![]() “Daisy is the domestic element, and they all feel the charm of her quiet, womanly ways. She puts Laurie’s doubts to rest about mixing boys and girls together in school by demonstrating how they have influenced each other: Womanly influences Jo is able to show Laurie just how her vision works, pointing to “the happy group of lads and lassies dancing, singing, and chattering together with every sign of kindly good fellowship.” It is a prelude to a world where grown-up men and women will be equals, benefiting from the differences of each sex. ![]() It made me wish there had been more interaction between the original characters of Little Women but the little men were at the heart of the story. It is the one time in the book where we see them again as of old, devoted to each other as sister and brother with a tender filial love. Still, it is quite satisfying to hear Jo lay out her vision of a perfect world to her dearest friend Laurie. ![]() But the book, more a series of short stories under a common theme rather than a novel, already lays out the vision through the stories. The final chapter of Little Men, “Thanksgiving,” states the true nature of Plumfield in plain language. ![]()
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