Eugenia Collier, the author of the short story Marigolds makes great use of literary devices such as imagery, diction, flashback, and juxtaposition in a way that creates a voice for the narrator that conveys both the regret over, and possibly the longing for her childhood. The diction, that is, the vocabulary choice is expertly combined with imagery, or the unique descriptions and sensory details, in order to allow the reader to formulate the experiences and the surroundings of the narrator's childhood
The Underlying Message Hidden Within Marigolds In Eugenia Collier’s short story, Marigolds, Lizabeth learns the hard truth of growing up from losing her temper which blurred her morals. At a turning point in a girl’s life, she will painfully transition from childhood to womanhood. Collier masterfully conveys this theme by her use of literary device foreshadowing, metaphors, and symbolism several times in the narrative. At the very beginning of the story, Lizabeth, looking back on her youthful days
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