A Separate Peace And Marigolds: A Literary Analysis
H.M Tominson once said, “A good book is always a book of travel; it is about life’s journey.” In other words, a good piece of literature is always a book of journeys; it is about the soul’s quest. This quote is valid because a character without a journey is not relatable to the reader. The short story,
“Marigolds” by Eugenia W. Collier and the novel, the short story, “Marigolds” by Eugenia W. Collier and the novel A Separate Peace by John Knowles, both show us how the quotation is valid through the protagonist’s maturation throughout the plot as they learn about life and its struggles.
The author of “Marigolds” shows us that this quote is valid through her characterization of the protagonist, Lizabeth, as she is coming of age. For …show more content…
example, after Lizabeth destroys Miss. Lottie’s marigolds, she feels remorse for her actions. Before this, Lizabeth is characterized as immature but however, after this action she feels remorse, which shows she has matured. This proves the quote is valid because it shows us the journey of growing up, which is something everyone experiences, making the story relatable. Lizabeth also proves this quote valid through the internal conflict she has about throwing rocks at Miss. Lottie’s marigolds. Lizabeth is indecisive to whether she should join in on this child-like action or stand up for what is right, like an adult. Lizabeth’s conflict lays within her conscience, with her adult side trying to escape but her innocence holding her back. This proves the quote as valid because life is testing Lizabeth and forcing her to grow up, which is something everyone has to decide making this work interesting. Overall, growing up is hard but not a bad thing to do, for it is a part of this journey we call life.
The author of A Separate Peace helps to prove this quote through his protagonist, Gene. Gene is characterized as an envious person and this causes him conflicts. Gene faces jealousy within himself about Phineas, the antagonist, creating internal and external conflicts for Gene. Gene’s envy of Phineas made him jounces the branch of a tree and cause Phineas to fall and break his leg. This caused Gene to face the truth within himself and with the others about his jealousy. Because of Gene’s conflicting thoughts on the truth, it proves this quote because it shows us life gives us choices, and through our version of life, we will have to make them.
Gene’s jealousy also allows us to characterize him as resentful, which is a trait of immaturity. For example, “This time he wasn’t going to get away with it. I could feel myself becoming unexpectedly excited at that (19).” This shows us Gene was happy about
Phineas getting in trouble, showing us his resentment and immaturity. This proves the quote because it shows us how adolescence can affect a person, which happens to every young person. Youthfulness causes many difficult choices for a person, either good or bad, and throughout this youthfulness one will make the right and wrong choice creating a journey for us.
A good novel is a story filled with man’s quest and the adventures and struggles he takes. The short story, “Marigolds” by Eugenia W. Collier and the novel, A Separate Peace by John Knowles, can both be used to prove this quote as valid because they both show how coming of age gives you choices, and through these choices we can learn about life’s journey. “Marigolds” explains this through its coming of age theme shown within Lizabeth’s battle between innocence and compassion. A
Separate
Peace explains the quote because Gene’s youth caused him mistakes and made him grow up. AS one grows up, they mature and this is life’s most difficult journey. Both protagonists, Gene and Lizabeth, were able to overcome it and without that journey they would have not been successful characters; ultimately a character without an odyssey is like a bike without wheels, useless.
“Marigolds” by Eugenia W. Collier and the novel, the short story, “Marigolds” by Eugenia W. Collier and the novel A Separate Peace by John Knowles, both show us how the quotation is valid through the protagonist’s maturation throughout the plot as they learn about life and its struggles.
The author of “Marigolds” shows us that this quote is valid through her characterization of the protagonist, Lizabeth, as she is coming of age. For …show more content…
example, after Lizabeth destroys Miss. Lottie’s marigolds, she feels remorse for her actions. Before this, Lizabeth is characterized as immature but however, after this action she feels remorse, which shows she has matured. This proves the quote is valid because it shows us the journey of growing up, which is something everyone experiences, making the story relatable. Lizabeth also proves this quote valid through the internal conflict she has about throwing rocks at Miss. Lottie’s marigolds. Lizabeth is indecisive to whether she should join in on this child-like action or stand up for what is right, like an adult. Lizabeth’s conflict lays within her conscience, with her adult side trying to escape but her innocence holding her back. This proves the quote as valid because life is testing Lizabeth and forcing her to grow up, which is something everyone has to decide making this work interesting. Overall, growing up is hard but not a bad thing to do, for it is a part of this journey we call life.
The author of A Separate Peace helps to prove this quote through his protagonist, Gene. Gene is characterized as an envious person and this causes him conflicts. Gene faces jealousy within himself about Phineas, the antagonist, creating internal and external conflicts for Gene. Gene’s envy of Phineas made him jounces the branch of a tree and cause Phineas to fall and break his leg. This caused Gene to face the truth within himself and with the others about his jealousy. Because of Gene’s conflicting thoughts on the truth, it proves this quote because it shows us life gives us choices, and through our version of life, we will have to make them.
Gene’s jealousy also allows us to characterize him as resentful, which is a trait of immaturity. For example, “This time he wasn’t going to get away with it. I could feel myself becoming unexpectedly excited at that (19).” This shows us Gene was happy about
Phineas getting in trouble, showing us his resentment and immaturity. This proves the quote because it shows us how adolescence can affect a person, which happens to every young person. Youthfulness causes many difficult choices for a person, either good or bad, and throughout this youthfulness one will make the right and wrong choice creating a journey for us.
A good novel is a story filled with man’s quest and the adventures and struggles he takes. The short story, “Marigolds” by Eugenia W. Collier and the novel, A Separate Peace by John Knowles, can both be used to prove this quote as valid because they both show how coming of age gives you choices, and through these choices we can learn about life’s journey. “Marigolds” explains this through its coming of age theme shown within Lizabeth’s battle between innocence and compassion. A
Separate
Peace explains the quote because Gene’s youth caused him mistakes and made him grow up. AS one grows up, they mature and this is life’s most difficult journey. Both protagonists, Gene and Lizabeth, were able to overcome it and without that journey they would have not been successful characters; ultimately a character without an odyssey is like a bike without wheels, useless.