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    The picture I have chosen to analyze and compare with Marigolds by Eugenia W. Collier is an image of what looks like a mother with a blank stare and two small children crying her shoulders. I think this image is a fantastic comparison to Marigolds because in Collier’s short story the mother has two children still living with her just like in this picture there are two children. The mother in the short story did her very best to provide for the two kids despite her husband being out of work and struggling

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    In Marigolds‚ by Eugenia Collier the main theme is growth and learning to persevere through a time of pain‚ hopelessness‚ and distress to eventually get to the light at the end of the darkness. In the story Marigolds the main character lives in a barren  and bland community when suddenly a neighbor creates a form of unique beauty like no one in that neighborhood has ever seen before‚ because of the inability to handle this change the children in the story including the main character discriminate

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    In this short story named “Marigolds” written by Eugenia Collier‚ is about a girl who has a sad personality but once in awhile she will try to overcome her sadness. She lived through the depression. So she went through poverty. The author uses flashback‚ metaphor‚ and foreshadowing in this story. The author uses flashback to show the reader what happened in the character’s past. The author also uses metaphors in the story. The author also uses foreshadowing to show the reader hints of what will

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    narrator’s voice in “Marigolds”‚ by Eugenia Collier‚ is reflective and wise as she portrays herself as a carefree‚ immature‚ fourteen year old‚ using imagery to convey her emotional journey of her growth from childhood to adulthood. Lizabeth takes time to reflect on her actions as a kid and remembers how she has transitioned from that. Her emotions as a teenager were chaotic and uncontrollable to her at the time‚ so she takes her whirlwind of emotions out on Miss Lottie’s marigolds‚ the only beautiful

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    Marigolds by Eugenia Collier is a short story about a black woman named Lizabeth who often thinks about her childhood‚ growing up in a small shanty town. This story takes place during the Great Depression and tackles the circumstances of living in poverty‚ dealing with financial issues‚ and having to grow up. The main protagonist‚ Lizabeth‚ struggles to endure the hardships of becoming an adult. As Lizabeth grows up‚ she sees her dad cry for the first time and realizes the reality that adults can

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    In the story "Marigolds" by Eugenia Collier the theme that is conveyed is‚ hope can be hidden in the simplest places‚ & destroying it will not help anyone. The author is trying to tell you that even in the midst of darkness there may be a sliver of hope‚ even if it sticks out like a sore thumb in the midst of poverty‚ destroying it over‚ jealousy or because it seems misplaced‚ is not worth it. The marigolds represent the hope in the story‚ and the narrator represents the jealousy that overrides the

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    In the short story‚ “Marigolds” by Eugenia Collier‚ Lizabeth‚ the main character‚ a victim of poverty‚ took her anger out on her neighbor’s cherished marigolds without knowing what she was doing. She later realized the marigolds symbolized hope for her and her poverty struck community. This relates to a similar occasion that I experienced with my parents divorce. The story started when one night I snuck out of my house to go to a party‚ as a result‚ that night I slept over at a friend’s house

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    Marigolds” is a story by Eugenia Collier that starts out with the characters Lizabeth and Joey. The passage is about Lizabeth and her need to realize the meaning to grow up. She takes her anger out on someone else. Lizabeth understands she’s acting like a child when she was destroying Miss Lottie’s flowers. She changes that by becoming aware of why Miss Lottie’s plants her marigolds. At first‚ Lizabeth is immature. She expresses it by agreeing with her younger brother that they should annoy

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    In the short story Marigolds by Eugenia Collier‚ the narrator‚ Lizabeth‚ has chosen to retell a story as an adult reflecting on a significant incident from her childhood. Her voice is that of confused and trying to find her place in life as a young woman. After she overheard her parents conversation‚ she says‚ “I had never seen a man cry before” (paragraph 41). This explains how the times are rough as if “depression […] griped the nation” (paragraph 3) and this cannot be easy in addition to her growing

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    In the short story‚ “Marigolds” by Eugenia W. Collier‚ the protagonist‚ Lizabeth learns a very big life lesson that has been conflicting within herself during adolescence because she discovers the value of compassion and hope. In the beginning of the story‚ Lizabeth’s innocence makes her infantile to the real world. As she realizes how complex people are‚ she becomes paralyzed and wants to escape from the circumstance that she is facing right now. At the end of the story‚ Lizabeth experiences a

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