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    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. The 1st and most imporant theme in the story was when the kids went to pick on ms.lottie cause she stayed in

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    conflict is man vs. self this is when a character has a conflict with themselves. Three stories that will be stated throughout this writing are “Pedestrian”, “The Sniper”, and “Marigolds”. “The Pedestrian” is placed in the future where technology has basically taken over. “The Sniper” is placed during war. The last story is “Marigolds” this story is placed during the time of the Great Depression. These stories are all different but just like all stories have one thing in common this is the Conflict. Leonard

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    Being wise about the decisions you make is important; making better decisions can lead to better results. In the two stories Marigold by Eugenia Collier and The Bet by Anton Chekhov, both characters don’t make the best choices, which don’t have the best outcome. In Marigolds by Eugenia Collier, the main character, Lizbeth, destroys something that belongs to another person out of anger. In the story The Bet by Anton Chekhov, the banker lets his confidence allow him to agree to something that he regrets

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    The day I planted my marigolds was when I was little there was this really nicely colored blanket that my cousin got the day before. He loved it so much he would take it everywhere; So one day I decided I wanted it one too so I took it, I would sleep with it and it had colorful designs on it, also I knew it was wrong but i was so mad that i wasn't thinking about it. Later that day he knew that I took it and he yanked it off of me while I was sleeping and I woke up mad and took it back from him both

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    people do not know how to use. The “Marigolds” by Eugenia Collier and “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes are both about dark times happening in their lives and how to get through them. Although both authors developed the idea that hard times are a part of life, Collier uses setting, and Hughes uses metaphors. Every author has the same idea, which is to make an impact on their readers. For example, Collier and Hughes impacted their readers when they wrote “Marigold” and “Mother to Son,” both written

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    that Blooms in Darkness: How Lizabeth Transforms from Child to Woman There comes a point in one’s life when they must recognize the hardships placed upon them, and instead of being ignorant of those hardships, they must confront them head-on. In “Marigolds”, a short story by Eugenia Collier, the main protagonist, Lizabeth, encounters various struggles that come with living in a poor town in rural Maryland during the Depression, allowing her to learn more about growing up and accepting reality with

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    Marigolds Research Paper

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    The Tomatoes were planted a month ago and are now around four to six inches tall. By the time those Marigold seeds germinate the tomatoes will be nearly ready for planting out. Once the Marigold seedlings are about an inch tall thin them out and plant them up in small pots, perhaps four in each. After a couple of weeks they can go into pots of their own and then grown on for a few weeks more. By

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    Eleven Vs. Marigolds

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    Eleven vs. Marigolds: The Transition to Adolescence In Sandra Cisneros’s “Eleven,” the young female protagonist, Rachel, dreads her transition into adolescence, but at the same time, she knows that it is inevitable. When Mrs. Price forces the red sweater on Rachel, “it [sits] there like a big red mountain” and she “shove[s] it” so that it “hangs over the edge [of the desk] like a waterfall” (Cisneros 36). The author uses the “red sweater” as symbolic of this transition as well as to foreshadow menstruation

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    Short Story: Marigolds

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    scared to open them, scared to see the arrow lodge its self in her chest. She took her final breath...... Marigold sat up in her bed to see that she was in her room safe from the battle field. She rung the bell, summoning the maid. "Did you see my mother this morning". "No , miss Marigold". "Thank you, please go retrieve my breakfast then" she said waiving the maid off. Marigold sighed.... Mom never has time any more...she always gone making innocent people suffer. Willow pov Willow

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    At the end of paragraph two of “Marigolds” written by Eugenia Collier Lizabeth “remembers [the marigold] quite vividly now as [she] desperately pass away the time waiting for you, who will not come” (1) this is more than likely Lizabeth talking about how she is waiting for Ms. Lottie’s forgiveness for her destructive actions as a child. For example, when Lizabeth is an adult, she begins to remember her time as a child during the great depression and primarily her days spent terrorizing Ms. Lottie

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