Marigolds

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insulated from recognizing the full extent of their poverty. As her story progresses and she begins to see the world from a new, more mature perspective, her sense of the world around her shifts dramatically and she comes to recognize the harshness of her surroundings.

Lisabeth remembers one thing that feels representative of her transition from a girl to a woman. One day, with her brother, Joey, and some other neighborhood kids, she decides to annoy their elderly neighbolizr, Miss Lottie. Despite some early fear that this kind of playing might be too “silly” for her now that she is entering the adult phase of her life, Lisabeth herself winds up leading the group in an unusually loud and disrupting charge. They chant, call Miss Lottie names, and attempt to destroy her prized marigold garden. Later, Lisabeth feels ashamed at her part in the cruelty. She begins to feel that maybe she is now more a woman than a child. This here shows that she recognizes she has become an adult. ...

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