Marigolds: Short Story and Main Point
A Reason To Live
Amber Potter
English 1
6th Period
Dr. Fin
W.B. Saul High school
11-15-12
Have you ever considered the fact that people have reasons to live? In this essay the questions, “What does Lizabeth mean at the end of the story when she says that she too has planted marigolds? What do you think the marigolds have come to mean in the story?”(Question 9, 129) will be answered with excerpts from the text. First of all, the short story, “Marigolds” is all about how a young girl (Lizabeth) growing up during the Great Depression, is left home alone and makes some unwise decisions, that at the time, allowed her fit in with her peers. Lizabeth's family aren't the only ones struggling through this time, a neighbor, Miss Lottie, is also struggling but it is sometimes hard to see that through her positive attitude and her passion to care for her garden, that ends up destroyed. Throughout “Marigolds” you can see that Lizabeth is hurt by how her family is living and you can tell that she really wishes that she could change the way they live, making their life more pleasurable. The three main points that will show you how Lizabeth has planted marigolds will be mentioned throughout the next three paragraphs, they are, how the marigolds in this story have been used to symbolize happiness, how the marigold have been used to symbolize hope, and last but not least, how everyone some how has planted marigolds, just as Miss Lottie and Lizabeth have.
The first main point that will be mentioned is how the marigolds in this short story have been used to symbolize happiness. What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear, marigolds? Bright, attractive, bold? Well it should be safe to say that bright attractive and bold things usually make us happy. Here is one excerpt from the text, it reads,”She shook her stick at us and started shakily toward the
Amber Potter
English 1
6th Period
Dr. Fin
W.B. Saul High school
11-15-12
Have you ever considered the fact that people have reasons to live? In this essay the questions, “What does Lizabeth mean at the end of the story when she says that she too has planted marigolds? What do you think the marigolds have come to mean in the story?”(Question 9, 129) will be answered with excerpts from the text. First of all, the short story, “Marigolds” is all about how a young girl (Lizabeth) growing up during the Great Depression, is left home alone and makes some unwise decisions, that at the time, allowed her fit in with her peers. Lizabeth's family aren't the only ones struggling through this time, a neighbor, Miss Lottie, is also struggling but it is sometimes hard to see that through her positive attitude and her passion to care for her garden, that ends up destroyed. Throughout “Marigolds” you can see that Lizabeth is hurt by how her family is living and you can tell that she really wishes that she could change the way they live, making their life more pleasurable. The three main points that will show you how Lizabeth has planted marigolds will be mentioned throughout the next three paragraphs, they are, how the marigolds in this story have been used to symbolize happiness, how the marigold have been used to symbolize hope, and last but not least, how everyone some how has planted marigolds, just as Miss Lottie and Lizabeth have.
The first main point that will be mentioned is how the marigolds in this short story have been used to symbolize happiness. What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear, marigolds? Bright, attractive, bold? Well it should be safe to say that bright attractive and bold things usually make us happy. Here is one excerpt from the text, it reads,”She shook her stick at us and started shakily toward the