The Marigolds Analysis

Everyone has a purpose in life, which is just like a story with a theme. The theme of the story is that even in the ugliest situations you can find beauty if you’re willing to look for it. Theme is the underlying message that the author wants the reader to know. When i look at this story i look at the lives of people who would kill to be in our position. Gratefulness should be expressed in every situation despite what it is and by the little girl tearing up the marigolds it took the beauty from ms. lottie’s heart.

The theme of this story is that in the most ugliest situations you can find the beauty in it if you’re willing to look for it. According to the text, “the witch was no longer a witch, but only a broken woman who dared to create beauty in the midst of ugliness and sterility.” this tells me that after she ripped up the marigolds she realized what they
According to the text, “ i’m sorry miss lottie, i know now.” this phrase of apology fits this theme because the whole time she let her peers influence her in a negative way and letting her circumstance drive to rip up the marigolds.. After overhearing a conversation of her parents it drove her to the edge. When she woke her brother up and started on their journey to go somewhere she found herself going in to miss lottie’s yard. Another quote is; according to the text, “ miss lottie died a long time ago and many years have passed since i last saw her hut, completely barren at last, for despite my wild contrition she never planted marigolds again.” this means because of her overreaction to her life she caused someone who found joy and beauty in the marigolds to never want beauty to be there anymore. This is why i said, “ don’t wait until something is gone to before you realize the actual meaning of its appearance in your