John Brooke Personality Type, MBTI
What is the personality type of John Brooke? Which MBTI personality type best fits? Personality type for John Brooke from Little Women and what is the personality traits.
ISTJ (9w1)
John Brooke personality type is ISTJ, which is a pretty common personality type for managers. Typically ISTJs are organized people with a strong desire to follow rules and procedures, so for them it is natural to be a manager.
In his book, “The Go-Giver”, Bob Burg captures this type of manager well:
“He’s the manager who delegates authority and responsibility in service to the people he works with. He’s got a natural tendency to want to keep people in line. He’s a motivator and an encourager. He doesn’t really care if you’re doing good or not. He just wants to make sure that you know where you stand and what you have to do to get things done.”
In these categories he is not far off from my own experiences as an ISTJ, but there are some minor differences. I’m often a leader in the workplace, so my subordinates have the impression that I can give them the right amount of authority and responsibility without letting them do all the work themselves. However, I do often get stuck in unexpected situations and have to change my way of thinking and work style.
During his employment as a tutor to Laurie, he falls in love with Meg. He accompanies Mrs. March to Washington D.C. when her husband is ill with pneumonia. When Laurie leaves for college, Brooke continues his employment with Mr. Laurence as a bookkeeper. When Aunt March overhears Meg accepting John's declaration of love, she threatens Meg with disinheritance because she suspects that Brooke is only interested in Meg's future prospects. Eventually, Meg admits her feelings to Brooke, they defy Aunt March (who ends up accepting the marriage), and they are engaged. Brooke serves in the Union Army for a year and is sent home as an invalid when he is wounded. Brooke marries Meg a few years later when the war has ended and she has turned twenty. Brooke was modeled after John Bridge Pratt, her sister Anna's husband.
