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The family has finished furnishing Meg's small home with handmade work and practical gifts. Alcott pauses to explain why ordinary objects can carry more meaning than their price.
People who hire all these things done for them never know what they lose; for the homeliest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them, and Meg found so many proofs of this, that everything in her s...
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Narration Prompt
In your own words, trace how the chapter moves from three years of family news to the Dovecote and Jo and Laurie's walk. Which choices about work, money, and home reveal the most change?
Discussion Questions
- Meg compares her simple beginning with Sallie's splendor, then later says she is perfectly satisfied in the Dovecote. What has changed in the way Meg measures a rich life?
- John refuses a more generous offer because he wants an honestly earned start, yet the Dovecote is full of gifts from family and friends. What kind of help can a person accept without giving up independence?
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Vocabulary
Item 1
Steady honesty and strong principles, which keep Mr. March from chasing worldly success
Item 2
Willing to give more help than required, as Mr. Laurence offers John and Aunt March supplies linen
Item 3
Restless unhappiness with what one has, which Meg feels while comparing her beginning with Sallie's
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