When I started watching Little Women this weekend I was convinced that it was a film that I had never seen before. I didn't recognize any of the beginning and was surprised by all of the faces I recognized. By the end of the film I realized that Little Women was yet another one of the many films that I had seen the ending of for some reason but never the whole thing. After watching the whole film I must admit that the ending made a lot more sense this time around. I remember the first time I saw this ending I thought the professor was a soldier returning or something along those lines. I like the fact that he is a professor a lot better than my soldier version.
I liked the film and found the story pretty interesting but I have to wonder how faithful it is to the novel. I've never read the book so I can't judge for myself but that it always something that I wonder about when I see adaptations of literature. In the film a big aspect of the film is the girls' search for independence and success. While I'm sure there were sentiments of this during the 1860's when the book was published, I know Hollywood likes to exaggerate aspects of older novels to reflect the beliefs of today's society. I'd be interested in finding out how faithful the film was to the book but I'm sure this will be a task saved for after college.
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Since most college students don't have the time or energy to read books like Little Women unless it's an assignment I did a little research on the topic. I read a couple summaries of the book and some reviews of the movie. I also came across this article, which very briefly compares the two.
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