Essay on Author’s Craft: “Marigolds”
In “Marigolds,” Eugenia W. Collier uses symbolism to develop the theme that “One cannot have both innocence and compassion(Collier pg 22).” Innocence clouds people of hate, sorrow and pain. “I scrambled to my feet and just stood there and stared at her, and that was the moment when childhood faded and womanhood began. That violent crazy act was the last act of childhood.” This means that in the beginning of the story Lizabeth is innocent but she slowly is becoming more aware of the real world which means that she cannot be innocent anymore. This theme is saying that innocence does not belong in the real world. When you are innocent in the real world you will get hurt because you are not aware of what people are saying and their actions. If you are not aware of what they are doing then you can be taken advantage by them. An innocent child tries to please people naturally. If you are innocent and clueless you will have a hard time in the world today.
Miss. Lottie is in the story for a reason. She is there to represent growing up, trials and hardships. It sounds like she has had a very hard life. She lives in a barren town away from the world yet she has so many hardships. She seems …show more content…
Her fury and shock combined to produce anger. She ran to Miss Lottie’s house and “Leaped furiously into the mounds of marigolds and pulled madly, trampling and pulling and destroying the perfect yellow blooms(Collier pg 21).” When Miss Lottie appeared suddenly she only had sadness and sorrow in her eyes. The only person who “Dared to create beauty in the midst of ugliness and sterility(Collier pg 22).” Then and there Lizabeth grows up and she “gazed upon a kind of reality which is hidden to childhood(Collier ph 22).” She registered that there is a certain kind of ugliness in the world but behind the veil of sorrow there is happiness,compassion and
In “Marigolds,” Eugenia W. Collier uses symbolism to develop the theme that “One cannot have both innocence and compassion(Collier pg 22).” Innocence clouds people of hate, sorrow and pain. “I scrambled to my feet and just stood there and stared at her, and that was the moment when childhood faded and womanhood began. That violent crazy act was the last act of childhood.” This means that in the beginning of the story Lizabeth is innocent but she slowly is becoming more aware of the real world which means that she cannot be innocent anymore. This theme is saying that innocence does not belong in the real world. When you are innocent in the real world you will get hurt because you are not aware of what people are saying and their actions. If you are not aware of what they are doing then you can be taken advantage by them. An innocent child tries to please people naturally. If you are innocent and clueless you will have a hard time in the world today.
Miss. Lottie is in the story for a reason. She is there to represent growing up, trials and hardships. It sounds like she has had a very hard life. She lives in a barren town away from the world yet she has so many hardships. She seems …show more content…
Her fury and shock combined to produce anger. She ran to Miss Lottie’s house and “Leaped furiously into the mounds of marigolds and pulled madly, trampling and pulling and destroying the perfect yellow blooms(Collier pg 21).” When Miss Lottie appeared suddenly she only had sadness and sorrow in her eyes. The only person who “Dared to create beauty in the midst of ugliness and sterility(Collier pg 22).” Then and there Lizabeth grows up and she “gazed upon a kind of reality which is hidden to childhood(Collier ph 22).” She registered that there is a certain kind of ugliness in the world but behind the veil of sorrow there is happiness,compassion and