Character Analysis
(Avoiding Spoilers)
Living... in Concord, Massachusetts, in the 1860s with her mother and three sisters. Her father recently left the family to serve in the war against the South. The War Between the States (aka the Civil War) has unsettled the family, leaving Jo and her sisters to neglect that which they used to value. Nevertheless, Jo enjoys the time she spends with her sisters – the caring and unassuming Beth, the beautiful and popular Amy, and the wholesome and dutiful Meg.
Profession... student. Jo desperately wants to accomplish something important before she settles down, something for which she will be remembered for long after dying.
Interests... writing. Every few weeks she shuts herself up in her room, puts on her special writing outfit, and “falls into a vortex” – writing a novel with all her heart and soul. Until it is finished, she cannot find peace.
Relationship Status... single. Finding a significant other is not important to her. Jo doesn't know anything about love or similar nonsense. She has great ambitions that don't involve marriage, and she hates romance, except when in books. Lately, though, her best friend, Laurie, has been suggesting that they become a couple. She tries her best to ignore and discourage him.
Challenge... overcoming the family’s economic trouble that developed after her father left to fight in the Civil War. Her parents always emphasized that money was never the first and only prize to fight for, but Jo has had an understandably hard time adjusting to poverty. Her mother, however, emphasizes that she would prefer to see her daughters be poor men’s wives provided they were happy, beloved, and content – especially if the alternative is them becoming queens without self-respect or peace.
Personality... bright, caring, and full of spirit. Some criticize Jo for being rough, wild, and unladylike. But, that’s also what is attractive about her. For the era, she’s a rebel who is not afraid to challenge the status quo on gender roles.
Get to Know her in...
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With their father away as a chaplain in the Civil War, Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy grow up with their mother in somewhat reduced circumstances. They are a close family who inevitably have their squabbles and tragedies. But the bond holds even when, later, male friends start to become a part of the household.
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Grown-up Meg, tomboyish Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. The four March sisters couldn't be more different. But with their father away at war, and their mother working to support the family, they have to rely on one another. Whether they're putting on a play, forming a secret society, or celebrating Christmas, there's one thing they can't help wondering: Will Father return home safely?
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A modern retelling of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel, we follow the lives of four sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March - detailing their passage from childhood to womanhood. Despite harsh times, they cling to optimism, and as they mature, they face blossoming ambitions and relationships, as well as tragedy, while maintaining their unbreakable bond as sisters.
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Little Women is a coming-of-age drama tracing the lives of four sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. During the American Civil War, the girls father is away serving as a minister to the troops. The family, headed by their beloved Marmee, must struggle to make ends meet, with the help of their kind and wealthy neighbor, Mr. Laurence, and his high spirited grandson Laurie.
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The Marches are the parents of four daughters: romantic Meg, tempestuous Jo, shy Beth, and ambitious Amy. After Mr. March leaves left the family to serve in the war against the South in the Civil War, Margaret March—who's affectionately called "Marmee" by her family—must do her best to raise her daughters despite their impoverished situation. She instills important values, including about the importance of self-respect. In a time when women are encouraged to marry for money, Marmee tells her daughters, "I'd rather see you poor men's wives, if you were happy, beloved, contented, than queens on thrones, without self-respect and peace."
