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our seeds in our little plot of black dirt like Pecola’s’ father had dropped his seeds in his own plot of black dirt”. This simile conveys that Claudia now understands that Pecola’s father impregnated his daughter‚ comparing it to her planting the marigolds. In the next line the author uses a sharp juxtaposition comparing the girls innocence and Pecola’s fathers lust‚ many people after the Depression were left distraught facing mental illness; Pecola’s Father is a presentation of the unstable mental
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the dusty yards of one’s town. And I too have planted marigolds” (Collier 116) What the author means in these few sentences is that when Lizabeth looks back on her childhood‚ she remembers the love of marigolds with pain because that is all she had growing up. The last sentence means that she still is fond of marigolds and holds on to those memories. This piece of evidence supports the theme because she developed this love for planting marigolds when she was a child and had
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moment‚ and as I look back upon it‚ I know that that that moment marked the end of innocence.”. This quote shows that she had lost her innocence. She also realizes the symbolic nature of the marigolds. they symbolize hope. The reader knows this from the last line in the story “And‚ I‚ too‚ have planted marigolds.”. This shows that she believes that she has found “beauty in the midst of ugliness and sterility” just like Miss
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Flowers play important roles in our everyday lives. They are beneficial to all of us. When someone is in the hospital‚ we bring flowers to cheer them up. Flowers are a great "pick-me-up." You send flowers to your loved ones on special occasions like Mother’s Day or on birthdays to show how much you care. You might even get cuttings out of your garden to brighten up a room or for the fragrance. Flowers also have healing properties. Not only do flowers help relieve stress‚ they are used in medicine
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This quote is important‚ as it establishes in the reader’s mind that this was once Lizabeth’s naïve attitude towards both the marigolds and Miss Lottie. Perhaps it was prompted by envy or bitterness during the Great Depression‚ whereas she had nothing while the marigolds stood representing determination to survive the harsh reality of the poverty that gripped their lives‚ something of which they could not escape from. It reveals a number of indications directed towards Lizabeth’s childish personality
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The Effect of Water on Germination and Plant Growth in Marigolds Question: How does the amount of water given to a plant affect how much it grows? Hypothesis: If I give water to a marigold seed then it will germinate and the plant will grow more than a seed not given water. Independent Variable (IV): the amount of water given a seed/plant Dependent Variable (DV): the amount of plant growth Control Group: The group of plants given water Experimental Group: The group of plants given no water
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neithiwr! Oh‚ paid dweud ’na. Just dere gartre Star? Star? Star?! Fy chwaer. Just fi a Marigold o hyn ymlaen. Wy’n siwr bo’ chi di gweld hi. Ar y stryd? Tatws o’i phen i’w soldau. Ma’ pawb wedi sylwi arni hi. Wel‚ dyna’n fam i. Wedodd Star neithiwr am hanner nos bod hi’n gadael a mynd i fyw gyda’i thad o hyn ymlaen. Star yw ei ffefryn hi‚ wastad wedi bod. O’dd Marigold mewn cariad gyda tad Star. Dechreuodd Marigold i yfed yn syth! Deffrais i am
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Erica Modlin Period 2 October 12‚ 2011 The Interlopers The Interlopers is a short story about two men‚ Ulrich Von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym. Both men were enemies and they both wanted the land beyond the eastern spurs of the Karpathian Mountains. Soon enough Gradwitz and Znaeym caught up with each other and starting fighting over who owns the land. A tree fell on them when fighting and they called for help. Soon enough they became friends and wolfs ate them. Literal Question: Which guy was
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” (pg 71) all this strengthened by the cold of the weather. Summer is maturity and knowledge Pecola loses knowledge in madness and finds comfort in an imaginary friend. Autumn rings in harvest. Pecola’s baby dies and marigolds don’t appear “ Quiet as it’s kept‚ there were no marigolds in the fall of 1941. We thought‚ at the time‚
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