Table of Contents
- 1 Why does Lizabeth say I too have planted marigolds?
- 2 Why does Lizabeth think of herself as an adult after destroying the marigolds?
- 3 What does the narrator mean when she says that she has planted marigolds?
- 4 What do the marigolds represent to Lizabeth?
- 5 How is Lizabeth affected by her relationship with her parents in marigolds?
- 6 Why does Lizabeth destroy the marigolds?
- 7 When the narrator ends her story saying and I too have planted marigolds?
- 8 What do you think the marigolds symbolize to Miss Lottie and to the narrator when she was a grown up?
- 9 Why does Miss Lottie never plant marigolds?
- 10 What is the last excerpt from the book marigolds?
Why does Lizabeth say I too have planted marigolds?
Lizabeth’s rite of passage occurs when she realizes the marigolds symbolizes Miss Lottie’s little amount of happiness left in her life. Lizabeth says “I too have planted marigolds” at the end of the story because she is explaining that now she lives her life by trying to find hope in the most barren situations.
Why does Lizabeth think of herself as an adult after destroying the marigolds?
As an adult, Lizabeth in “Marigolds” realizes that the moment she destroyed those marigolds marked the end of her childhood and of her innocence. Adult Lizabeth looks back on that moment with feelings of humiliation and reflects that while it was the end of her innocence, it was the beginning of her compassion.
What did Lizabeth learn after destroying the marigolds?
Elizabeth says that destroying the marigolds is her last act of childhood because it leads her to finally comprehend the rationale behind Miss Lottie’s seemingly cryptic habits. Through her new perspective, Elizabeth learns to refrain from superficial judgments, and she begins to have more empathy for others.
What does the narrator mean when she says that she has planted marigolds?
When the narrator says “I too have planted marigolds” at the end of the story she means she now lives her life by trying to find hope in the worse situations.
What do the marigolds represent to Lizabeth?
The marigolds are her target because they represent Miss Lottie’s attempt to cultivate beauty during hard times, and Lizabeth sees no beauty in her life or the shantytown she lives in.
Why are the marigolds important to the narrator?
The vibrant shades of yellow, gold, and red marigolds can be connected with the symbolism of fire in both Clara and Taryn’s lives. The flowers can also be associated with grief, which ties into the novel’s themes of grief and grieving.
How is Lizabeth affected by her relationship with her parents in marigolds?
How is Lizabeth affected by her relationship with her parents in “Marigolds”? Lizabeth is ashamed of her parents because they cannot provide a nice home for their family. Lizabeth loves her parents but she misses them because they are focused on working or job-hunting.
Why does Lizabeth destroy the marigolds?
Why did Lizabeth destroy the Marigolds? The night before she was very upset to hear her father cry and she realized how poor and hopeless her life was, so she wanted revenge, she was angry and took it out on Miss Lottie.
Why does the narrator destroy the marigolds?
Why did Lizabeth destroy the Marigolds? The night before she was very upset to hear her father cry and she realized how poor and hopeless her life was, so she wanted revenge, she was angry and took it out on Miss Lottie. Why did Lizabeth’s father cry?
When the narrator ends her story saying and I too have planted marigolds?
when the narrator ends her story saying, “and i too have planted marigolds”, she is referring to marigolds.. people are considered naive by those who believe themselves to be more..
What do you think the marigolds symbolize to Miss Lottie and to the narrator when she was a grown up?
What do Miss Lottie and her marigolds symbolize to the narrator? The marigolds represent beautiful things in her life and Miss Lottie’s only beautiful thing are her marigolds.
Why did Lizabeth plant the Marigolds at the end?
Even though Lizabeth had indeed destroyed the marigolds, at the end of the story she says she has plants marigolds as a sign of gratitude towards Miss Lottie and for what they meant to everyone else. In the end, the marigolds symbolized something greater than what anyone could understand at the time.
Why does Miss Lottie never plant marigolds?
Miss Lottie never again plants marigolds. Perhaps she simply lacks the spirit and vigor to care for anything that deeply again. Perhaps she does not want to risk being hurt again by losing something she loves.
What is the last excerpt from the book marigolds?
The last excerpt from the text is,”for despite my wild contrition she never planted marigolds again.”. (Collier 126) This excerpt tells you that sure Miss Lottie could have took time out to plant another garden of marigolds, but marigolds don’t grow once you plant them, they take time and patience.
What is the theme of the story Marigolds?
In the story “Marigolds,” Eugenia Collier develops the theme “One cannot have both compassion and innocence” through her use of several literary techniques. One technique she uses is external conflict. An example of this technique is found in the quote, “The children screamed with delight, while she (Miss Lottie) screamed curses at them” (87).