Essentially, Meg is easily influenced by others due to her humble demeanor creating different relationships. In the novel, Meg’s recent relationship with her husband John Brookes displays her flawed courteous attitude …show more content…
Nonetheless, this new relationship with John influences Meg to change her previous intentions of marrying rich. Before encountering John, Meg wishes of being a rich man’s wife and living with leisure and wealth. However, after meeting him, it is evident that Meg is easily influenced by their relationship to remove such desires from her life and does not care about money as much anymore. Along with her recent relationship, Meg’s long term relationship with her family, more specifically her mother, also displays her flawed humble demeanor. On Christmas day, Meg is extremely excited to have a proper breakfast despite not being able to have any presents, however Meg’s mother convinces her to tell her sisters to give their food to a family who has none. Meg agrees and as the March sisters give away their breakfast, Meg says “ That’s loving our neighbours better than ourselves…” (16). Meg’s humble demeanor makes her remind her sisters about their good deeds and that giving their food to a less fortunate family is the right thing to do. Meg listens to her mother