Why did Meg marry John Brooke?

John fell in love with the eldest March daughter, Meg and married her after the war, after much “begging” and convincing her he'd be a good husband to her. The couple moved into a little house, where their three children were born: the twins' Daisy and Demi and later Josie. He died in the book Little Men.
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What did Aunt March say if Meg married Brooke?

Aunt March tells Meg that, if she marries John Brooke, she will disinherit her. Meg is offended and tells Aunt March that she will marry whomever she likes.
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Does Meg marry Mr Brooks?

Beth is struck down by the selflessness that is encouraged in women, and Meg is struck down—at least in Jo's opinion—by agreeing to become a typical wife. On the other hand, when Meg agrees to marry Mr. Brooke, she demonstrates that at last she has overcome her own weakness for luxury and riches.
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How old was Meg when she married John?

Much to Jo's objections, Meg marries and settles down. At the start of the story, Meg is 16 years old. At age 21 she marries John Brooke and one year later gives birth to twins.
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How many children did Meg March have?

As she matured, she blossomed into a beautiful woman and married John Brooke, the tutor of her neighbour, Laurie. Together, they had three children: Daisy and Demi (twins), and Josie.
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How much older is Professor Bhaer than Jo?

Stanley, an actor best known as one of the Night's Watch from “Game of Thrones,” is younger in age than Bhaers past. That means the age gap between him and Jo is smaller, only about 10 or so years, versus the 20-plus-year gap in previous versions.
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What is the age gap between Amy and Laurie?

I know the age difference between Amy and Laurie is only three or four years, but their love and marriage would seem more normal to me if Laurie was ten years older yet they simply hadn't had much interaction when Amy was a kid.
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Why is Laurie so rude to Meg?

She is a bit embarrassed about the luxury of her attire, but she enjoys playing the role of a fashionable girl. Laurie is at the party and reprimands Meg for being so frivolous. His criticism makes Meg regret letting her friends dress her.
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Who is the prettiest March sister?

Meg, short for Margaret, is the oldest and (until Amy grows up) the prettiest of the four March sisters. She's also the most typical of the sisters – we think of her as everything that you might expect a nineteenth-century American girl from a good family to be.
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Why did Amy marry Laurie?

Laurie ended up with Amy because Alcott decided to make Amy Laurie's romantic partner. It could've been the way that Alcott, often a writer of more scandalous stories, wanted to bring in a little scandal to this otherwise moral story.
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Why is Meg called Daisy?

Daisy and Demi are the twin children of Meg and John Brooke. They are loosely named for their parents – "Daisy" is a nickname for Margaret, which is Meg's full name and her mother's first name also; "Demi" is short for "Demijohn," making Demi the namesake of his father John Brooke.
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Who married Meg?

Meg marries John Brooke, Laurie's tutor. They have twins, Margaret "Daisy" Brooke and John Laurence "Demi" Brooke. The sequel, Little Men, mentions a baby daughter, Josephine "Josie" Brooke, who is 14 at the beginning of the final book.
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Why did Jo not marry Laurie?

Laurie, who Jo positions alternately as her brother and as her own masculine self, betrays Jo when he proposes marriage to her: She would much rather that he marry either Meg or Beth (imagine Laurie and Beth together! a truly absurd idea, but Jo floats it out there!), thus preserving her ideal family structure.
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How did Laurie get to know about the March family?

Answer. Laurie get to know about the march family by killing them mercilessly.
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How old was Jo March when meets Laurie?

Jo, aged fifteen, is sitting with her sisters on Christmas Eve, lamenting the fact that they have no money. Jo's sisters perform a play that she has written. She meets her neighbor Laurie. Jo resolves to carry her "burdens" gracefully.
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Why did Jo sell her hair?

Jo sold her hair as a heroic gesture because she was too proud to beg Aunt March for money. In real life, Alcott lost her precious three and a half feet of brown hair helplessly. She caught typhoid pneumonia while nursing solders during the Civil War, and while she was delirious doctors ordered her hair cut off.
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How old was Beth March?

Beth's dying had a strong impact on her sisters, especially Jo, who resolved to live her life with more consideration and care for others. Beth was twenty-three years old at the time of her death.
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Does Meg marry John?

John fell in love with the eldest March daughter, Meg and married her after the war, after much “begging” and convincing her he'd be a good husband to her. The couple moved into a little house, where their three children were born: the twins' Daisy and Demi and later Josie.
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How did Laurie know the names of the March sisters?

Answer. Answer: Laurie confirmed the names of the March sisters when Jo visits him and she started talking about her sisters. Explanation: "Little Women" by narrates the story of the March family and their neighboring families, especially the Laurence family who lived just right next door.
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Did Jo change her mind about Laurie?

Jo's love interests are changed somewhat from the book at the end of the Little Women movie. Instead of graciously telling Teddy he's a better fit for Amy, she gets a little bit cross in the movie and there's even a half-ditch effort from Jo to write Laurie/Teddy a letter telling him she's changed her mind.
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Why does Amy fight Jo?

Jo and Amy's squashed sibling rivalry

Angry that her big sister Jo wouldn't take her to the theater (and jealous over Jo's relationship with her handsome best friend Laurie), Amy goes so far as to burn Jo's long-belabored manuscript in retaliation.
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Did Jo regret not marrying Laurie?

When Jo tells Laurie that she's tried to love him like he loves her but she can't, this is a nod to the author's struggle to love men as she thought women were supposed to love men but she just couldn't. Jo was never supposed to marry, much like Alcott never married.
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Why does Jo not love Laurie?

It is therefore extremely significant that Jo rejects Laurie despite the fact that he is handsome, kind, loving, and rich, and that she rejects him for no other reason than that she does not love him as she wants to love a husband. Alcott depicts this decision as admirable.
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Is Jo older than Amy?

Amy, though, has long been maligned by Little Women readers. As a child, she's spoiled, bratty, and self-obsessed—qualities that especially grate on her older sister (and Alcott's proxy) Jo. The rivalry between Amy and Jo grows as they get older.
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