Summary Of Marigolds By Eugenia Collier

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 in their imaginations. Flashback is used to allow the narrator to not only explain how she viewed the events of her past as a child, but to compare these views with her adult feelings of the same events. Juxtaposition aids in further explaining the connection between the setting and emotions of the main character, creating a better picture of the narrator’s life. These elements all combine to construct a narrative that effectively conveys the coming of age theme.

The text “Marigolds” states, “That violent, crazy act was the lack of childhood. For as I gazed at the immobile face with sad, weary eyes, I gazed upon a kind of reality that is hidden to childhood.” This suggests that Lizabeth notices her attitude and that she was

For most of the story, Lizabeth sees Miss Lottie as an old, poor witch who’s life revolves around some flowers. In fact, Lizabeth and her friends often make fun of Miss Lottie and her marigolds; throwing rocks at her and calling her names. Because of this, Lizabeth takes her anger over her current family’s state out on Miss Lottie’s marigolds, and destroys them. Only after she demolishes the marigolds does she realize, “The witch was no longer a witch but only a broken old woman who had dared to create beauty in the midst of ugliness and sterility” (Collier 451). Lizabeth now understands that Miss Lottie was just trying to find beauty and hope in her impoverished life. By planting marigolds, she had accomplished this. At the way end of the story, when Lizabeth is an adult, she finally fully comprehends that there is hope everywhere. She even plants her own marigolds to create hope in her life that is still filled with

She can’t fully comprehend why she detests these flowers, and so all she knows is that they “did not make sense to her.” The child in her only has insight into her own world, and not into the worlds of others around her. Despite the marigolds being too troublesome for her to understand, she remains ignorant and does not try to seek any further meaning behind them. With Lizabeth in this naïve state, she has not yet felt the conflict between the child and the woman in her; she’s too ignorant at this point to attempt to develop an understanding for Miss Lottie and her flowers. After Lizabeth and the other kids launch the first attack on the marigolds, invoking great rage in Miss Lottie, Lizabeth feels a sudden urge to antagonize the old woman even further. Chanting vicious phrases at her, Lizabeth feels that she, “lost [her] head entirely, mad with the power of inciting such rage [in Miss Lottie].” Lizabeth has been taken over by a childish sense of pride after provoking Miss Lottie, showing her selfishness and lack of compassion. Being the child that she is, Lizabeth decides to further irritate Miss Lottie, only thinking about herself and how to ease her boredom. She is only concerned about her own little world. This sudden act of cruelty to Miss Lottie reveals

In life, it is important to always have a positive outlook when it comes to negative situations. ----In the short story, “Marigolds” by Eugenia Collier, the main character, Lizabeth, changes from a childish girl to a mature young adult when she realizes the pain she brought to Mrs. Lottie when her marigolds were destroyed. Her repressed feelings from her father’s breakdown, the hopeless of her financial standing, and her mind’s confliction between immaturity and maturity causes her to commit her last act of childhood, which was ruining Miss Lottie's marigolds. After seeing the pain in Miss Lottie's eyes, Lizabeth finally understood the true meaning behind the marigolds and its importance to Miss Lottie. In the

The theme of “Marigolds” holds true for many people in real life. It is human nature to need something to believe in. When people cannot find hope through children or a career, for example, they search for another belief as a replacement. Some find hope in material objects, like Miss Lottie and Lizabeth. Lizabeth realizes about Miss Lottie, “The witch was no longer a witch but only a broken old woman who had dared to create beauty in the midst of ugliness and sterility” (638). John Burke could not give Miss Lottie a chance of continuing her legacy because he was “queer-headed” and only rocked on the porch aimlessly. Her dilapidated house and empty town did not make Miss Lottie optimistic either. As a result, Miss Lottie found promise in the beauty of her marigolds. When people are hopeless

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.

Have you seen a marigolds? Well do u know what its? A marigolds is a flower a really beautify flower that is red,orange,yellow . This boo.k is written by eugenia collier the book is entertain you about the wonders of the flowers. The tittle of the book is Marigolds. The main thing about the book is the the flowers and how the girl thought ms lottie was evil cause she had beautify flowers.

Lizabeth skids to a halt, and destroys the only thing that is out of place in her dark world, the Marigolds. When Lizabeth finishes destroying the Marigolds, she looks up to see Miss Lottie, standing and watching her. Lizabeth is no longer a child, she is a guilty woman. In the end, Lizabeth learns that she was wrong to destroy the Marigolds, and she never forgets her memory. “I too have planted Marigolds,” says Lizabeth, which means that she has never forgotten her memories of her home

Right before they were about to throw the stones into Miss Lottie’s yard, Lizabeth stopped to wonder if it was really a smart idea. It says in lines 190-193, “I just stood there peering through the bushes, torn between wanting to join the fun and feeling that it was all a bit silly.” This shows that because she is growing up into an adult, her viewpoints are changing. The woman in her is trying to push away the child in her. After the pranking of Miss Lottie, it says in lines 239-241, “The child in me sulked and said it was all fun, but the woman in me flinched at the thought of the malicious attack that I had led.” Again, another example where Lizabeth was gaining compassion as she became a woman. This idea can relate to modern teens today because many teens have little brothers or sisters, just like Lizabeth did. These siblings might push you to do something that is childish, just like the younger people in Lizabeth's life pushed

Lizabeth faced struggles of being muddled between the fact whether she was a child or a women. Lizabeth says “I just stood there peering through the bushes, torn between wanting to join the fun and feeling that is was all a bit funny” (123) She wants to grow up and be mature but doesn’t want to look scared in front of her brother and friends so she continues. She doesn’t understand who she is. Her surroundings have a negative impact on who she was trying to be. She felt like it was adolescent but she wanted to belong. Her internal struggles and living conditions really took toll on her. Dispite all her struggles lizabeth was holding together well until she overheard the conversation between her parents. Her dad was talking about how he felt like he didn’t do anything for his family. Her internal battles and hearing her father cry caused her to burst and Lizabeths emotions took control of her body. Lizabeth says “I had indeed

Throughout the story “Marigolds” written by Eugenia Collier, the main character Lizabeth who is faced with poverty while experiencing life in the Great Depression faces many conflicts. This results in Lizabeth having a dramatic change throughout the story. My first point is that Lizabeth can be described as childish and bothered in the beginning of the story. As evidence, line 180-181 state “We had to annoy her by whizzing pebbles into her flowers.”

Concerning her love affairs, it must be mentioned why she got involved in so many relationships, even with a seventeen-year-old student, resulting in the loss of her good reputation and dismissal from a high school. The reason is simple: she has longed for happiness and love. She has been trying to find another man to be happy. She herself describes it: „After the death of Allan - intimacies with strangers was all I seemed able to fill my empty heart with.“ (Williams 118). However, when she comes to her sister Stella and her husband Stanley, she keeps lying both to herself and to them. She pretends to be nothing but a respectable and honourable woman. She tries to persuade them that she is flawless, although her pretentious refinement looks

The novel The Language of Flowers, is one written by author Vanessa Diffenbaugh. The novel centers around a young girl named who goes by the name of Victoria Jones. As the reader begins, they are made aware of Victoria’s upbringing and all the difficult challenges she had endured during her time living within the foster care system. Diffenbaugh does an excellent job intertwining both the past and present to help readers understand her turmoil, as well as her joy. The author expresses this through the main character Victoria, who eventually develops a gift for flowers in which she uses to changer not only her life, but others’ lives as well. In fact, flowers are the only way that Victoria feels connected to the world around her because she

During the first half of the play, Shaw illustrates how the morals one is raised with and how one presents themself- in society can change the way they are perceived in society. Liza is introduced as a poor girl attempting to make money to pay for her rent by selling flowers from the garbage. When a bystander tells her that he’d like to “go into the Housing Question with” her, she replies with “I’m a good girl, I am” in a “brooding [melancholic tone], talking to herself- in low spirits” (Shaw 18). It is implied that the bystander may have wanted to have sexual relations with Liza in the Housing, a housing unit for the poor. By stating that she is a good girl Liza becomes defensive