Have you ever read the book marigolds? There are many themes that describe the story. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, millions of americans experienced proverty due to widespread unemployment . in age of racial segregation and prejudice, they generally had less jobs opportunities.the author
Some authors use transformations in stories to show readers how characters change for the better as they go through hard times or make bad choices. Eugenia Collier uses the transformation in her fictional short story, Marigolds, to show us the change of the main character, Lizabeth, as she changes from childhood to womanhood when she destroys Miss Lottie’s marigolds. The story flashbacked to when Lizabeth was about to turn fifteen in the Depression and took place in the poor neighborhood she lived in, where she and her friends picked on Miss Lottie for being the poorest. Collier uses characterization to show Lizabeth’s change from childhood to womanhood.
In the story, “Marigolds”, the author, Eugenia Collier uses imagery, diction and connotation in deep way. One example is of connotation is “... how thick were the bars of our cage”. This gives a negative connotation because it's pointing out how big their poverty is. An example for imagery is “running together and combining like fresh water color painting in the rain”. This shows how she and her friends would run around and play together.
The story Marigolds, by Eugenia Collier, shows the harsh reality of becoming an adult in the poverty stricken times of the 1930’s. The story follows a girl, Lizabeth, as she makes the tough transition from a innocent child to an adult. As Lizabeth grows into an adult she experiences new emotions such as empathy and compassion, but in order to do so she loses her childish wonder and innocence. The story touches on themes of compassion, love, and hope associated with adulthood, but also the pain and defeat that comes with it. It shows the innocence and wonder of being a child, but also the fierce and intense emotions of adolescent.
“Marigolds” by Eugenia W.Collier , has an inspiring theme ,one act can change your thinking towards the world . “I recall that devastating moment when I was suddenly more women than child “ (Collier 142) . In that moment, the main character made a bad decision which led her to become more mature and understood the actual reality that she was in . “ I gazed upon a kind of reality which is hidden to childhood” (Collier 148) . This action caused the character to realize how much of her innocence was truly taken away when she started to act more mature .
Italo Calvino Literary Analysis “It is not the voice that commands the story; it is the ear.” (Italo Calvino) Italo Calvino was a famous Italian writer who wanted his life to be known and wanted the people to be interested in his stories. It was not only about what he wanted, it was about what the people wanted to hear. He did not just want to make his stories, he was striving to catch the eye of the readers. Italo Calvino’s writings were inspired mainly by his experiences in the war and acquaintances.
“When Everything Burns” The smell of burning plastic and wood fills the air I fight back the tears, I tell myself that I should’t care. There’s a screaming panic within and uncontrollable fears. As I watch my memories slowly melting away, I’m left on the sidelines to simply watch things crumble.
GARDEN ‘The secret Garden’ and ‘Pollyanna’ though written by two different authors namely Frances Hodgson Burnett and Eleanor Emily Hodgman Porter of which the former was published in the year 1910 and the latter in the year 1913 are American Novels and chiefly belong to the twentieth century. There are similar elements that makes the analysis on the texts interesting and worth interpreting. The two novels taken under study, revolve around the theme of the ‘innocence of childhood. ‘But one ought to understand what the word “childhood” means.
Alice Walker uses imagery and diction throughout her short story to tell the reader the meaning of “The Flowers”. The meaning of innocence lost and people growing up being changed by the harshness of reality. The author is able to use the imagery to show the difference between innocence and the loss of it. The setting is also used to show this as well.
I had just got a new puppy (Black Lab/ Great Dane mix), he loved to play in the front yard. Every day I would take him outside in the front yard on a leash to play. In fact, he loved sitting on the edge of the lawn watching people on their daily walks. He would sit there and observe, waging his tail in delight. In particular, every day I watched this woman walk around my neighborhood carrying this gigantic, sharp object (she was not hard to miss).
Marigolds Story. “And I have too have planted marigolds” I say to myself. My marigolds in this story is my computer. My computer was my marigolds because it helped me in a time when my mom and my dad where going through a divorce, over the constant yelling and screaming of my mom and dad, you will find me in my room with my computer watching youtube or playing games. That computer was my only escape from my mom and dad's yelling, until I started to get bad grades and then my parents had taken away my computer, and I had to deal with the constant screaming of my mom and dad.