Marigolds

Throughout the story, Lizabeth and Miss Lottie, a very poor old woman, experience hope in similar ways. Lizabeth describes her neighbor, “Now at the end of that life [Miss Lottie] had nothing except a falling-down hut, a wrecked body, and John Burke, the mindless son of her passion. Whatever verve there was left in her, whatever was of love and beauty and joy that had not been squeezed out by life, had been there in the marigolds she had so tenderly cared for” (638). Miss Lottie believed in her Marigolds, which were a symbol of the hope John Burke and her poverty were unable to provide. When a person has a belief to give her hope for the future, it makes her present hardship easier to…

In the story Marigolds, by Eugenia Collier, the reader discovers the theme is to be innocent is to be a child and in order for one to mature, they must become compassionate. Out of the five clues to theme, the most relevant ones to this text are the conflict and solution, what the main character learns, and the stories symbolism. In the story Marigolds, there is an extremely important overarching theme that is still very relevant today. Conflict and solution are a huge clue as to what…

The central idea of the story, “Marigolds”, is about a girl going through the struggles of growing up. The story is set during the Great Depression, and the main character, Lizabeth, is going through the stages of becoming a young woman. An older woman named Miss Lottie planted marigolds in her yard, and Lizabeth and her friends end up destroying them just for entertainment and to make Miss Lottie angry. Lizabeth realizes that right after she destroys the marigolds, she feels guilty. The theme…

In the short story Marigolds, Collier uses Imagery, Flashback, and Juxtaposition to create her voice.She writes that “I remember , another incongruency of memory- a brilliant splash of sunny yellow against the dust.”(16), which is an example of juxtaposition because it's comparing both things for a purpose.An example of imagery is “multicolored skein of fourteen-going-on-fifteen as I recall that devastating moment where i was more women than child.”(17) This is representing the narrator feeling,…

The author of Marigolds is, Eugenia Collier. Her short story uses many literary devices such as, diction, imagery, flashbacks, juxtaposition and foreshadowing. Collier’s short story is about a young girl called “Lizabeth” and a short memory of her childhood that flashes back to her. An example of diction that Collier used is, “he sobbed, loudly and painfully, and cried helplessly and hopelessly” (21) ,the author was using diction in here to show how upset Lizabeth’s father was. Another example…

Why did the marigolds mean so much too Miss . Lottie ? The late 1930’s during the great depression in bailtimore , maryland. A short story written by eugenia collier called Marigolds .The genre of the story is approching adulthood . the theme of the story is about There is beauty in life if you just see what you’ll get it . Another thing that i think about is life is like a book of chocolate you never know what you’ll get out it . Be the bigger personand respect your elderly.Lizabeth and…

In the story marigolds as young Lizabeth matures from childhood she changes, her perspective on life changes. She realizes that she has matured and has become an adult. I found that the theme is that it is important that people change emotionally as they get older and wiser. For example, she explains that she develops compassion after she destroys Miss Lottie's flowers, she feels that once you have lost your innocence you gain compassion when you become and adult. Another form of this change is…

Sections IV and V of The Impossible Will Take a Little While had a multitude of deep, interesting, and entertaining pieces. Section IV focused on the use of imagination and creativity to better situations in unexpected, often unbelievable ways. Section V focused on people taking action and the resulting effect of a community bringing about change. Although the decision was difficult, I selected a favorite piece from each section to focus on. In “To Love the Marigold” Susan Griffin discusses the…

The story Marigolds tells about the loss of innocence in a young girl. The author, Eugenia Collier, wrote about a young girl named Lizabeth living during the Great Depression. Lizabeth faces challenges, and realizes how things can change. She starts to see beauty where she didn’t before. This is where Lizabeth starts to mature and stops with all of her childish antics. Lizabeth plants her own marigolds, turning from a child, to a young woman. Lizabeth is growing up in poverty, and she’s angry…

The story marigold follows an experience that the narrator had as a child, that she describes as the moment she grow up (came of age). The main character in text also debates throughout the story weather she is a girl or a women. this plays significance because she talks about it with great symbolism that helps the reader identify with her and the environment she's in. An example of symbolism within the story is when the narrator is talking about how during the setting of the story nobody had…