Will you choose love, or money?
This discussion has not ceased for thousands of years.
In fact, no matter how you choose, there is nothing wrong, as long as it is suitable for you, it is correct. You can sit on a bicycle and laugh, you can sit in a BMW and cry, or you can stay unmarried for the rest of your life, it's all a personal choice.
In the 1994 version of the movie "Little Women", a different answer is given about love of money and money.
It is a film based on a classic novel about the March family with four daughters with different personalities.
The eldest daughter, Meg, is beautiful and lovely, and is a lady; the second daughter, Joe, is smart and lively and has a dream of being a writer; the third daughter, Beth, is gentle and kind and likes to play the piano; the fourth daughter, Amy, is eccentric and wants to become a painter.
Their fathers fought outside all the year round, their daughters lived with their mothers, and even though the family conditions were difficult, they never gave up their love of life and helped those who were more difficult than their lives. Although they grew up in the same environment, their attitudes towards love and money were completely different.
Next, I will analyze the different views of love and money of the four women, hoping that you can see the love you want from them.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > Meg: "I want to marry love, I am not afraid of poverty"</h1>
The eldest daughter, Meg, is the best looking of the four daughters, and she has a better advantage to find someone with good conditions.
But Meg is a love-first person, she doesn't like the discussion about money, she thinks it's too vulgar to discuss it. As the sisters chatted, she even asked, "If the person you love is poor, but he has a good heart, just like your father, will you like it?" ”
Meg was old enough to get married, and once Meg went to a social ball, where Meg could have met the local celebrities and made a good family for herself, but Meg did not do so.
She said she had experienced what it was like to be a lady from a wealthy family, going in and out of lavish venues every day, with more than two dozen dresses, and being proposed by many people. However, it wasn't what she wanted, and wearing a gorgeous dress would only make her wrestle.
In the movie, Meg's mother says to Meg: If you feel that your value is just as an ornament, I am afraid that one day you will really be just like this. Time will corrupt all superficial beauty, and what time cannot destroy is the beauty of your soul.
Meg fell in love with Brooke, the neighbor's tutor, who was knowledgeable, cultured, and liked drama as Much, and although he was poor, his charisma attracted Meg deeply. When Meg's dad is injured, Brooke gives up his job as a tutor to take care of her dad in Washington, D.C., even though he doesn't have a house, but Meg isn't afraid of poverty.
Sister Joe said: Brooke is as boring as incense powder, can't you marry a funny person? But Meg just liked Brooke's sincerity, kindness, and thoughtfulness. Meg's mother also said that she would rather Marry Love and become a poor man's wife than let her lose her dignity in front of the rich.
Meg knew what she wanted, she didn't want to be a vase for people to see, outsiders could only see her superficial beauty; she didn't like the rules of rich people and couldn't be free to be herself; she wanted someone to come into her heart, read her joys and sorrows, and experience the ups and downs of life with her.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > Joe: "Why do you have to get married"</h1>
The second daughter Joe is the heroine of the movie, she loves writing, has a lively and cheerful personality, she says that she will never marry for money, what if the other party's career fails? But if she becomes a writer, earns a fee, and becomes rich on her own, she can buy the best piano for her sister Beth and the best life for her family.
In the movie, Joe rejects the rich man's proposal, and it is his own marriage proposal. It wasn't that she didn't like Laurie, it was just that she felt unstable in her heart, she didn't want to get married, and she had more important things to do: she wanted to go to London to fulfill her dream of being a writer, not to marry Laurie and live a luxurious life.
Her mother said to her: You have so many extraordinary talents, how can you expect to live an ordinary life? Marriage will trap you like a cage, and you should go to New York to pursue your ideals. It's like the classic line in the movie "The Shawshank Redemption": Some birds can't be shut down, and their feathers are too bright.
For Joe, pursuing a career inspires far more than getting love. Her happiness stems from the fact that her work is recognized by others; her personality is respected; and she wants to be an independent woman with the right to choose and vote.
When the men said that women did not need to vote, and that women had husbands, she immediately retorted that women should vote not because women were angels, but because they were citizens of the country.
Joe is like a representative of the strong women living in our time, women do not have to be married to be happy, women can have their own careers, can have their own independent choices, rather than being attached to men's appendages. Joe represents the women of the new era, supporting herself with her talents, and daring to challenge traditional authority, dare to speak out for women, and dare to pursue dreams. For Joe, living in poverty is not terrible, as long as you are not willing to be ordinary, as long as you insist on yourself, as long as you maintain your independent thinking, you can get more people's recognition.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > three, Beth: "I don't know what I want."</h1>
The third daughter, Beth, is not the most beautiful and excellent of the four sisters, but she is the kindest and most impressive. She is gentle and lovely, and does not argue or grab. While the other sisters are busy with their own business, Beth is able to pick up food to take care of her family in distress.
She said: "I've never been like you, planning for important things, I've never thought of myself as particularly important, I don't even know what I want, every one of you wants to leave, I just want to stay home."
She has a heart that is too clean, and she loves everyone around her hard, but forgets to love herself. Beth contracted scarlet fever by caring for her sick family. Even before she died, Beth's greatest wish was for the family to be able to get together, and she wanted to listen to Joe's play as a child and look back at the previous four sisters living together.
At the head of her bed, there are still dolls they played with as children, and her obsession with home transcends everything. When the sisters all have their own dreams and lives, Beth still lives in nostalgia for her childhood, and she is the only one who silently guards this feeling for the family.
Each of us grows in a different way, and the pursuit is different.
Some people crave love, some people crave careers, and some people crave simply living together as a family. When we go too fast, don't forget that there are still people waiting for us, Beth is like the white moonlight in our hearts, always on the heart. But it also reminds us that a life of stagnation is often the most cruel.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > Amy: "I know I won't marry poor people"</h1>
The youngest daughter, Amy, is the most eccentric and the most awake. When the sisters were discussing love and money, she made it clear: "I always knew I wouldn't marry a poor man."
When Meg thinks it's too vulgar to discuss money, Amy says: We're all going to grow up, so it's better to figure out what we want. When Meg felt like she couldn't attend the prom because she had burned her hair and was afraid that no one would pursue her, Amy said: You don't need a bunch of suitors, you just need one that suits you.
Yes, Amy always knew what she wanted.
She accompanied her aunt to the opportunity to study painting in New York; she was with the old and ugly Fred only because he was rich enough to enter high society; she knew that her conditions were not good, and she could not become an artist, so she had to change her class by marriage. She was the youngest, but her mind was the most mature, she was confident, wise, and had a clear understanding of herself.
Amy's character is actually more like a symbol of the women living in our time, if our own family conditions are not good, we have to seize every opportunity that can be seized. However, Amy will not blindly choose. Because of the good education of her parents, she was not completely corrupted by the world, and she kept thinking calmly in front of the suitors; and finally she had a long-term relationship with Laurie, who had money and gold, and sat on love and money, and was a veritable winner in life.
As Amy said, figuring out what you want is much more important than whether to choose love or money. Maybe how to choose is wrong, maybe how to choose is impossible to choose the most satisfactory answer. Those who know what they want tend to live the most ideal life.
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In fact, the movie "Little Women" itself is about the transition from girl to woman, so we will have different interpretations when we watch it at different ages.
We may appreciate Meg's courage to love without bread; Joe for achieving a career and gaining female independence; for Beth's kindness and giving everything for her family; for Amy's sobriety and always serving her goals.
The four characters represent four different attitudes, which character do you prefer in the movie and what is your point of view?
Finally, I'd like to send you a line from the movie: It doesn't matter what other people's opinions say, you should please yourself.