Maturity is not when we start speaking big things, but is when we start understanding small things. In the two books the characters Lizabeth from “Marigolds” has a mental breakdown and destroys the precious flowers to help her. Nikan from the story “Two Kinds” deals with her mother wanting her to be a prodigy but Nikan realizes who she really is. Therefore Lizabeth and Nikan highlight that an epiphany can be life changing resulting in maturation.
In the stories both of the girls achieve maturity from the epiphany they had. As said in “Marigolds” by Lizabeth, “I look back upon it I know that that moment marked the end of innocence.” This lead me to believe that shes growing up because she starts pulling out the marigolds with anger. but then quickly realizes what she's done and notices shes not a little girl no more. The story “Two Kinds” Nikan says, “No accusations. No blame. And in a way I felt disappointed.” the realization here is that she failed the talent show and she wanted for her mom to yell at her but she didn't. So Nikan felt felt very dissatisfied. These two stories had an epiphany that were kind of the same. They had to do something in order to realize what was happening. …show more content…
Anger was shown in “Marigolds” when it stated “ I leaped furiously into the mounds of marigolds and pulled madly.” she did this action because she saw that the marigolds were Ms. Lotties happiness and she didn't what anybody to be happy if she wasn't. In “Two Kinds” anger is shown the book when it says, “Then I wish I wasn't your daughter, and I wish you weren't my mother!” The reason is the mom still wanted Nikan to go to piano lessons, but she didn't want to be something she's not. Overall they were both angry and showed it in a different
In the stories both of the girls achieve maturity from the epiphany they had. As said in “Marigolds” by Lizabeth, “I look back upon it I know that that moment marked the end of innocence.” This lead me to believe that shes growing up because she starts pulling out the marigolds with anger. but then quickly realizes what she's done and notices shes not a little girl no more. The story “Two Kinds” Nikan says, “No accusations. No blame. And in a way I felt disappointed.” the realization here is that she failed the talent show and she wanted for her mom to yell at her but she didn't. So Nikan felt felt very dissatisfied. These two stories had an epiphany that were kind of the same. They had to do something in order to realize what was happening. …show more content…
Anger was shown in “Marigolds” when it stated “ I leaped furiously into the mounds of marigolds and pulled madly.” she did this action because she saw that the marigolds were Ms. Lotties happiness and she didn't what anybody to be happy if she wasn't. In “Two Kinds” anger is shown the book when it says, “Then I wish I wasn't your daughter, and I wish you weren't my mother!” The reason is the mom still wanted Nikan to go to piano lessons, but she didn't want to be something she's not. Overall they were both angry and showed it in a different