Jo March of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, According to Adler, Horney, and Rogers

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Jo March, one of the four sisters featured in Louisa May Alcott's novel Little Women, is often recognized as an extraordinary literary heroine.She is portrayed as the most independent and boyish of the girls.Jo is also characterized by her hot temper, impatience with etiquette, and dismissal of being fashionable or "proper" by the standards of her society in New England at the time of the Civil War.However, she is also recognized often for her creativity and ambition, particularly in the plays and stories that she often writes.As a literary figure, Jo stands out among her contemporaries yet remains loveable and admirable to the other characters in the book as well as to the reader.However, were Jo to exist in the actual world, some psychologists may have been interested as to how her personality developed so contrarily to the public mindset and social mores of her time.Three personality theorists who might be particularly attracted to the case of Jo March are Alfred Adler, Karen Horney, and Carl Rogers.If Alfred Adler were to be introduced to the fictional character of Jo, he would have found her to be an interesting case.Adler's theory of personality was one based on individual psychology, which views each person as an organized entity of his or her experiences and behavior.How would Adler view Jo, the individual?Adler saw the ultimate goal of one's life as achieving superiority.As such, each person develops a unique style of life, which guides the way he or she lives in order to gain this goal (Ryckman 114).Jo, as an ambitious and creative young woman, seeks to be superior by using her greatest strength: writing.

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