Marigolds By Eugenia Collier Analysis

In the short story, “Marigolds” by Eugenia Collier, Lizabeth, the main character, a victim of poverty, took her anger out on her neighbor’s cherished marigolds without knowing what she was doing. She later realized the marigolds symbolized hope for her and her poverty struck community. This relates to a similar occasion that I experienced with my parents divorce.

The story started when one night I snuck out of my house to go to a party, as a result, that night I slept over at a friend’s house and found a ride home the next morning. When the car pulled into the driveway the morning after, I thanked the driver and walked up to my front porch with a sly smile to greet my obviously frustrated parents. As my mom ushered me to sit down on one of the chairs on our front porch, I know that nothing good is going to
My dad launched a mouth full of words telling my mom how unfair she is being with me, and this little disagreement turns into a fight. Which has been happening for the past two months whenever my mom or dad say something to each other and me and my two other siblings are absolutely miserable. My mom then interrupts the annoying bickering to yell, “I can’t do this anymore, so just stop.” My dad and I look at her in the strangest, each wondering what was about to happen. To break the awkward silence, my dad says, “Can’t do what?” She slowly looks up to stare both of us in the eyes to say, “I want a divorce! We have been fighting for the past two months and I cannot carry on like this.” My dad sighed and opened his mouth like he was going to say something, but never did. My mom began to open her mouth and she said with more passion and anger looking towards me, “This whole situation is your fault. You caused this fight and it was my last straw. And I am done.” And with that she whisked herself off to her bedroom to pack her things. Meanwhile, I burst into tears and ran into my dad's