Will you choose love or money?
Will you choose love or money?
This kind of discussion has never stopped for thousands of years.
In fact, no matter how you choose, there is nothing wrong, as long as it is right for you. You can laugh on a bicycle, cry on a BMW, or even stay married for the rest of your life, it's a personal choice.
In the 1994 version of the movie "Little Women", a different answer was given about the love of money and money.
This is a movie based on a classic novel, about the March family has four daughters with different personalities.
The eldest daughter, Meg, is beautiful and lovely, and she is a fair lady; the second daughter, Joe, is smart and lively and has a dream of becoming a writer; the third daughter, Beth, is gentle and kind and likes to play the piano very much; the fourth daughter, Amy, is eccentric and wants to be a painter.
Their fathers are fighting outside all year round, and their daughters live with their mothers. Even though the family conditions are difficult, they never give up their love for life, and they will help those who are more difficult than them.
Although they grew up in the same environment, their attitudes towards love and money are completely different.
Next, I will analyze the four women's different views on love and money. I hope you can see the love you want from them.
The eldest daughter, Meg, is the best-looking of the four daughters, and she has a better advantage in finding a good partner. But Meg was a lover, and she didn't like talking about money, thinking it was too vulgar.
When the sisters were chatting, she even asked back: "If the person you love is poor, but he has a good heart, just like Dad, would you like it?"
When Meg was of age to marry, Meg once went to a ball, where Meg could have met a local family and found a good marriage for herself, but Meg did not do so.
She said that she experienced what it was like to be a young lady from a wealthy family. Every day she went to and from luxurious places, had more than 20 dresses, and was proposed by many people. However, this was not what she wanted. Wearing a fancy dress will only make her wrestle.
In the movie, Meg's mother said to Meg: If you think your worth is just a decoration, I'm afraid one day you will really be just like that. Time will corrode all superficial beauty, what time cannot destroy is the beauty of your heart.
Meg fell in love with the neighbor's tutor, Brooke. He was knowledgeable, educated, and liked drama just like Meg. Although he was poor, his charisma deeply attracted Meg.
When Meg's dad was injured, Brooke gave up his tutoring job to take care of her dad in Washington, even though he didn't have a house, but Meg wasn't afraid of being poor.
Sister Joe said: Brooke is as boring as spice powder, can't you marry someone interesting? But Meg just liked Brooke's sincerity, kindness, and thoughtfulness.
Meg's mother also said: I would rather Meg marry love and be the wife of the poor, than let her lose her dignity in front of the rich.
Meg knew what she wanted. She didn't want herself to be a vase for others to see, and outsiders could only see her superficial beauty; she didn't like the rules of rich people, and she couldn't be free to be herself.
What she hopes more is that someone will walk into her heart, read her joys, sorrows and sorrows, and experience the ups and downs of life with her.
The second daughter, Qiao, is the heroine in the movie. She loves writing and has a lively and cheerful personality. She said that she would never marry for money. What if the other party fails in her career?
But if she becomes a writer, earns royalties, and can become a rich person by herself, she can buy the best piano for her sister Beth and give her family the best life.
In the movie, Joe rejects the marriage proposal from the rich boy, Laurie, his childhood sweetheart.
It's not that she doesn't like Laurie, it's just because she feels that her heart is unstable, she doesn't want to get married, she has more important things to do: she wants to go to London to realize her dream of being a writer, not marry Laurie, 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 kept, their feathers are too bright.
For Joe, the pursuit of a career is far more inspiring than love. Her happiness comes from being recognized for her work; her personality is respected; she wants to be an independent woman with the right to choose and vote.
When those men said that women do not need the right to vote, and that women can have husbands, she immediately retorted: Women should vote not because women are angels, but because they are citizens of this country.
Joe is like a representative of the strong women living in our era. Women don't have to get married to be happy. Women can have their own careers and independent choices, instead of being attached to men's accessories.
Qiao represents women in the new era, who has supported herself with her talents, and dares to challenge traditional authority, speak up for women, and pursue her dreams. For Qiao, living in poverty is not terrible. As long as he is not willing to be ordinary , as long as he insists on himself , as long as he maintains his own independent thinking , he can be recognized by more people.
The third daughter, Beth, is not the most beautiful and outstanding among the four sisters, but she is the kindest and most touching. She is gentle and sweet, not fighting or robbing. While the other sisters were busy with their own business, Beth was able to pick up food to take care of a struggling family.
She said: "I never plan for important things like you guys, I never think I'm particularly important, I don't even know what I want. Each of you wants to leave, I just want to stay home.
She has a very clean heart, she loves everyone around her hard, but she forgets to love herself.
Beth catches scarlet fever while caring for a sick family. Even before her death, Beth's greatest wish was for her family to get together. She also wanted to listen to Qiao Nian's script when she was a child and recall the previous scenes of the four sisters living together.
On her bedside, there are still dolls they played with when they were children, and her obsession with home surpasses everything .
When the sisters all had their own dreams and lives, Beth still lived in the nostalgia of her childhood, and she was the only one who silently guarded this feeling for the family.
Each of us grows in different ways, and our pursuits are also different.
Some people yearn for love, some people yearn for career, and some people yearn for a simple life 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 in our hearts. But it also reminds us that the life that stands still is often the most cruel .
The youngest daughter, Amy, is the most eccentric and the most sober. When the sisters were discussing love and money, she said clearly: I always knew that I would not marry the poor.
When Meg thought it was too vulgar to talk about money, Amy said: "We'll all grow up, it's better to figure out what we want.
When Meg felt that she couldn't go to the dance because she 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 get the opportunity to study painting in New York; she was with Fred, the old and ugly, just because he was rich enough to enter the upper class; she knew that her conditions were not good, and she could not become an artist , so can only rely on marriage to change their class.
She is the youngest, but the most mature. She is confident, wise, and has a clear understanding of herself.
Amy's role is actually more like a symbol of 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 suitor; finally, she fell in love with Laurie, who was rich, rich and childhood sweetheart for a long time. Sitting on love and money is a veritable life winner.
As Amy said, it is more important to figure out what you want than to choose love or money.
It may be wrong no matter how you choose, and it may be impossible to choose the most satisfactory answer no matter how you choose. But those who know what they want tend to live their best lives.
In fact, "Little Women" itself is about the transformation of a girl into a woman , so we watch it at different ages and interpret it differently.
We may appreciate Meg's courage to ask for love and not bread; appreciate Jo's achievement of a career and gain the independence of women; feel Beth's kindness and give everything for the family; praise Amy's sobriety and always serve her goals .
The four characters represent four different attitudes. Which character in the movie do you prefer and what is your opinion?
Finally, I want to give you a line from the movie: other people's opinions don't matter, you should please yourself.
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