 Little Women is a piece of literature that has had a profound effect on me for years; the release of the 2019 film only heightened my love for it and thus propelled me to write a literary analysis of Alcott's 1868 novel. It's strange that I haven't written a song about it yet, but I guess that my creativity was channeled into a much different sort of writing. Please enjoy "Relationships in Little Women," an essay in which I fervently defend the end game relationships of both Jo and Amy. This is the second part of a four part series. To read part one, please click here.
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 Little Women is a piece of literature that has had a profound effect on me for years; the release of the 2019 film only heightened my love for it and thus propelled me to write a literary analysis of Alcott's 1868 novel. It's strange that I haven't written a song about it yet, but I guess that my creativity was channeled into a much different sort of writing. Please enjoy "Relationships in Little Women," an essay in which I fervently defend the end game relationships of both Jo and Amy. This will be the first of a four part series.
*In the above photo, I am standing on the porch where Jo and Laurie danced at the New Year's Eve Ball in Little Women 2019. This scene was filmed at the Lyman Estate in Waltham, Massachusetts.  Recently, I’ve been attending open mics a local coffee house has been hosting. Just as a way to connect with crowds again and get my face and name out there. I’ve been going with a friend and we both plan to continue performing there. So far, I’ve performed both covers (mostly Phoebe Bridgers) and originals. The crowds are never large— I think the highest number of people thus far has been around 15-17— and this, counterintuitively, makes performing harder. It’s much easier to sing an original song when the faces of the people watching you aren’t ten feet in front of you. It’s a lot easier to feel the separate sets of fifteen eyes on you than one hundred. I think that performing for a small crowd is ten times harder because of the intimacy, especially when a majority of those audience members are fellow musicians and are adept enough in their craft to hear mistakes in mine. There is such a difference between playing on the Ocean City Boardwalk for hundreds of people a night versus a small coffee shop. In these small venues you become more aware of the fact that people are actively judging you. The pressure is on to play perfectly; this doesn’t occur while playing for tips in OC.
This song was basically written on the premise of Romeo and Juliet with a twist. Same star-crossed lovers deal, except this time, the love is unrequited on the part of who is representing Romeo’s character. The narrator, who represents Juliet, laments and self-deprecates and wishes that her Romeo would love her back.
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