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Arabella
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PostPosted: January 30, 2008 1:38 am    Post subject: Little Women Reply with quote

this is another classic I hold dear to my heart. I identify with Jo and Beth, the other two not so much. and I fell in love with Laurie, especially when played in the 1994 movie to perfection by Christian Bale *swoon*

who else loves this and which of the sisters do you identify with?
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PostPosted: January 30, 2008 1:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think I identify with each sister a little bit.... I think it depends on where I am at the time in my life when I can say which sister I identify with more.

Laurie is fantastic, especially when played by Christian Bale... who's birthday is coming up, by the way. Remind me to throw confetti, lol.



I wish I hadn't read the sequels, especially Jo'S Boys. I really feel like those books ruined Little WOmen and Louisa May Alcott for me. I still appreciate her and Little Women, but I wish she hadn't written Jo's Boys. The bitter tones are really sour.
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PostPosted: January 30, 2008 2:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think I've read the sequels once each, I liked them but they weren't as good as the first.

and ooo when's his birthday?

btw laurie is in my avvy ^_^
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PostPosted: January 30, 2008 2:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

His birthday is January 30th.


*starts blowing up balloons*
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PostPosted: January 30, 2008 2:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

you know it IS the 30th!
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PostPosted: January 30, 2008 2:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

wait.. it is??? Why didn't you tell me?
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PostPosted: January 30, 2008 2:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just did!
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PostPosted: January 30, 2008 2:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You sould have told me sooner. It's already almost 3 in the morning... even later than that because he is probably in Britain somewhere.... and he is probably wondering where the hell his confetti is. What do I do now?
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PostPosted: January 30, 2008 2:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

throw it of course! this way it'll catch him by surprise.
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PostPosted: January 30, 2008 3:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

oh yeah!


Happy Birthday Christian Bale who was in the movie Little Women which was based on a book so I guess this is the correct section to be doing this!

*throws confetti*


EDIT: And this, Arabella, is just another reason why I am Smexy's number one biggest fan...
http://potterforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=14393
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PostPosted: February 16, 2008 3:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Beyond Christian Bale (although I do love him and think he was GREAT as Laurie), the book was awesome too. I read it for a book report in fourth grade and have loved it ever since. I identify with Jo and Beth too, mainly. I don't think the movie did justice to Jo's relationship with Mr. Baer later in the book, but it did have to be shortened for movie.
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PostPosted: February 16, 2008 4:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I love Little Women. I have the sequals, but now I'm not so sure I want to read them haha. I saw Little Women on Broadway and it was amazing as well.

I really don't know who I identify with the most. I think maybe Beth because she's a gentle soul. I think I see bits of myself in all of them.
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PostPosted: February 17, 2008 5:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i loved that book, but i found it weird that laury ended up with the youngest... was it beth?
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PostPosted: February 18, 2008 3:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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i loved that book, but i found it weird that laury ended up with the youngest... was it beth?


No, the youngest was Amy. Beth was the sister who passed away. Amy was the one who loved to draw and went with Aunt March to Europe. Eventually she marries Laurie.
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PostPosted: February 18, 2008 10:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

But he totally did it cos he promised her and always felt *fond* towards her and to get into Jo's family.
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PostPosted: February 18, 2008 1:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

nope. Laurie totally marries me.
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PostPosted: February 20, 2008 9:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

well, lauries a girls name you know, so enjoy your 'man'. Cool
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PostPosted: February 20, 2008 9:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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well, lauries a girls name you know, so enjoy your 'man'. Cool


Laurie was short for Lawrence, which was his last name. His first name was Theodore, or Teddy, as Jo called him.
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PostPosted: February 20, 2008 10:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i know i know. but i did this play where i poked fun at laurie, its a joke.
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PostPosted: February 26, 2008 5:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

haha. ived only heard about little women through "Friends"

lol. you know the episode where joey reads it. Very Happy

they made it sound good. whats it about??
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PostPosted: February 26, 2008 9:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

..rose.weasley.. wrote:
haha. ived only heard about little women through "Friends"

lol. you know the episode where joey reads it. Very Happy

they made it sound good. whats it about??


I remember that episode! Monica and Joey switch books and Joey puts his in the freezer, lol!


Little Woman was written by Louisa May Alcott. The story tells of four sisters living in Civil War-era Massachusettes. The story is a fictionalised biography.


For synopsis and full text, you can try one of these sites...
http://www.bibliomania.com/0/0/5/4/frameset.html

http://www.online-literature.com/alcott/littlewomen/



The book has been turned into a movie so many times, and has also been turned into a musical.
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PostPosted: February 26, 2008 4:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lol didn't rachel spoil it for Joey?
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PostPosted: February 28, 2008 6:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i heard jkr identifies with jo... well, seeing as her name is jo..
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PostPosted: March 3, 2008 1:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I remember that episode! Monica and Joey switch books and Joey puts his in the freezer, lol!


lol.close. it was rachel and joey that switch books. joey reads little women and rachel reads the shining.

and yeah joey is like full on crying at the end of the book, so he freeezes it. lol. Laughing


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cool. i now wanna read the book AND watch the movie
but book first. Very Happy
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PostPosted: March 3, 2008 2:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh yeah, it was Rachel and Joey!



Arabella wrote:
lol didn't rachel spoil it for Joey?


Well, Joey sorta of spoils The Shining for Rachel... so she gets revenge...


Spoiler:

RACHEL: Hmm. Umm, why do you have a copy of The Shining in your freezer?

JOEY: Oh, I was reading it last night, and I got scared, so.

RACHEL: But ah, you're safe from it if it's in the freezer?

JOEY: Well, safer. Y'know, I mean I never start reading The Shining, without making sure we've got plenty of room in the freezer, y'know.



Spoiler:

RACHEL: How often do you read it?

JOEY: Haven't you ever read the same book over and over again?

RACHEL: Well, umm, I guess I read Little Women more than once. But I mean that's a classic, what's so great about The Shining?

JOEY: The question should be Rach, what is not so great about The Shining. Okay? And the answer would be: nothing. All right? This is like the scariest book ever. I bet it's way better than that classic of yours.

RACHEL: Okay. Ah, well we'll just see about that, okay. I will read The Shining, and you will read Little Women.

JOEY: All right, you got it.

RACHEL: All right.

JOEY: Okay.

RACHEL: Okay.

JOEY: Ah, now Rach, these ah, these little women.

RACHEL: Yeah.

JOEY: How little are they? I mean, are they like scary little?



Spoiler:

JOEY: These little women. Wow!

CHANDLER: You're liking it, huh?

JOEY: Oh yeah! Amy just burned Jo's manuscript. I don't see how he could ever forgive her.

ROSS: Umm, Jo's a girl, it's short for Josephine.

JOEY: But Jo's got a crush on Laurie. Oh. You mean it's like a girl-girl thing? 'Cause that is the one thing missing from The Shining.

CHANDLER: No, actually Laurie's a boy.

JOEY: No wonder Rachel had to read this so many times.





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