Obliterating An Old Lady's Flowers

A child holds innocence from a young age and does not understand the importance of having compassion. As a child's innocence gradually fades away due to maturity, he or she transforms into a compassionate person. In a coming of age short story called, “Marigolds,” the author Eugenia Collier writes about a series of events about a young girl, named Lizabeth, develops into a compassionate person. Lizabeth narrates these events in a flashback that involves the marigolds of her neighbor, Miss Lottie. Miss Lottie's marigolds represented the essence of hope in the midst of the town, filled with dust and dirt. Despite the dirt and dusty roads that were accompanied by the house, Miss Lottie decided to plant her marigolds. The effect of economic struggles the townspeople go through causes Lizabeth to destroy Miss Lottie's marigolds. Throughout the short story,

The novel begrudgingly creeps across the span of several years, showing the process of how her rose-tinted glasses of nostalgia and childhood are stolen from her during her time in the attic. There is a point to all this growing up and maturing, and it is that the truth and the world around us are cruel things, thus we all grow up blind to the horrors that lie right under our noses. This theme is often repeated in the text, through the loss of the father that opens the door to the abuse their Grandmother deals them, which in turn, leads to the final plot point of the betrayal of the mother. Flowers in the Attic is a trip through the aspects of life we’d rather look over, no matter how much we’d like to shield our eyes and ignore these truths upon seeing

As Harriet walks through the forest, she doesn't understand the purpose of flowers, or of bird calls, and refers to dragonflies as "winged ballerinas" instead of recognizing that they are predatory animals. These actions, however, have no real consequences outside of Harriet's own ignorance. When Harriet meets some gray squirrels, she happily feeds them because she doesn't realize that they are an invasive species that harms the native squirrels. In feeding them, she also ignores a basic rule that humans usually shouldn't feed wildlife, because like the gray squirrels in the book, they will learn to expect it. She thanks the plants for making the air fresh, but doesn't seem to know that plants are what makes the air in the first place. This is also something that many people in the real

A child holds innocence from a young age and does not understand the importance of having compassion. As a child's innocence gradually fade away due to maturity, he or she transforms into a compassionate person. In a coming of age short story, “Marigolds,” Eugenia Collier writes about a series of events where a young girl, named Lizabeth, develops into a compassionate person. Lizabeth narrates these events in a flashback that involve the marigolds of her neighbor, Miss Lottie. Miss Lottie's marigolds were the essence of hope in the midst of the town filled with dust and dirt. The effect of economic struggles that the townspeople go through causes Lizabeth to destroy Miss Lottie's marigolds. Throughout the short story, “Marigolds,” the characterization

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses Alabama’s state flower, the camellia, to represent prejudice. Mrs. Dubose’s camellias represent the prejudices in Maycomb County that cannot be easily overlooked or disregarded. In chapter 11, Mrs. Dubose says to Jem, “Your father is no better than the niggers and trash he works for!”(Lee 135). Consequently, Jem destroys her camellia bushes in an attempt to demolish the racism and prejudice that Mrs. Dubose displays. When explaining the purpose of his invasion, Jem says, “She said you lawed for niggers and trash” (Lee 138). By saying this, Jem explains that his reason for destroying Mrs. Dubose’s beloved camellias is that she was making racist and prejudicial remarks (“What Do the Camellias Symbolize”).

In this “Autumn” chapter, Claudia MacTeer uses flower imagery to describe how she and Frieda respond to their environment. This metaphor calls attention to the importance of nurture and environment for these young children, especially during these formative years of childhood. Like flowers, we depend on our environment for sustenance, so in turn, Pecola Breedlove, Soaphead Church, and Louis, Jr., inherit the legacy of self-loathing and Claudia and Frieda MacTeer inherit the legacy of self-worth.

Almost everyone has had a tantrum before, so it should come as no surprise when it is presented in novels and short stories. Notable characters such as Lizabeth from the short story, “Marigolds”, by Eugenia Collier and Jem in To Kill a Mockingbird, a novel by Harper Lee, impulsively burst with rage, unable to control their emotions because after all, they are just children. The fourteen year old African-American girl named Lizabeth along with her family struggle financially in an impoverished town during the Great Depression Era. Despite this, Lizabeth and her little brother enjoy childish acts such as annoying Miss Lottie, an elderly neighbor who cultivates Marigolds in her yard. Later in the novel, Lizabeth lets loose her emotions from her impoverishment and her parent’s financial problems onto these flowers by trampling on them. On the contrary, the roles are flipped when the elderly woman in To Kill a Mockingbird, Mrs. Dubose, is the one pestering Jem, Atticus Finch’s thirteen year old son. She is not pleased by the fact that Atticus defended a black man accused of rape; thus, Mrs. Dubose verbally attacks Jem by comparing his father to African-Americans. Such statement is considered an insult in the Great Depression, the time period of the novel, as black people are viewed as lowly human beings. As a result, Jem takes personal offense to this and strikes back at Mrs. Dubose by ruining her camellias. Even though the physical destruction of the flowers are similar,

In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the main characters Jem and Scout are were walking to town when they walk by Mrs. Dubose's house. Mrs. Dubose says some very hurtful things towards them, which prompts Jem to cut out her flowers. This situation is misleading because it shows that Mrs Dubose was a bad person, but in actuality she was a thoughtful lady.

Another character that is connected to a flower is Mrs. Maudie because just like the Azaleas she keeps positiveness even though she's surrounded by negativity. The author quotes, “Always wanted a smaller house, Jem

Steinbeck uses chrysanthemum’s to symbolize Elisa’s strength and power in order to show how societal standards cause women to miss out on opportunities and become frustrated with the confinement of their expression. “[Elisa] was cutting down the old year's chrysanthemum stalks with a pair of short and powerful scissors. She looked down toward the men by the tractor shed now and then. Her face was eager and mature and handsome; even her work with the scissors was over-eager, over-powerful.” Chrysanthemum stalks require a great deal of force to be cut down, which is highlighted through Elisa’s use of “powerful scissors.” Ordinarily, flowers are portrayed as beautiful and delicate; however, chrysanthemums are sturdy and tough. Steinbeck chose specifically to use chrysanthemums because they symbolize the strength Elisa has; she is confident, empowered, and masculine, but all of her strength is confined within the standards of society just as the chrysanthemums are confined within the walls of her garden. Elisa, as a woman, is unable to express herself as strong, masculine, and proud because that was not the standard that women were held to during that time; her expression is confined to her work in the garden with her chrysanthemums, and it is frustrating for her to miss out on the opportunities that would showcase her strength and let it be appreciated by her husband and the mender because of the standard of delicacy and beauty that women are held to.

Almost everyone has had a tantrum before, so there should be no surprise when it occurs in novels and short stories. Notable characters such as Lizabeth from the short story, “Marigolds”, by Eugenia Collier and Jem in To Kill a Mockingbird, a novel by Harper Lee, impulsively burst with rage, unable to control their emotions because after all, they are just children. The fourteen-year-old African-American girl named Lizabeth along with her family struggle financially in an impoverished town during the Great Depression Era. Despite this, Lizabeth and her little brother enjoy childish acts especially annoying Miss Lottie, an elderly neighbor who cultivates Marigolds in her yard. Later in the novel, Lizabeth lets loose her emotions from her impoverishment and her parent’s financial problems out on these flowers by trampling on them. On the contrary, the elderly neighbor, Mrs. Dubose, in To Kill a Mockingbird is the one pestering Jem, Atticus Finch’s thirteen-year-old son, and not the other way around. The fact that Atticus defended a black man accused of rape displeases her; thus, Mrs. Dubose verbally attacks Jem by comparing his father to African-Americans.This is considered an insult during the Great Depression, the time period of the novel, as black people are viewed as lowly human beings. As a result, Jem takes personal offense to this and strikes back at Mrs. Dubose by ruining her camellias. Even though the physical destructions of the flowers are similar, Lizabeth and Jem’s reason behind it, the consequences and the process of maturation are different.

Flowers mostly look pretty that doesn’t cause harm.They mostly are a symbol represent love. But some of them when you stand closer and sniff, you probably will die.For example like the Mountain Laurel, Veratrum, and Ragwort.They are bad for people but people still like how the way of it looks and don’t care about anything else.Through To Kill A Mockingbird it displays how part of the people have hope but most of them don't with the connection of blacks are treated badly and people are uneducated by the town of Macomb in the early 1930s.In another way to said, most of the people in the town are waiting to the pathway to heaven. To kill a mockingbird should teach at school because it teaches important moral lessons such as seeing the good even in the bad, the importance of treating everyone equally and the

Mrs. Dubose gives Jem a flower after she dies because it’s her way of saying thank you for reading to me and providing me with a distraction. When Atticus says, “ ‘She was the bravest person I ever knew’ “ (Lee 128), it was because she had to battle her illness bravely until the day she died. She had to lived everyday in pain, but she pushed through and preserved until the very end. When Mrs. Dubose gifted the flower to Jem, she is passing the bravery to him. She also could have meant for the flower to be a “forgive me” symbol. The color white often symbolizes innocence, purification, and a fresh start, which therefore represents Mrs. Dubose’s forgiveness towards Jem, due to his innocent behavior. She wanted him to know that she wasn’t angry

Dubose said earlier about Atticus. Scout tells us that, gHe did not begin to calm down until he had cut the tops off every camellia bush Mrs. Dubose owned, until the ground was littered with green buds and leaves. He bent my baton against his kneech (103). This quote shows that Jem was feeling very hurt by what Mrs. Dubose had said about his father. To Jem, Atticus seems feeble and old, so, when threatened, Jem feels it is his responsibility to protect him. In the book, when Mrs. Dubose talks about Atticus, Jem just ignores her and walks away, but finally he decides to get revenge. He does this by, glittering the ground with green buds and leaves.h Jem tries to hurt something Mrs. Dubose loves like she attacked Atticus. Mrs. Dubosefs harsh words make Jem feel that it is his job to defend Atticus.

In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee there is some flower symbolism. Lee carefully selected the characters and their roles to match the flowers as well as the colors of the flowers. They are important because they add on to the flower symbolism and what the flowers mean to the story. The three people connected to flowers are Mayella Ewell, Miss Maudie Atkinson, and Mrs.Dubose. Their flowers are the red geranium, blue azalea, and white camellia.