How does Lizabeth feel when Miss Lottie sees the destroyed marigolds?
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- 1 How does Lizabeth feel when Miss Lottie sees the destroyed marigolds?
- 2 How does Lizabeth feel about her surroundings?
- 3 Why do you think Lizabeth thinks of herself as an adult after destroying Miss Lottie’s marigolds?
- 4 How does Lizabeth feel after taunting miss?
- 5 What does Lizabeth realize about what it means to grow up?
How does Lizabeth feel when Miss Lottie sees the destroyed marigolds?
How did Lizabeth feel after she ruined the marigolds? She felt ashamed for destroying the beauty that Miss Lottie had created (cultivated) in the ugly shanty space they lived.
How does Lizabeth feel about her surroundings?
Lizabeth starts to become aware of her surroundings after hearing her father cry: The world had lost its boundary lines. She feels that the world is upside-down, and she is confused and afraid. The world she knew before as a child was comforting and sheltered.
What does Lizabeth say about Miss Lottie’s yard?
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 Miss Lottie do in response to finding Lizabeth destroying her?
In Eugenia Collier’s story “Marigolds,” Miss Lottie responds to Lizabeth’s destruction of her carefully, lovingly tended marigolds with numb sadness. With the marigolds destroyed, she no longer has the strength plant them again, and she lives out her days in barren dullness.
Why do you think Lizabeth thinks of herself as an adult after destroying Miss Lottie’s marigolds?
Why does she think this? Lizbeth says that destroying the marigolds was the last act of her childhood because she finally comprehended Miss Lottie’s habits. She learns that things aren’t always as they seem her matureness shows her transition from child to adult.
How does Lizabeth feel after taunting miss?
When they get to Miss Lottie’s house, Lizabeth feels torn between wanting to join in and thinking it was childish to taunt the old lady. By this time, Lizabeth is beginning to break from her childhood, because the childish games she once enjoyed are making her feel ashamed.
What did Lizabeth do at Miss Lottie’s house?
One day, Lizabeth, her brother, and some neighborhood kids decide to throw stones at Miss Lottie’s marigolds to pass the time. Afterward, as Lizabeth is ashamed and unable to sleep, she overhears her father crying because he cannot provide for his family.
When Lizabeth thinks about Miss Lottie’s marigolds How does it make her feel?
She is restless, just as she “wanders” in the dust, and the confusion of her own feelings is matched by the color of the marigolds in Miss Lottie’s yard. Lizabeth is not fitting in and is not comfortable in her own skin, and the marigolds may remind her of being out of place.
What does Lizabeth realize about what it means to grow up?
Growing up means accepting responsibility for your actions.
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