Little Women
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To me, I think this book shaped the lives of many young women. That's how powerful a book can be. It can shape lives and change the course of history. I think this is one of those books. Like many are saying, it shows young girls that it's okay to be independent and to make mistakes and to go after equality in a world that teaches that inequality is right.
I believe in equality for all. To me, the most healthy situation for the world is the idealized version of the family. The father out working to support his family. Strong, to show his sons how to be strong, and to show them how to take care of a woman. And sensitive to show his daughter how a man is supposed to treat a woman.
The wife at home taking care of the home and kids, making sure the kids are not out there getting into trouble, hanging around the wrong kids, watching/listening to the wrong things. Basically steering them in the right path by always being there for them. Kids should be guided by their parents or else bad things will do it for them.
The situation where the parents are guiding their children is a far cry from what's going on today. Kids are being raised by teachers and by other kids and by a television set and by the internet and by themselves. This is leading to a breakdown of the family unit. Life is becoming more disorganized and chaotic, unhealthy. Not cohesive like it should be.
The continued cycle of the idealized family, keeps the family unit whole. Once it's deviated from, bad things start to happen. I really think that if people aren't ready to sacrifice for a family, then they shouldn't get married or have children. Getting married and having children is a big responsibility. Not something one should take in stride or have a cavalier attitude about. Men should know this, women should know this.
Getting married and having children is not about equality. It's about sacrifice. It's about giving up your equality. It's about giving up your independence. It's about giving up your freedom. It's not about YOU anymore. A selfish attitude should be an oxymoron to getting married and having kids.
But that's not how many people think. Many people keep their selfish attitudes. They make it all about them. It's all me, me, me! If people want to be selfish and not sacrifice, and only think about me, me, me, then they shouldn't get married and they definitely should not have kids. Stay single and be selfish.
Once you get married and have kids, forget about equality, forget about freedom, forget about independence, and forget about yourself. This goes for the man and woman. Because it stops being about you and starts being about what is best for the family unit. What is healthy for the family unit. And what is healthy for the future of humanity.
Because that's what our kids are. The future of humanity. Show them the right way, how to sacrifice and give up for their families and they will pass it on to their kids. And the cycle will continue. And instead of disorganized and chaotic, the future of humanity will be healthy and strong.
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Little Woman is sweet book with good values, written in a time when family was a strong and fought for value. Mr March is fighting for the freedom of his family which leaves his wife and girls to struggle along until his return. Reading about that struggle we can all learn about love, sacrifice and family unity. There, from someone who has read the book . . . Just saying.
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-- 18 Nov 2014, 20:13 --
Little Women is definately not anti-feminist. In fact, Bronson Alcott, the father of Louisa, was friends with Ralph Waldo Emerson, and had a school for both boys and girls. Education for women, and being an active participant of society was a central feature of most of her children's novel.
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