Little Women: Jo March

My favourite movie is Little Women. I read the book before I watched the movie, and I love the storyline so much just as it is, but Little Women (2019) by Greta Gerwig catapulted the story to a whole new level, adding on modern twists of feminism and giving us a satisfying ending. It's my comfort movie. Sometimes I just watch my favourite scenes, just to remind myself I'm not alone in feeling the way I feel. I strongly urge everyone to watch it, starring Emma Watson, Timothee Chalamet and Saoirse Ronan and all the other actors are wonderful as well. 

The storyline is simple, nothing exciting, but it's definitely not boring. Centering around the four March sisters and the boy next door, taking us through their childhood and stepping into adulthood. It's relatable, we all go through the same threshold, saying goodbye to childhood. But like Jo, it's more difficult for me to move on, and it's comforting to know Jo feels the same way. Although she's fictional, the writer isn't. And it is known that this is the writer's own personal story.

Jo March is the only one character from a story that I could relate to beside Patrick from Spongebob Squarepants. I like Louisa Clark from 'Me Before You', someone said I have the same fashion sense as her but I know I'm not as bubbly and cute as she is. I'm more of a stubborn and mean awkward girl, but filled with dreams and imaginations, which is essentially what Jo depicts. As a side note, I hate Katniss Everdeen from Hunger Games and Bella Swan from Twilight (story for another day).

A few people have said how Jo March reminds them of me. After watching the movie, I hope I'm more of a Amy March, because that girl knows how to win in life, while Jo is a lost cause. But I can't be someone I'm not.

I understand everything Jo feels in the story, watching her make the same choices that I'd make, sometimes as confused as I am about why we are the way we are. The disappointment of not being a boy, but crying over her hair is something I could totally relate to. Having such a bad temper that we push everyone away but filled with guilt afterwards, wondering why we couldn't be a better human being. We're sure of what we want but unsure of why it feels so difficut wanting what we want. Loving freedom so much that we hate seeing people we love doing something we would consider stifling. Very possessive of our sisters and despise change. Many people are sad Jo didn't end up with Laurie in the end, but that's the ending I wanted when I started reading the book.

I think the movie has made it look as though everyone has gotten their happy ending (Well of course except Beth) but I personally disagree. The writer shows us how growing under the same roof, nourished by the same love, we are still our own being with our own ambitions and wants, and how happiness is different to all of us. Like Meg said "Just because my dreams are different than yours, it doesn't mean they're unimportant", this sentence hit me hard, because I was so mad with Meg for making a choice that was very unreasonable to me. But I guess that was what the writer was trying to understand and accept as well, that people can be happy even though personally we wouldn't be so if put in the same boat.

It's so interesting how the writer could narrate the lives of four sisters into such meaningful stories imbued with lessons and meaning. Perhaps all of us have a meaningful life, it just takes a great writer to weave it into a beautiful story. That's the kind of writer I want to be. 

Little Women is a classic as of right. It's a story worth telling, packed with messages the writer is trying to tell us. Admittedly, the book can be diffcult to read, it takes effort to appreciate the literature and language, but the movie has really done it justice.

Here's my favourite scene ever, I'll explain why someday- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ-she8Xneo

P.S. I'm going to write a lot about Little Women. Fanfiction on the way!

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