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After Jo, Meg, and Amy compare their altered castles with their present lives, Mrs. March calls Jo's work a good harvest. Jo turns the praise toward their mother.
“Not half so good as yours, mother. Here it is, and we never can thank you enough for the patient sowing and reaping you have done,” cried Jo, with the loving impetuosity which she never could outgrow...
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Narration Prompt
In your own words, trace how Plumfield changes from an inherited estate into a school, then becomes the setting for the apple-picking gathering. Which moments prepare for the chapter's closing harvest metaphor?
Discussion Questions
- Laurie sees Plumfield as property to sell, while Jo calls boys the crop she means to raise. Why do they measure the place's value so differently?
- Plumfield is neither fashionable nor profitable, and its early years are full of mistakes and racket. In what sense does the school succeed?
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Vocabulary
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Able to produce a useful gain, whether in money or in people's growth
Item 2
Valued deeply and kept in mind for a long time
Item 3
Calm willingness to keep helping through difficulty or slow growth
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