Marigolds

these waving and inviting petals make looking at them even more enjoyable. The beauty of marigold is not solely measurable through its appearance. It might not be common knowledge, but this gorgeous plant also offers benefits that make our well-being better and healthier. Also known as Calendula officinalis, one of the amazing benefits of this plant is its capability to cure cancer. Taking an amount of marigold has been proven to reduce the size of cancer tumors…

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…

Numerous people can connect with a story that they read or is specifically for them. Also, they have a purpose to be told to everyone. “Marigolds” is just like an example for almost everyone. Adulthood can be very difficult. Ultimately, it all work outs later in the future. In Marigolds there is a girl named Lizabeth who experience the transitions from childhood to adulthood. But it wasn’t that easy for her. In her childhood, she was going through pressure, responsibilities, and…

except a friend the come around. For some reason the book keeps repeating what just happened. In prologue number 2 the narrator starts to talk about marigolds. The narrator who's name we do not know says they planted these seeds that didn't grow because of a girl named Pecola. Pecola was a girl who was impregnated by her father. The reason why the marigold is important is because they wanted to plant it in order to keep the baby healthy when born. The narrator was sad because the plant…

the short story, “Marigolds”, Eugenia W. Collier uses symbolism through the marigolds to display the idea of innocence and foreshadowing to enhance the plot. The story begins with the narrator, Lizabeth, reflecting on a time when she was about 14 years old. Lizabeth and her friends were reckless and young, and had fun exploring and doing random things about the town. One day they decided to go sneak up on Miss Lottie, an older lady in town, and they were messing with the marigolds found in the…

In “Marigolds” by Eugenia Collier, the marigolds represent hope to Miss Lottie. First, Miss Lottie sees the kids destroying her flowers she gets very upset and enraged. “She shook her stick at us and started shakily toward the road crying” (146). After her flowers were destroyed, she had nothing else to do besides cry. These marigolds meant a lot to her and her flowers were destroyed right in front of her eyes. Second, Miss Lottie took very good care of her flowers and kept them in really…

In the book “Marigolds” by Eugenia Coller there is a girl named Lisabeth. She is a teenager who hangs out with younger kids. She becomes mature when she hears something that ruins her and she did something that changed her. She is only 14. In the beginning Lisabeth was still a teenager and she still think she wasn’t that poor. It is because her friends were poor too. They had dirty clothes and they also had no shoes. So Lisabeth and her friends thought about how they should go to the witch’s…

it is critical to remain hopeful and search for the light at the end of the tunnel. To remain focused on the silver lining in the dark rain cloud. “Marigolds” by Eugenia Collier conveys imagery by contrasting hope in dark times through yellow, hopeful, marigolds against a decaying, rotting, town. Mrs. Lotties beautiful, flourishing, yellow marigolds contrast against the rotting house they stand before. Yellow, representing hope and happiness for not only the house, but also the town and the…

In the two books the characters Lizabeth from “Marigolds” has a mental breakdown and destroys the precious flowers to help her. Nikan from the story “Two Kinds” deals with her mother wanting her to be a prodigy but Nikan realizes who she really is. Therefore Lizabeth and Nikan highlight that an epiphany can be life changing resulting in maturation. In the stories both of the girls achieve maturity from the epiphany they had. As said in “Marigolds” by Lizabeth, “I look back upon it I know that…

In “Marigolds” by Eugenia Collier, Lizabeth lost her innocence when she was almost 15. This story takes place during the Great Depression, which started in 1929. The Great Depression made most people have no jobs to support their family. She thought that her dad was a strong man but one day she saw him being weak and that changed Lizabeth. One night, she woke up and heard her mom’s voice talking to her dad. She listens to her mom’s soothing and peaceful voice until her dad’s sobbing voice…