In the novel Little Women, Louisa May Alcott supports the thematic idea of sisterhood when Jo and Amy argued and learned a valuable lesson to reveal the thematic understanding that sometimes arguments can help sisters gain a better understanding about one another while becoming closer. In chapter eight, there was conflict between Jo and Amy. It began when Jo would not allow Amy to go to a play that Jo and her friends were going to see. Amy got upset and mad at Jo and ended up burning Jo’s journal that she had been working on for years. When Jo found out about what Amy had done, she was infuriated. This resulted in Jo saying, “it was an abominable thing, and doesn’t deserve to be forgiven.” At the time, Amy did not know how mad Joe would