The Flowers
“And the summer was over.” Quoted in the short story “The Flowers”, written by Alice Walker. Myop’s summer has just ended. Ten year old girl loses her sweet innocence. Just by accidentally wondering upon something no child would want to witness. Myop is a young girl full of life, untroubled, and comfortable with her surroundings. “She was ten, and nothing existed for her but her song, the stick in her dark brown hand, and the tat-de-ta-ta-ta of accompaniment.” She and her parents lived in an old rustic cabin, they were sharecroppers. Even though Myop’s life wasn’t one of the wealthy, she was happy, content, and found life pleasurable. She loves to venture out and explore the woods behind her house. “She had explored the woods
“And the summer was over.” Quoted in the short story “The Flowers”, written by Alice Walker. Myop’s summer has just ended. Ten year old girl loses her sweet innocence. Just by accidentally wondering upon something no child would want to witness. Myop is a young girl full of life, untroubled, and comfortable with her surroundings. “She was ten, and nothing existed for her but her song, the stick in her dark brown hand, and the tat-de-ta-ta-ta of accompaniment.” She and her parents lived in an old rustic cabin, they were sharecroppers. Even though Myop’s life wasn’t one of the wealthy, she was happy, content, and found life pleasurable. She loves to venture out and explore the woods behind her house. “She had explored the woods