Why does Jo say no to 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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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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What does Jo say to Laurie?

Jo tells Laurie that he will get over her and find a more elegant woman who would make a better wife for him as a rich man.
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Did Jo fall in love Laurie?

This confusion is easily reflected in Jo. So did Jo love Laurie? Yes.
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Why did Jo feel sorry for Laurie?

(c) Jo felt sorry for Laurie because

he did not want to read all the books he had.
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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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What is the age difference between Laurie and Amy?

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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Did Amy marry Laurie regret?

Laurie she disposed of by marrying him off to Amy. Alcott was intentionally being perverse in her invention of Bhaer, but it's unlikely that any ending she wrote that involved marrying off Jo would ever be truly satisfying. The structure of Little Women forbids it.
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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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Did Jo and Laurie kiss in the book?

I figured she would have never have entertained the possibility of actually having them kiss in the novel. But lo and behold, I was amazed to recently discover (and I'll admit to squeeing just a little bit) that in an early manuscript of the proposal scene in Little Women, Alcott did have Laurie kissing Jo!
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How old was Jo when Laurie proposed?

After Beth dies, Professor Bhaer woos Jo at her home, when "They decide to share life's burdens just as they shared the load of bundles on their shopping expedition." She is 25 years old when she accepts his proposal. The marriage is deferred until her unexpected inheritance of her Aunt March's home a year later.
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Why Jo and Laurie shouldn't be together?

In the books, Jo never likes Laurie romantically and his romantic interest only makes Jo feel uncomfortable. Not only does their dynamics change because Jo doesn´t want to fit into the traditional female role of the time but because Laurie fits into the traditional 19th-century male role almost too well.
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Why does Aunt March Leave Jo the house?

Aunt March does leave Jo her home at Plumfield when she dies, allowing Jo to open a school.
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How did Laurie know all the March sisters?

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 Laurie love Jo or Amy more?

The love they feel for him is a little different though. While Laurie might have initially thought he wanted to spend his life with Jo, he did grow to love Amy, leaving fans of the book and the movie adaptation debating who his perfect match is for years.
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Do Jo and Friedrich have children?

The Bhaers moved to Plumfield, left to Jo by her Aunt March, where they established a school. Fritz taught the children many virtues and important things while also teaching them education. They raised Fritz's two orphaned nephews, Franz and Emil Hoffmann, and their own sons, Robert and Theodore.
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Did Jo March marry in real life?

Whereas Jo March gets married and remains within the family circle, Alcott struck out and lived a truly independent life. She remained unmarried, unlike her heroine.
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Why does Amy Call Laurie my lord?

Later life. Amy became a dignified woman and is the only one who wants to marry a rich man so she would not have a hard time in terms of finance but at the last minute turns Fred Vaughn down, and marries Laurie instead. It is said she called him 'My Lord'.
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Why do they call Meg Daisy?

Daisy was named after her mother, Margaret "Meg" March, who was named after Daisy's grandmother, Margaret "Marmee" March.
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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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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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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 Laurie invite Jo to his house?

Solution : Laurie invites Jo to his house because he's sick and alone and needs company. Jo happily obliges and goes to see him.
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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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Why does Amy write a will?

She tried to forget herself, to keep cheerful, and be satisfied with doing right, though no one saw or praised her for it. In her first effort at being very, very good, she decided to make her will, as Aunt March had done, so that if she did fall ill and die, her possessions might be justly and generously divided.
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