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lizbeth was motivated to return because she felt stressed, in need for relief, in search for hope or a chance to escape. she wanted to destroy the marigolds in her garden in order to releive what she had built up but she still didnt know what they meant until after.

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The children have nothing to do and they want to feel something other than boredom, and they feel anger and excitement when annoying Miss Lottie, so they enjoy doing it since then they wont feel empty.

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She was feeling conflicting feelings of rage and confusion so she took it out on the marigolds.

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Jealousy
The children didn't like how how the flowers were so taken care of and how much joy them held when the kids were going through tough times, it probably held too much hope for them. To the children, the marigolds were "too beautiful" in the middle of Miss Lottie's decaying "hut".

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The marigolds were out of place in their dusty old town and they felt a desire to destroy them. The children were bored and decided to take out their anger on the marigolds.

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The jealousy of the Marigolds and how they were to perfect for her town

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The children and Lizbeth are motivated to annoy Miss Lottie because of her marigolds. To them the marigolds ruin the ugliness of the house and they do not understand why she plants them.

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she was stressed and needed to vent, and she had already destroyed the marigolds before

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she was stressed and needed to vent, and she had already destroyed the marigolds before

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The marigolds motivated the children and Lizbeth to annoy Miss Lottie. They though that the perfect marigolds were unfitting in the midst of Miss Lottie's house which was old and dirty. Another thing that motivated them was simply because they were bored and they thought that Miss Lottie would be fun to annoy considering her marigolds.

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Lizabeth was motivated to return to Miss Lottie's garden because she felt overwhelmed in her own mind when seeing her father cry, she losses hope that things are going to get better. She felt angry at those flowers because they didn't fit in with the rest of their town and was ruining the sadness of the town with beauty.

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she was Feeling scared and needed to be near someone so she woke her friend up.

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Lizabeth was motivated to wake up joey because she had alot of differnt emotions and feelings and didnt know how to fix them. She had hope he could help and even so she didnt have to be alone.

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The jealousy, all the children and liz

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I think that the theme of the story is growing up and learning about how to push through even though everything seems tough/dark there's always good/light.

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The children were unhappy and wanted to feel something, by annoying Miss Lottie they felt occupied and cooler.

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When things are getting tough or difficult to go thru, find the one good thing to keep you going.

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the children's motivation for annoying her was because miss Lottie's flowers were out of their place for their liking and decided to destroy them.

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Lizbeth had just witnessed her parents fight which opened her eyes to the fact that her whole world was changing. Leaving her alone with a mixture of emotions, wondering where she fit in all of this. Leading her to wake Joey as she was scared, confused, and angry, she wanted someone who hadn't changed to help her and bring her the sense of stability that she had just lost.

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What motivates them is that child like feeling or good feeling like nostalga.

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The theme of this story is approaching adulthood as well as feeling empathy/compassion for others. By the end of the story Lizbeth understands why Miss Lottie planted the Marigolds and feels bad rather then thinking it was okay like a child. She moved away from being a mindless child and became empathetic towards Miss Lottie, displaying the theme(s) of the story.

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The hatred and disgust for the marigolds, she wanted to destroy them

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The theme of this poem is that innocence is blindness to the world around you and when you approach adulthood you start to realize you have to search for the hope even if you don't see it on the surface.

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Lizbeth was scared and didn't know how to cope with her emotions so she woke Joey up in hopes of feeling comforted like her mother comforted her father.

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The theme is based around even when things seem like the worst keep holding on, keep holding onto that hope that you need in life. sometimes you let go of that hope but you just keep planting that hope to get by. things aren't as bad as you make them out to be.

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When you face challenges and despair you need to be able to find your joy and happiness in life

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the motovation was bordem and that they didnt fit in

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Lizabeth was having a mix of emotions which were difficult for her to control, so she woke up Joey for company and help.

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I think what motivated Lizbeth to wake up Joey was the fact that she was in need of someone to be there for her as her eyes are opened to the real world and its issues that follow along with it.

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The children were bored and they felt that miss Lottie's flowers don't fit in and they ruin the surroundings

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She was motivated to go back because she felt out raged and overwhelmed. She needed to get some anger out of her and the first place that came to mind was the garden.

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Lizbeth felt a rush of emotions that funneled down into anger and she didn't know what else to do with that anger so she went and destroyed Miss Lottie's marigolds.

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she was she didnt know how to deal with emotions

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The theme of the story is finding what will bring happiness in difficult times.

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Lizabeth wanted to return to Miss Lottie's garden because it was the thing she hated the most, and she was feeling anger. This anger made her want to ruin the marigolds.

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The theme is to find hope in the little things. Miss Lottie found joy and hope in her marigolds, after Lizabeth destroyed them she realized that she was losing hope, and had just destroyed Miss Lottie's hope. Lizabeth later 'planted' her own marigolds, meaning she has finally learned to find hope in the little things, like Miss Lottie.

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she returned to the garden because she wanted to be able to find her happiness too, and let go of her anger.

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The theme is when an obstacle comes at you in life you have to find a good thing and have hope to continue to fight that battle.

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Find happiness when it seems like all the lights have gone out and all hope is lost.

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The Theme of the story is there is always hope in life even the little things can make a big impact.

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she was mixed and crazy with emotions

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I think the theme of the story is to find happiness in every situation, like how Miss Lottie planted Marigolds to have control over something.

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I think that Lizbeth went back to the garden because she wanted to release her anger but in doing so she found out why Mrs. Lottie planted the flowers, to find happiness.

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i think that the theme was that we all grow up and it is diffrent but try to fing happieness in the little things and try your best

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Her whole world was turning upside down and she wanted a way to vent and express everything she was feeling. So, she went to Miss Lottie's garden and destroyed her marigolds. Seeing as the marigolds were the epitome of what was troubling her. The marigolds were a sort of "lie" in her home; representing beauty, stability, control, and good despite being in a poverty-striken neighborhood that was about to feel the effects of teh Great Depression.

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I think that the theme is once you lose the innocence in life you have to find joy and hope where you can.

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The theme of this story is, when growing up, things will be difficult but there will always be a way to find your own source of hope and happiness.

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The theme of the story is that you should find happiness in the midst of trouble. It gives a message to people that hardships will come, but you can always find joy and hope in those times.

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she came back to the garden because she was overwhelmed. She came back to the garden to get rid of her anger

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She was scared and didn't know what to do so she needed him to help deal with her emotions.

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I feel that the theme of the story is that as you grow up you learn how to deal with things better are you learn how life can be hard but you will get through it.