Which sister do you prefer?

I would say I am a combination of Jo, Meg, and a tiny bit of Beth. I like Jo's character the most because I believe she is the best combination of all the sister's personalities, a close second would be Meg. With Beth it is difficult to say. She is kind and selfless, however we don't see much of her personality in the movie as she is ill most of the time. I am not a fan of Amy at all and I am the least like her. I know people like her and I do understand that she was realistic and ambitious, however she was too selfish and almost cold-hearted for me to appreciate.

I like Jo because of her spirit, her tempered ambition, and her independence. I am the same way in that I would give up a very good marriage prospect if I didn't feel it was true love and that the union would dampen my spirit. She loves her family and wants to be close to them, yet yearns for excitement in her life. She isn't perfect and has many idiosyncrasies, such as feeling the need to be responsible towards her family, yet there are many instances where she is impulsive and gets herself into difficult situations. I am not impulsive in the least and in this respect I am more like Meg.

With Meg, she wants the good things in life but feels a higher need to be responsible and respectable. She has no other desire in life but to be a good woman, wife, and mother, and this is not a bad thing. I know a few women like her and in this day and age it is not looked upon too favorably, however not everyone is meant to have a place in the work force and working hard at being a wife and mother is actually a wonderful ambition. She is sweet, kind, peaceful, and loyal. Meg is not a firey personality but more earthy and is the foundation of all the sisters (after Marmie).

Beth is the least dimensional of all the sisters as she was not able to develop like the others. She has a great deal of social anxiety but finds her place in life by giving unconditionally to others. I think this is why so many people like Beth as there are not many people in the world who give so unconditionally. She is peaceful and retiring, accepting her limitations and understands that her role in life is to support her sisters, as well as those in her community, rather than make her own way in the world. I feel I am somewhat like Beth in that I do tend to put others first a lot of the time however I do not think this is very good in that I, at times, have trouble motivating myself to do things for myself and feel uncomfortable putting myself first.

If you look at a personality spectrum of the sisters, it would go from Beth, to Meg, to Jo, to Amy. Amy is the end of the spectrum and opposite of Beth because Amy is selfish. She knows what she wants and never shies away from her beliefs. Many people respect this about her and I do understand why, however Amy lacks the reverence in life that the other sisters have. She is very talented, witty, and lively, yet she lacks sensitivity and compassion. I think in all our lives there is an Amy who does exactly what she wants and get what she wants in life, much of the time at the expense of someone else's happiness or rightful place, and you just have to accept that the person is part of your life however you do not harbor much respect for the person.

I love all the sisters and always thought Meg was underrated. She grows so much as a person and, I think, becomes a lot like Marmie. She becomes such a loving, responsible, and kind adult who knows that she wants to marry for love and so she does.

Of course I love Jo and I think that a lot of her traits are purposely exaggerated to reflect the time period and just how against the grain she was. I love how at the end she realizes that her true home is wherever her family was and that Orchard House still had her heart.

I think they all grew to be lovely women and am glad that Amy grows up so much and becomes a kinder and more loving sister. Honestly, my favorite character has always been Marmie because she's such a wonderful mother and such a strong woman. One of my favorite female characters in literature because she stands her ground and holds firmly to her beliefs. One of my favorite quotes from the film is when she tells Meg that it's fine if she holds her value in being purely decorative but she fears that that's all she'll think she is...still applicable today. And Susan Sarandon played her perfectly.