Marigolds

Adolescence is a bumpy and unknown section of the road known as life. Both the short story “Marigolds” by Eugenia Collier and the poem “Hard on the Gas,” by Janet S. Wong relate to the theme that “the road to growing up and maturing isn’t always smooth”. “Marigolds is the story of an adolescent who is growing up in the Great Depression. Through hard experiences and tumultuous emotions, the narrator learns that growing up is full of ups and downs. “Hard on the Gas” is a poem about a grandchild driving

Have you ever seen such beauty, in such a dark time? In “Marigolds”, the author Eugenia Collier faces challenges, and chooses not so good ways to overcome them. She was confused on why Miss Lottie had marigolds in her garden, until she grew up and understood, and had them herself. She realized that once she destroyed them, she took the only light in the poor woman's world. Collier's style in “Marigolds” is different, because she uses flashbacks, sets her story up in chronological order but as a flashback

The author of the story Marigolds has many different uses of literary terms to show the protagonist's voice and many other characters hardships that have happened during the great depression. Eugenia the author of Marigolds wrote “Dry September of the dirt roads,” “arid, sterile dust” (16)to show a wonderful use of imagery. This is just one of many amazing examples of how the author uses many different phrases to show images in your head. There are also many ways that the author used imagery in juxtaposition

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

Flowers: There are different types of flowers used on the day of the dead each type of flower represents something different. Marigold flowers are most often used and typically they are orange. Food/drinks(comida): The food that is on the altar symbolizes the deceased persons favorite food and drinks. Skulls(calavera): The skulls that they use come in different form, such as candy or wax, but they all represent the inevitability of death. Bread for the dead(pan de muerto): Most of the time this

getting deeper voices. Although that is true, puberty also comes with changes of your feelings. In Marigolds, the Great Depression shows how a teen in puberty feels. For example, in Marigolds, it shows that the Great Depression was emotionally hard, changed your feelings, and makes you sad just like puberty would. In Marigolds, puberty shows a relationship to the Great Depression because the events in Marigolds are related to how teens in puberty feel. For example, on page 221, it shows how father shows

but in the United States, one of the easiest to recognize ends up being marigolds. There are more than 50 different species of this type of flower that are all taxonomies by botany into what is known as the Tagetes genus. You may be extremely surprised to discover that a marigold is classified as a kind of daisy despite the fact that it is quite different looking than a daisy except perhaps possessing a round shape. Marigolds are one of the most cheery blossoms which an individual can plant because

The plant material used in this experiment were marigolds. Planting the marigolds into six-pack cell containers, making the total plants used 54. Using three cell packs for every treatment mixture with third treatment being the controlled treatment, meaning that no material is added or taken from the solution. Treatment one was a mixture of miracle grow and perlite, what is perlite? Perlite is a lightweight particle that can hold up to four times its weight in water. The second treatment was a mixture

have both innocence and compassion simultaneously. In fact, a coming of age short story called “Marigolds” written by Eugenia Collier, tells about a young girl named Lizabeth who grows up to become a compassionate person. For the most part, Lizabeth tells her childhood experience in a flashback on how she mostly remembers Miss Lottie’s marigolds. Ultimately, Lizabeth decides to destroy Miss Lottie’s marigolds out of anger because she hears about her parent's economic struggles. Shortly after Lizabeth

we all wish we wouldn’t have. In the story “Marigolds” Lizabeth throws a temper tantrum and then immediately regrets it. Lizabeth’s childish acting resulted in her noticing she should've handled the situation better. The theme of “Marigolds” is maturation leads to a deeper understanding of life. This theme of “Marigolds” demonstrates Lizabeth’s change in attitude throughout the story just as maturation affects every modern teen. The text “Marigolds” states, “That violent, crazy act was the lack