Josephine March Symbolism In Little Women

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Life is an ongoing process that every individual takes part in. However, every individual experiences different situations, people, and ideas that help to transfer that person into who they are. Within the novel Little Women the reader experiences a collection of stories that reveal the process of four girls growing into adulthood in Massachusetts around 1860. Each of these girls are far different from each other whether it be their tastes, actions, personality, or looks. These girls; however, characterize a particular type of womanhood or a piece of womanhood. Within Little Women, Josephine March symbolizes the typical tomboy not looking for love, Amy March symbolizes a woman driven by the desire of wealth rather than love, Beth March symbolizes …show more content…
In fact in the movie “Mean Girls”, Josephine’s womanhood seems very similar to the womanhood of Jannis. Within the movie Jannis is described as a “lesbian” due to her quirks which were outside of the social norm. Just as Jo was outside of the social norm so was Jannis. In both cases these women were labeled as different and in some cases treated as different. For Jo she was often criticized for her lack of lady like actions being told “you are so tall, and turn up your hair, you should remember that you are a young lady” (Alcott 26). In the case of Jannis other girls labeled her using far more derogatory terms like “butch”. So even though these two women possessed very similar attitudes and actions, in Jo’s time period women were treated better if they were outside of the norm, compared to Jannis’s time in which women were chastised for being outside of the social …show more content…
Within the movie “Mean Girls” Amy is accurately represented by Regina George. Within the movie Regina has a very similar snob essence that Amy carried during her younger years. Both of these girls also loved to perfect their images as much as possible. The idea of transforming into womanhood in the late teens was very evident in both of these individuals. The difference between the two exists between the motivating factors. In Amy’s case the transformation was natural and beautiful as she learned to get past being “too particular and prim” (15), but in the case of Regina the change was influenced by a horrific accident and change in the nature of the student
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