Marigolds By Eugenia Collier Summary

Marigolds by Eugenia W. Collier is the story of a child transferring from childhood into womanhood. The story involves Lizabeth trying to find out who she is while growing up in a poor rural society during the Great Depression, but finds out who she is through a rather reckless act. Lizabeth has many nearby kids that she spends her summer days with, but Lizabeth seems to be the most mature out of the bunch. Lizabeth will finally recognize who she is and the beauty and meaning of what she had destroyed through her reckless act. In Marigolds by Eugenia W. Collier uses very detailed setting to develop the overall theme of the story.
The theme in Marigolds is Everyone enters adulthood in different times and places. The story is told through first person, and Lizabeth speaks her thoughts and emotions frequently giving you lots of good evidence to back up this theme. In the passage, Lizabeth said, “that was the moments when childhood faded and womanhood began.” so you tells you there that she then entered Adulthood. “I do not remember my thoughts, only a feeling of great bewilderment and fear.” was also spoken by Lizabeth, and is explaining how she is entering adulthood by sharing her inner feelings. Everyone enters adulthood in different times and places, and Eugenia W. Collier does a …show more content…
Eugenia W. Collier created a very detailed setting, which helped develop the theme and character throughout the story. Lizabeth described the setting by saying, “grassless yards”,”Shantytown”. You also get a feel for how dark the depression was when Elizabeth says, “The depression that gripped the nation was no new thing to us.” This information given to us by Lizabeth identified the poor community that Lizabeth was living in, and how bad the depression was. Mrs. Lottie’s house was described as very dusty and as falling apart in the passage. This is more information that will help identify the setting for the