Internal Conflict In Marigolds

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People’s lives change in many ways, but everyone experiences at least one time where their life is redefined, and that’s called loss of innocence. In Marigolds, Eugenia W. Collier uses internal conflict to illustrate how knowledge is gained through loss of innocence. Lizabeth gaines knowledge that changes her perspective of the world, and experiences loss of innocence, as a result of internal conflict.
Lizabeth felt conflict when she overheard her mother and father arguing as her father displayed distress over the fact that he could not support his family.When Lizabeth awoke in the middle of the night as her mother returned home, she she overheard her parents arguing and realized that her life was not as simple as she had once thought. Her

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