Transcendentalists like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau brought to light the divinity of nature and humanity as the main point of it all was to the inherent goodness of people and nature. They believed that people work at their best when they are self-reliant because they can express independence and create themselves instead of following the conformity of society. In all, Transcendentalism has become a form of intuition with oneself, it has allowed people to have their sense of meaning, trust, and imagination to create and its exactly what Louisa May Alcott did in her film Little Women; she took Emmerson and Thoreau inspiration of limitless and potentiality and implemented it on women. With regards to this, Little Women depicts the life of Four sisters who are at home with their mother while their father is fighting at War. Meg and Jo who are the two oldest and the two youngest Beth and Amy are struggling under the guidance of their mother Marmee. As time passes news comes that their father falls ill leading Jo to make a sacrifice and sell her hair so her mother can be with their father; when their mother leaves Beth becomes sick with scarlet fever and later on, dies leaving just three of the sisters. Meg eventually gets married, Jo decides to move to New York and Amy leaves to live in Paris
, but as the sisters separate, confusion falls within one another for instance, Jo doesnt feel the love that she felt before with her husband who she then decides to leave and then meets a Professor by the name of Friedrich Baeher who wasnt young nor rich but kind, unselfish, and intelligent; knowing her parents will disapprove, Jo starts to write stories and later on attends an event with Baeher where he speaks about religion to a couple of philosophers and becomes intrigued about his way of believing and thinking. As time passes, her sister Amy being now a beautiful grown woman starts to have feelings for Laurence but is hesitant in saying or doing anything because she is unsure about the whole ordeal as for Megan shes been tied up with being a mom that she has neglected her husband but eventually snaps out of it. As things start to change, Jo finds out that Amy and Laurence are engaged and Sis is thrilled but it leaves her wanting to find love, she then meets up with the professor and she now feels that shes able to connect with him leading her mind to travel philosophically. Nonetheless, all the sisters found a calling during their time in what I like to call confusion as they didnt know what they wanted, they managed to find themselves through work and were able to live the life they wanted to live.