Sam answers “Am I the only one who thinks that jo and...”

Quinn asked this question about Little Women (Little Women, #1):

Am I the only one who thinks that jo and laurie should have fallen in love?

Sam I think, sometimes, there are people who find their soul mate but not in a romantic sense. That's how it seems for Jo and Laurie. Romance would have g…moreI think, sometimes, there are people who find their soul mate but not in a romantic sense. That's how it seems for Jo and Laurie. Romance would have gotten in the way. Love means different things for different people. Alcott lived in a time where women were supposed to attach themselves to the first man who showed them any admiration and marry in order to be provided for and "kept". Jo was above that sort of thing. To settle down with Laurie would not have been in her character. She loved him like a brother and, as much as she adored him, knew deep down he would not be a suitable husband for her. People make a lot of the fact she ends up with someone so much older, but to me it makes sense; she needed someone who would off-set her passion and impulsiveness, to ground her. As much as we would all like the fairy tale ending where Jo and Laurie sail off into the sunset together, it would not have been realistic or right. (less)

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