How do Meg and Jo feel about their mother’s request?
Nobody spoke for a minute; then Meg said in an altered tone, “You know the reason Mother proposed not having any presents this Christmas was because it is going to be a hard winter for everyone; and she thinks we ought not to spend money for pleasure, when our men are suffering so in the army. We can’t do much, but we can make our little sacrifices, and ought to do it gladly. But I am afraid I don’t,” and Meg shook her head, as she thought regretfully of all the pretty things she wanted. “But I don’t think the little we should spend would do any good. We’ve each got a dollar, and the army wouldn’t be much helped by our giving that. I agree not to expect anything from Mother or you, but I do want to buy Undine and Sintran for myself. I’ve wanted it so long,” said Jo, who was a bookworm.”
Alcott Louisa May. Little Women. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1922. Print.
Jo thinks it is a good idea, but Meg doesn’t.
Both girls think it is a great idea.
Both girls disagree with the premise of their mother’s suggestion.
Neither girl is totally happy with the request.
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