but Alcott tries to bring out an ironically positive side to the character in the end as well.

Aunt March is a practical character in the book and claims she may not be right every time but she’s never wrong. She gives almost proper though harsh advices which do not sit good with the kind hearted and warm souls of the March sisters and sometimes lead them on to do things which they never dreamt of.

We can’t find extremely negative characters in this book because almost every character makes a big mistake at least once or has a negative or a selfish side (except I suppose Beth). Louisa balances everyone’s mistake with something good they do.

The book is perhaps realistic in bringing out the balanced view of the world. We make mistakes, we improve, maybe we fall down sometimes while improving but at the end trying to improve is all that matters. You face consequences for your mistakes but you can do nothing but accept it.

This book is something that you can read on a nice, cool Sunday morning with a cup of hot chocolate by your side. Maybe it will make you nostalgic about your childhood because for me the four main characters were relatable at some or the other age.

Meg’s dream of marrying someone rich, looking your finest, being an ideal woman- well, I wouldn’t say I might had had all these kinds of fantasies but I might have had some when I was a child.

 I am more of a Jo.

Jo is an extremely ambitious girl who’s into books and plays and wants to be a rich author. She’s a tom-boy and doesn’t like what other girls like. I could have described myself in these exact words just 4 years ago.

Amy’s dream of becoming the best in your field and acquiring riches, maintaining the self-respect was something that I related to when I was in my pre-teens.

Well, that leaves us with Beth. Beth is the most obedient and a kid with no fantasies except living with parents and helping them, and playing music. Maybe, everyone gains this level of maturity in their 50’s.

You combine all of them, and you get their Marmee.

I would also like to add some random but interesting things I found in the book that made me feel like Laurie before becoming friends with the group. The girls used to write this magazine known as “The pickwick Portfolio” and I loved the idea of doing an editorial meet and just discussing writings and everything.

The girls used to go to this place by the lake and sit under a tree and continue their work if their Marmee didn’t like disturbances and they pretended like they were pilgrims.

Believe it or not the 18-year-old me is still up for it.

Little Women is a classic, which should not be ignored. I thoroughly enjoyed it and in the end 120 points to Gryffindor.

EXTRAS

The Potterhead in me won’t shut up so I had to sort the characters into Hogwarts houses.

Miss Meg March – Hufflepuff/Gryffindor.

Miss Jo March – Gryffindor/Ravenclaw

Miss Beth March- Hufflepuff

Miss Amy March- Slytherin

Mr Laurie Lawrence- Gryffindor

Marmee- Hufflepuff

Mr. March- Gryffindor

Mr John Brooke- Ravenclaw

Aunt March- Slytherin

Mr. Lawrence- Ravenclaw

LIVE IN THE WORLD

This section is for those people who like to be committed to a world and can’t get out without staying for some extra details. 

The sequel or the next book with an awful ending is “Good Wives”. But the two have merged so you can just read the merged version or children version if you are a baby like me.

The official sequel to this is “Little Men”. And the next in the series is “Jo’s boys”.

So, the feminist propaganda finally ended with Men in the title. Just kidding.

The movie is coming out and I will probably continue with the discussion about movies in the next blog.

 This is I am not so nerdy, signing off with the blog.

Adios