Abstract:This paper is dedicated to exploring Louisa May Alcott’s literary design of the character growing path of Jo March in Little Women. From the development of the growing path of Jo March, we can find that the facts can affect her life, and finally made her a little woman. Jo is a unique character in this novel. And this paper tries to analyze the facts that affect her personalities. The paper will analyze the growing path from three aspects according to what happened in the novel. The first aspect is money and material satisfaction, Jo learns how to handle money issues from this experience. The second aspect is a sister’s death. Beth's death serves as the catalyst that will finally motivate Jo into moving away and beginning her career as a writer.  The third aspect is love and marriage. Jo finally chooses her own dream. She completes her dream rather than be a normal housewife. And she finally had grown up to a little woman.

Key words: Little Women, Jo March, growing path

中文摘要:本论文主要关注并分析美国著名儿童文学家路易莎·梅·奥尔科特《小妇人》中乔·马奇的成长经历。奥尔科特在这本小说中刻画了四位姐妹的成长经历及生活中的改变给他们带来的影响。乔作为书中的主角成长经历十分有特点。本文讲主要说明伴随着故事的发展，在乔的成长道路上影响她转变的原因，并试图揭示每个因素对她性格转变的影响。本文将从三个方面分析影响乔成长的因素。第一部分是从金钱与物质方面描述乔的成长。第二和第三个方面分别通过妹妹的去世和爱情与婚姻来分析乔成长过程中的转变。

关键词：小妇人，乔·马奇，成长道路