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Louisa May Alcott’s novel " Little Women ", Joe who came to New York went to the newspaper to submit a paper. Faced with Mr. Dashwood's questioning, she lied that she was not the author of the manuscript and refused. signature. When Mr. Dashwood crossed out the moral part of the manuscript, there was a dialogue between the two-
"But, sir, I think there should be some moral element in every story, so I try to get me Some guilty people in the story repented."
"People want to have fun, they don't want to hear about teaching, you know, morality is not selling right now." By the way, this is not true.
Louisa May Alcott
This conversation may refer to the writing experience of Louisa May Alcott. Born in 1832, Louisa May Alcott began publishing poems and novels at the age of 21, and wrote many thrilling novels under the pseudonym of A.M. Barnet. It wasn't until 1863 that the publisher suggested that she write a "book about girls", which resulted in "Little Women"-a piece based on the life experience of Louisa May Alcott with an autobiography A novel of nature is also a classic novel that lasts for nearly two centuries, praising emotion and family morality. The new version of the movie "Little Women" directed by Greta Gerweger and bringing together many star casts once again tells the story of the March family.
"Little Women" movie poster
The background of the novel is that during the Civil War, the father participated in the war, and the four sisters of the March family, Meg, Joe, Amy and Beth, lived a strenuous and self-sufficient life under the control of their mother. The opening dialogue about Christmas has already highlighted the writing skills and skill of Louisa May Alcott. In the few dialogues, the four sisters’ different personalities and images stand on the paper: the eldest sister Meg is a tutor. Loves vanity and yearns for a rich life; the second sister, Joe, has a rough personality, a little boyish, and loves reading and writing; the third sister, Amy, is selfish, "too particular, too serious," and good at drawing; the youngest Beth is the relative of the four sisters The more considerate and selfless one, she likes to play the piano and regards being together as a family as her satisfaction.
Mrs. March played by Laura Dunn. Mrs. March, who is in charge of the family
, is a perfect mother. She manages housework in an orderly manner, teaches her children well, and often helps the poor around her. Even the father, who was far away on the battlefield and absent from the family, “showed a deep love for his father and a desire to go home and reunite with his wife and daughters” through a letter. After hearing the letter from his father, the four sisters reflected on each other. , To get rid of the shortcomings on his body and become the "little woman" in his father's letter.
It can be said that a family formed by a perfect mother and an absent father with a halo of inspiration is a shelter for the lives of the four sisters, witnessing and tolerating their shortcomings, and more importantly, taking on the morality of their growth. guide.
"Little Women" movie stills, the March family
when the four sisters are still young, Mrs. March is testing whether they are willing to give Christmas breakfast to those who need it more. After Meg married, Mrs. March told her to be patient and considerate to her husband during the marriage: "You just made the mistake that most young wives often make-because you love your children and forget what you should do to your husband. Responsibility. This kind of mistake is very natural and forgivable.” As an adult, Joe, who is still impatient, is often taught by Mrs. March how to sort out, or to bury his changeable emotions.
From teenagers to adulthood of the four sisters, this kind of family-style moral guidance has always run through their growth trajectory, and the influence it brings is also lasting, correcting the possible consequences of deficiencies and shortcomings at critical moments. Meg's marriage continued, and Joe was able to get away from events that made him feel more lonely, such as Meg's marriage and Beth's death.
However, perfection and excessive morality are also a heavy burden on the characters, depriving them of the flesh and blood side of their lives, making Mrs. March and the unexistent father who returned home from the battlefield appear empty. This kind of morality will inevitably lead to imbalances in the novel. The family situation seems to be only to highlight the happy character of the March family who is happy in suffering. The existence of the poor and the upper class must highlight their willingness and innocence.
In addition, Louisa May Alcott is full of praise-like tone throughout the story-the name of the first chapter of the novel is "The Pilgrimage", which quotes the English prose writer John Bunyan's " "Tianlu Journey"-"We have the burden on our shoulders, and the road is right in front of us, The desire to pursue goodness and happiness leads us to overcome countless difficulties and obstacles, and finally step into the land of sacred Ning-the real "Heaven". Come on, young travelers heading for heaven, do it again. It’s not acting, but doing it sincerely, and see how far you have traveled when Dad comes back.”
Eliza Scanlon’s purpose of life in Beth
is promoted to the lofty, in the desire for truth, goodness and beauty. Under the halo, all the suffering and pain have been beautified and sublimated. When Beth is about to die in the novel, it shows how family members get together and connect with each other with love, "like enshrining in an alcove "Family sage" Beth still maintains a sweet, selfless character, with a religious glorious suffering and detachment. Finally, "the people who loved her deeply laughed through tears. They thanked God, and Beth was finally saved." .
For the character of Beth, such beautification is too cruel.
Jane Austen
Some comments combine Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" with those of Jane Austen who belonged to the 19th century. Comparison of works. Jane Austen uses "small (two inches wide) ivory miniature sculptures" to finely portray the social customs of the 19th century, the marriage system based on the exchange of interests, and the love of women. Louisa May O Alcott's "Little Women" because of its dazzling moral cloak, it is necessary to see women's confusion and choices between ideal and reality through appearance.
For example, Meg, who yearns for a rich life, marries poverty because of love. John, Amy’s tutor, gave up his artistic dream after traveling around Europe, because “Rome has removed all my vanity, and after seeing the miracles there, I felt that I was too insignificant, so I desperately gave up everything. Stupid wish.” In an unpredictable state of mind, she chose to marry Laurie. After deviating from the original intention, her destiny got very different results, with a joke-like irony, but it was not enough to rise to criticism of women trapped in marriage. Among them, at least in the novel, Meg’s love is true. As the protagonist of
, Joe may be more able to explain this confusion and choice. She who loves independence and does not want to be bound is rejecting Laurie and watching Sisters will be lonely when they belong together, realizing that they “care more about being loved.” Irish writer Sally Rooney, who writes contemporary growth stories, said when looking at his characters, “People are always Connected, her life is always dependent on others, and independent self is an illusion". Whether male or female, in the 19th or 21st century, a pure independent self may not be established, even if the reality is tiresome and wants to escape, But the ego must always be rooted in this-it will not be the ideal self, but also a self-consistent self after understanding tolerance and acceptance. The new version of the
movie "Little Women" does grasp the bones of the original and strips away the morals. And Songzan, it fully presents the confusion and choices faced by the women in the original work. Joe’s unique affection for Beth, the faint competition between Amy and Joe, the relationship between the four sisters is generally loving but slightly different. The film is also clearer.
just seems to be dissatisfied with the happy ending of the original work Riccio married Mr. Barr and the March family gathered in the plum garden. Greta Gerweger hopes that the movie will be able to Give the story and give Joe more space. In the movie, the ending of the original work is changed to a novel written by Joe.
Joe
played by Saoirse Ronan when Joe in the movie returned to the newspaper and sat in front of Mr. Dashwood, and put on the table the novel "Little Women" that made up her marriage ending-she approved Mr. Dashwood's judgment that female characters must marry, he also won the copyright of the novel for himself, and signed the real name of "Markey Joe". This kind of abandonment and striving is probably just after tolerance and acceptance, to realize that self-consistent self.
In this open ending, what will happen to Joe's fate and how far her self can go are left to the viewer's imagination.
Editor in charge: Fang Xiaoyan
Proofreading: Luan Meng
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