In the short story Marigolds‚ Eugenia Collier writes‚ “This was the beginning of compassion‚ and one cannot have compassion and innocence.” How do we know when one has lost his or her innocence? The definition of innocent in free from moral wrong; not corrupted. The definition of compassion is sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others. The sentence is a paradox because when you lose your innocence you now have compassion. When you are innocent‚ you get compassion and
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Katie Brown English Comp 101 Carmen Hoover 9 February 2013 [Final Draft] Medicinal plants and herbs Throughout history plants and herbs have been used to heal the sick and dying‚ but with every type of medicine there is a power if magick. Because healing is a mind over matter‚ believing can cure or kill you. Medicinal plants and herbs have been around before the time of man. Prehistoric medicine incorporated plants‚ animal parts‚ and minerals. In many cases there materials were used ritually
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Emma Krehbiel Compare/ Contrast Essay Mrs. Simpson/ Eng. 1 2-22-14 To Kill a Mockingbird/ Marigolds Compare/ Contrast Paper Jeremy Atticus Finch‚ also known as Jem‚ is a boy of 13 in the classic novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird. He is a curious and mature young man‚ who has to learn a few lessons along the way. Lizabeth is a young girl who lives in a poverty struck family‚ in the short story‚ Marigolds. Lizabeth is allowed to run free and not have to go to school. These two‚ what seems like polar
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the dusty yards of one’s town. And I too have planted marigolds” (Collier 116) What the author means in these few sentences is that when Lizabeth looks back on her childhood‚ she remembers the love of marigolds with pain because that is all she had growing up. The last sentence means that she still is fond of marigolds and holds on to those memories. This piece of evidence supports the theme because she developed this love for planting marigolds when she was a child and had
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our seeds in our little plot of black dirt like Pecola’s’ father had dropped his seeds in his own plot of black dirt”. This simile conveys that Claudia now understands that Pecola’s father impregnated his daughter‚ comparing it to her planting the marigolds. In the next line the author uses a sharp juxtaposition comparing the girls innocence and Pecola’s fathers lust‚ many people after the Depression were left distraught facing mental illness; Pecola’s Father is a presentation of the unstable mental
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moment‚ and as I look back upon it‚ I know that that that moment marked the end of innocence.”. This quote shows that she had lost her innocence. She also realizes the symbolic nature of the marigolds. they symbolize hope. The reader knows this from the last line in the story “And‚ I‚ too‚ have planted marigolds.”. This shows that she believes that she has found “beauty in the midst of ugliness and sterility” just like Miss
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Flowers play important roles in our everyday lives. They are beneficial to all of us. When someone is in the hospital‚ we bring flowers to cheer them up. Flowers are a great "pick-me-up." You send flowers to your loved ones on special occasions like Mother’s Day or on birthdays to show how much you care. You might even get cuttings out of your garden to brighten up a room or for the fragrance. Flowers also have healing properties. Not only do flowers help relieve stress‚ they are used in medicine
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This quote is important‚ as it establishes in the reader’s mind that this was once Lizabeth’s naïve attitude towards both the marigolds and Miss Lottie. Perhaps it was prompted by envy or bitterness during the Great Depression‚ whereas she had nothing while the marigolds stood representing determination to survive the harsh reality of the poverty that gripped their lives‚ something of which they could not escape from. It reveals a number of indications directed towards Lizabeth’s childish personality
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