I’ve had lots of troubles, so I write jolly tales.—Louisa may alcott
Women, they have minds and they have souls as well as just hearts, and they’ve got ambition, and they’ve got talent as well as just beauty, and l’m so sick of people saying that love is just all a women is fit for. I’m so sick of it, but I’m so lonely.—by Jo
The discussion about the end of Jo’s novel👇
Mr. Dashwood: So, who does she marry?
Jo: No one. She doesn’t marry either of them.
D: No! No! That won’t work at all.
J: She says the whole book that she doesn’t want to marry.
D：Who cares? Girls want to see women married! Not consistent!
J：No. It isn’t the right ending.
D：The right ending is the one that sells. Trust me, if you decide to end your delight book with your heroine a spinster, no one will buy it. It won’t be worth printing.
J：I suppose marriage has always been an economic proposition. Even in fiction.
It’s romance.
It’s mercenary.
D：Just end it that way, will you?
J：Fine.
非常喜欢电影的结局，最后Jo虽然不得已改了她小说的结局，但她并没有成为小说里的人，随波逐流的选择结婚，而是开心的拿着稿费奔向了自由。我相信，她终会以成熟自信的状态遇到她所期待的单纯的爱情。改编后的电影结尾才算是讲述女性自我意识觉醒和符合女性成长的故事啊！
