Ashley's review
Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
Ashley's review
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Ashley's review
rating:
so, in the back of my copy there was the study guide question: is this a feminine or a feminist work?
as someone who wears skirts as much as humanly possible, is frequently rocking (fake) pearls, and would really like for more things to be pink, but damn i'm a feminist. i don't think that this is an 'either or' answer.
yes, all of the characters do get married, but their mother encourages them-even though poor-to mary for love and not money. (marmie is a HUGE feminist) and ultimately, each of the girls does mary for love and not for money (even amy who marries laurie, marries him out of love rather than love of his riches). also, as much as marriage is not for me, i don't believe that getting married is an anti-feminist act.
all of the girls pursue their dreams as well: sure, meg wants to be a housewife. jo wants to write and then to run a school. amy goes to europe to study art and perhaps become an artist. beth helps those whom she can.
then there is the protagon...more
as someone who wears skirts as much as humanly possible, is frequently rocking (fake) pearls, and would really like for more things to be pink, but damn i'm a feminist. i don't think that this is an 'either or' answer.
yes, all of the characters do get married, but their mother encourages them-even though poor-to mary for love and not money. (marmie is a HUGE feminist) and ultimately, each of the girls does mary for love and not for money (even amy who marries laurie, marries him out of love rather than love of his riches). also, as much as marriage is not for me, i don't believe that getting married is an anti-feminist act.
all of the girls pursue their dreams as well: sure, meg wants to be a housewife. jo wants to write and then to run a school. amy goes to europe to study art and perhaps become an artist. beth helps those whom she can.
then there is the protagon...more
