The end of child innocence is a significant part of transitioning into young adulthood. This is illustrated in “Marigolds,” a short story written by Eugenia Collier, that takes place in a small town trapped in poverty during the Great Depression. The main character Lizabeth is a fourteen-year-old girl who is playing with her brother and neighborhood friends and just being kids when she simultaneously encounters an experience that teach about compassion, which eventually helps her step into adulthood

Freudian Analysis of Marigolds Most of the time there is a moment in life where one realizes they have lost all innocence and gained some compassion.  “Marigolds” shows how one young girl transferred from a child to young adult through her life experiences.  Throughout this story another young, but at the same time old in her prime, lady’s experiences are revealed:  the author’s.  In this short story, “Marigolds,” Eugenia Collier’s subconscious is unmasked through symbolism, diction, and Lizabeth’s

the story the Marigolds, by Eugenia W. Collier, Lizabeth has a younger brother named Joey.the story takes place in the Great Depression era. Lizabeth and her brother were the only people left in their household. They had a neighbor that was an old mean lady named Mrs. Lottie that was always working on her Marigolds in her garden. Elizabeth and joey always threw pebbles at Mrs.Lottie garden just to make her mad. Years later Mrs. Lottie died from old age. In the short story, Marigolds by Eugenia W.

Overwhelmed by Marigolds [ADM1] I'll be honest; I picked this short story first because of the bright, blooming title, "Marigolds."  But when I read the story, I felt torn, like the marigolds that were when destroyed by Lizabeth[ADM2].  Throughout this story I felt overwhelmed with reality;[ADM3] I was showered with confusion, contradictions, and it seems as though I read this story of harsh truth in a dream.  Lizabeth's character is so close to myself, yet so far away, that I detest her, especially

chord within any human being, a conflicting and confounding one, like a bittersweet minor seventh. In the texts “Marigolds” (Collier), “American History” (Ortiz Cofer), and “Blackberry Picking” (Heany), each author delves beautifully into the theme that coming of age is a bitter, often confusing experience, but it prepares you for life beyond the comfort of childlike naivety. In “Marigolds” by Eugenia Collier, fourteen-year-old Lizabeth simultaneously deals with the difficulty of the dull, dusty, impoverished

In “Marigolds” and “The Jacket” both protagonists show appreciation, but in “Marigolds” Lizabeth lets the marigolds bother her, while the protagonist in “The Jacket” lets his green ugly jacket define him. In the end these stories both show appreciation for the marigolds and the jackets. Lizabeth plants her own marigolds and the narrator in “The Jacket” decides his jacket keeps him warm so we wears it. They also show a difference, Lizabeth lets the marigolds bother her, so she tries to destroy them

It was all ruined. My marigolds are all ruined. My beauty was ruined. I wish it was a dream. What did I do to deserve this? I sat inside my run down living room, the walls corroded and old. I was able to hear my son, John Burke, rocking in his chair outside. The sound of the chair was constant, John rarely ever moved from that chair. The noises from it still brought me a bit of comfort. As I thought about the outdoors, I was suddenly reminded to go and water my marigolds outside. A slight smile

Lizabeth are two characters enduring what they perceive to be an abject state of existence. In Maupassant’s narrative, “The Necklace,” Loisel longs for material things she cannot have. In a similar way, Lizabeth, the protagonist of Eugenia Collier’s “Marigolds,” perceives her own life in the shantytowns of Maryland as dreary and dull. Despite their different character traits and backgrounds, Collier’s and Maupassant’s characters have similarly negative perspectives towards their own lives that greatly