ISFP 4w5 Characters

Laurie is socially awkward and often expresses himself without censorship (“Should I put on my jacket? I don’t know the rules”); when upset to see Meg ‘powdered and squeezed like a fashion plate,’ he makes sharp remarks about her appearance, and suggests she tie her dress around her neck ‘where it will do some good’; he shouts at the March sisters from across the road (until his tutor tells him that’s inappropriate), and expresses, deep, passionate and (he feels) ‘unchanging’ emotions for Jo; when she refuses his proposal, he ‘storms off’ and broods… for days, playing his heart out on the piano through dark music. He confesses that his passion for the March sisters has a jealous, possessive edge and he will ‘hate’ any future men in their lives; his inferior Te shows in his sharp tongue, but lack of overall ambition until Amy shames him into realizing his wasted potential, and then he becomes a businessman. His primary love is music and playing, and he quickly loses interest in school in favor of talking to, interacting with, and socializing with the girls’ next door; he plans a mailbox in their hedge in which he can leave small gifts and letters. Laurie diverts himself at school with billiards, and card games, spending his fortune with little thought for the future; in Paris and abroad, he spends most of his time drinking and socializing with pretty girls. Once he sees how Amy has grown up, he approaches her – and sets out to make himself worthy of her. Laurie has lower Ni insights (“I always knew I was meant to be part of the March family” – “You will fall in love, Jo…” “Amy, I promise to kiss you before you die”). He also notices and comments on Brooke’s interest in Meg, interpreting that it means a future marriage.

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Laurie is a moody, deep, and emotional young man who pours his feelings into his music. He has a deep understanding of other people and their motives, especially Jo – and he isn’t afraid to express his darker urges to her, confessing his intense jealousy whenever one of the March sisters has a “suitor,” and hoping Jo has her heart broken in love, the same as she broke his. Laurie can become needy and demanding whenever he’s upset (disintegration into 2), but Amy encourages him to mature into a more responsible and ethical man (1 growth). His 5 wing is socially awkward and avoiding; the first time Jo meets him, he is hiding from all the guests rather than socializing.