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Innocence is something you control and only you can take it away.

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To have compassion means that your innocence will be lost as to gain compassion, one must completely understand the pain another is going through, which will cause one to lose their innocence from their understanding.

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The only way to have empathy is to lose one's innocence and not be ignorant.

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Innocence is removed through experiences, such as when Elizabeth destroyed Miss Lottie’s marigolds, not by an increase in age.

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Through experiences in life, compassion can be gained over time.

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In the short story Marigolds the main these is the loss of innncocen to compassion, in the story befroe she tore and stomped on the narigold she had not thought of Mrs. Lottie as someone who was just trying to make things buetiful even in poverty 

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In “Marigolds,” Lizbeth’s realization of the humanity of her father and Miss Lottie demonstrates the theme that coming of age requires the loss of childlike innocence in favor of the ability to view others as fully complex people and show compassion toward them.

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In the short story Marigolds the main these is the loss of innncocen to compassion, in the story befroe she tore and stomped on the narigold she had not thought of Mrs. Lottie as someone who was just trying to make things buetiful even in poverty.

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A theme in the story Marigolds by Eugenia W. Collier is compassion and empathy, because Elizabeth begins to have compassion for Miss Lottie

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As one grows up, compassion is

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Throughout the story, "Marigolds", the theme that innocence must be sacrificed to an extent in order for one to gain compassion, is displayed.

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Compassion can only be gained through the loss of innocence as to show compassion, one must face understand the plight and pain people have faced, causing you to lose

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As you grow up, you gain empathy and lose your innocence

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As one matures, compassion is gained through

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One cannot have compassion without lossing there ignorence and going through a similer struggle first

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Throughout "Marigolds" Eugenia develops the theme that adulthood strips away the innocence of childhood through compassion and acceptance of reality.

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Marigolds explores the theme of the loss of innocence as Lizabeth experiences anger and her reality.

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Throughout the short story "Marigolds," Collier uses Elizabeth's loss of innocence after destroying Miss Lottie's marigolds to convey how the ability to have compassion and see other people as fully human is the beginning of maturity.

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In order for someone to fully lose the innocence of youth, they must go through various experiences where they learn lessons that they will be able to understand from that point on

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Compassion is gained from different experiences as you grow up in life.

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It is impossible for the young, and thus innocent, to empathize with others and their plights as they have seen no reason to do so.

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Marigolds explores the theme of empathy through

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A prominent theme in the short story Marigolds is the importance of showing compassion and empathy even in times where it may be difficult due to personal hardship.

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Fear is most turned violent when one does not understand.

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As one matures, compassion is gained and ignorance is lost.

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To grow up, you must first fully understand the world, society, and people and how interactions can affect people in different ways.

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Innocence is what blinds children from understanding how the world works, and it only takes a small action to break it.

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In the short story, "Marigolds"

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As you become of age, you begin to grow empathy and become less ignorant.

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one can only empathize fully once they've lost their ignorance.