Chapter 1: Playing Pilgrims
Marmee proposes the girls play pilgrims again, establishing the central allegorical framework.
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From Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress structures the novel, with each sister's moral journey framed as a pilgrimage from burden to Celestial City.
Chapter 8: Jo Meets Apollyon
Jo battles her temper, the demon Apollyon from Pilgrim's Progress.
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