She also has to submit to lectures from a random German professor. Jo is often thwarted or humbled in her pursuit of her dreams. No, I think readers really dislike Amy because she gets what she wants without appearing to work very hard for it. (Plus, have you ever had a friend who was working on something, be it a novel or a line of hand-knit characters from classic literature,В and it was the only thing they talked about for months on end, and you were proud of them for pursuing their dream but also maybe a little tired of hearing about it all the time? IвЂ™m just saying that a very small part of me understands why Amy threw that thing in the fire.) ButвЂ¦if Jo can manage to forgive Amy, canвЂ™t the rest of us?В We all want to seek revenge for petty slights sometimes, itвЂ™s fine. ThatвЂ™s pretty bad and I have no defense to offer. Image from IMDb.ДЄt this point most people will cite the Amy-destroying-JoвЂ™s-manuscript episode as the root of their Amy rage. From left: Elizabeth Taylor (!!) as Amy, Peter Lawford as Laurie, June Allyson as Jo. Look, if Jo can be happy for Amy and Laurie, you can too. But IвЂ™m not afraid to admit that in reality, I am much more like the sometimes selfish, surprisingly practical Amy. If you reallllly want to claim to be a Beth, I will not stop you.) ItвЂ™s tempting to think of ourselves as the unconventional, fiercely smart, stubborn heroine with martyr tendencies. Oh, IвЂ™m sorry, you thought you were a Jo, right? Or maybe even a Meg? (I know I left out Beth. вЂ“ went to France once & brings it up CONSTANTLY вЂ“ actually quite tender underneath it all вЂ“ thinks revenge is a dish best served in your fucking fireplace, JO ItвЂ™s also time, for all of us, to come clean: we are all Amys. And since there is a new PBS miniseries out now, itвЂ™s time for me to write this screed in defense of Amy March. As is typical when Little Women comes up, everyone started bashing Amy. That thread was about the characters from Little Women as personality types. While perusing Twitter, I came across a perfect thread from Anne ThГ©riault, a Canadian writer who is a delight to follow.

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