Eurasia 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?

Eurasia I thought the same at my first reading but now that I'm older I can analyze their characters better and understand them wholly as human beings instead…moreI thought the same at my first reading but now that I'm older I can analyze their characters better and understand them wholly as human beings instead of book characters that are there to only please us.
When they were children, Jo and Laurie got along well having their mischief and sincere characters in common. But as they grew up, Jo matured in a way that had more depth in the spiritual and meaningful way. Yet although Laurie matured quite as much, his mind is still mostly focused on the realities and material parts of life, still enjoyment outweighs duty for him. In this way, he is actually like Amy, for she is quite the realistic one amongst them and sees life as it is since she was a child. Her self-centeredness also is like Laurie. She had the biggest character development by choosing mindfully to be kind and generous, choosing but still sincere, despite it not coming naturally to her. As Jo is an idealist and duty and spirit before the materialistic realities kind of person, in time, she has become the moral leader in hers and Lauries relationship, she always had to lead by example rather than looking up to him. She didn't respect him like a women should respect her husband as the head of the household (speaking in their times' terms) What's more is that she could only accept a man who she believed to be better than her, in morality and experience, someone who would add meaningful value to her life. That's just who she is. You see, it's not that she didn't have the ability to love, but she is head before heart type of person and she was able to choose who she fell in love with. She didn't let herself love Laurie that way because she believed he wouldn't be good for her in the long run. Laurie being more sentimental and emotional than Jo ever since he was a child (remember his tantrums and moods) he believed himself to be in love with his childhood best friend with whom he related all of the familial enjoyment he felt at the March house. İt'd be the perfect romantic story. But alas, he and his love wasn't mature enough to handel Jo's rejection. All that turmoil afterwards was good for him to finally mature him enough to see what he actually wanted and more importantly needed. Amy, being worldly and sensible, but also kind and morally superior to him, didn't require a man that was more mature than herself, as she could very well manage a man his entire life and that wouldn't bother her. I see that no one questions her falling for Laurie but I guess having a charming man for so long that your family holds in high esteem, not to mention your toughest judge sister approves, might have made her love him without quite so realizing. İt worked for Meg, right? Also i love that all of the answers here are in LMA's Style, made me smile(less)

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