Conflicting Emotions In Marigolds, By Eugenia Collier

"At the word witch, we imagine the horrible old crones from Macbeth. But the cruel trials witches suffered teach us the opposite. Many perished precisely because they were young and beautiful."

The story starts with an older woman late in her life, named Ms. Lottie planting some lovely Marigolds in her front yard. She made them look nice, neat. She didn’t live in the nicest place. She wasn’t a millionaire but those simple flowers were special. Like a glimpse of sunshine in her yard. She didn’t have much energy but she always found perseverance to tend to them and take good care of them. But sadly, those Marigolds are wrecked by some bad children in her neighborhood. Those rotten kids strongly hated the Marigolds. The group of kids was led by Lizabeth, a young girl in the neighborhood. Miss Lottie sees Lizabeth destroying the marigolds, and Lizabeth realizes what she has just done. When she looks at Miss Lottie while wrecking the

Growing up and maturing is a fact we must all face at some point, the hard reality that we won’t spend summers dancing, careless, and free. The nostalgia of every sunlit memory of our childhood calls us to better days. Maxine Clair discusses this topic of childhood and all it brings in her work “Cherry Bomb”. She highlights the imagery and tone of her childhood memories to show the beautiful innocence and ignorance childhood bliss provides us with.

“Teenage Wasteland” is a short story written by Anne Tyler that focuses on the relationship between teens and parents. Many times it seems like they live in completely different worlds but they just have a different understanding of what they both want from each other. The story focuses on the two main characters Donny and Daisy. Donny is a teenage boy who isn’t the best student and doesn’t necessarily follow the rules or obey what his parents say. Daisy is a stay at home mom to her two children. And she doesn’t seem too motivated on helping her children but just focused on pointing out all the bad things that Donny does.

In the short stories, “Saving Sourdi,” by May-Lee Chai and “The Moths,” by Helena Maria Viramontes, the main character of each short story goes through their own coming of age experience where they are forced to mature in order to overcome an obstacle. Chai explains her main character, Nea’s, struggle as she is forced to mature and overcome the departure of her older sister, Sourdi, from her life after she gets married and moves away. Viramontes, on the other hand, depicts her narrator’s struggle as she is forced to mature and overcome the death of her Abuelita on her own. Despite their very different approaches, both Chai and Viramontes successfully convey their main character 's struggles in their journey from youth to adulthood.

“Saving Sourdi” by May-Lee Chai, discusses a classic plot of the metamorphosis from childhood to adulthood. In her story, the two main characters Sourdi and Nea develop in stark contrast to one another. Nea, the younger sister, has difficulty growing up and maturing as her own life, as well as her sister’s life, progresses. Her naivety, aggression, and anxiety influence her decisions throughout the story in a negative way. Chai’s character is easily believable and relatable, everyone has had a point in their lives where they didn’t want to grow up, handled a situation poorly, or realized that their relationship with someone has changed

Parenthood was a factor in the boy’s life, this ideas gives you an insight on what he wanted the reader to convey. here are two different emotions running through this story from both the boys. In the author Wes Moore the emotion you feel while reading it is hurt and compassion.

“Saving Sourdi” by May-Lee Chai, discusses a classic plot of the metamorphosis from childhood to adulthood. In her story, the two main characters Sourdi and Nea develop in stark contrast to one another. Nea, the younger sister, has difficulty growing up and maturing as her own life, as well as her sister’s life, progresses. Her naivety, aggression, and anxiety influence her decisions throughout the story in a negative way. Chai’s character is easily believable and relatable, everyone has had a point in their lives where they didn’t want to grow up, handled a situation poorly, or realized that their relationship with someone has changed

The other reading of the story might be based on the maturing of a young woman. As it is probably the most important period in every adolescent's life, when they keep searching for their own identity, it should by strongly influenced by their parents. If it is not, a teenager starts looking for directions outside their home, and sometimes has difficulties with distinguishing what is good and evil. They are very often affected by

The transformations in people are caused by a variety of circumstances. Within the variety of these circumstances, stress is the most influential one. In Eugenia Collier’s short story Marigolds, it tells the narrative of a young African-American girl living in rural Maryland. Due to her frustration with life, she destroys Miss Lottie’s marigolds. In the story Marigolds, the author uses the narrator’s transformation and characterization to convey that identity is only found in times of crisis.

Benjamin Alire Saenz in his novel Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of The Universe, John Knowles in his novel A Separate Peace, and Sarah Ladipo Manyika in her article “Coming of Age In The Time Of The Hoodie”, demonstrate that coming of age involves a loss of innocence.

The Characterization Of Lizabeth Have you ever wondered what made you change from being a kid to an adult ? Have you ever asked yourself what was the moment when you became an adult or the moment when you lost your innocence? In the story Marigold Lizabeth grows and matures because she is already starting to look at the world around her in a new way , she is starting to look at the actions of her friends , and she finally reflects on what her life has been like up to this point. By the end of the story Lizabeth is past the stage of immaturity and now has a clear understanding of her life.

After finishing the selection titled “Eighteen” by Maria Banus, I was completed surprised on how genuine the authors feelings were. Normally when I read poetry it is difficult to understand the meaning of numerous amount of it, if not all of the lines but this one was different as if it pertained to me. This poem made me feel rather sad and miserable because there are a lot of grievances that one may bring up about growing into an adult. Everyone always says how enjoyable your teenage years are, how invigorating the experience is to live life to the fullest and to enjoy it before it comes to end, but a lot of people may disagree. This analogy is incorrect to

An event from one’s past can haunt someone for his entire life. In the play The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, Paul Zindel presents Beatrice, the unpleasant mother of Ruth and Tillie, and gives insight into a parent-child relationship full of complications and conflicts. From verbally abusing and mistreating her children, Beatrice causes her children to feel inferior and alone. Due to experiencing an unconventional childhood, Beatrice has no knowledge of what a parent should be. As a result, Ruth and Tillie often feel the need to overcompensate in order to be noticed by their mother, and they feel as if their mother is distant and not relatable.

Adolescence is a time of growth and development for a child not only physically but socially, sexually and artistically. Influences such as religion can impose changes upon this development, altering it to something it may never have morphed into otherwise. Religion can either be comforting or confusing depending on the approach. It can drive one to better understanding herself or completely steer her away from the church all together as a way of escaping constraints. In the novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, the reader sees Jean question how religion fits into her choice of lifestyle. Trying to hold on to what she has known all her life may in turn affect how she interacts socially with others, her sexual orientation and her artistic development as a writer.