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she brought beauty to what is otherwise something ugly.

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she grew up, she knew she had to take responsibility for her actions. it changed her world again.

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she did it to cope with having her perception of her family shattered.

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They weren't as strong as she thought they were.

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they needed to take their minds of the things going on, it was a way of coping.

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they threw rocks at them.

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the rest of miss Lottie's house is run down and ugly, the spark of beauty in the marigolds clashed with that.

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To show that she has grown to understand Ms. Lottie.

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To show that she has grown to understand Ms. Lottie.

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After the incident, she lost her innocence. As she grew up she realized her mistakes, and now has gained maturity. 

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After the incident, she lost her innocence. As she grew up she realized her mistakes, and now has gained maturity. 

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"The years have taken me worlds away from that time and that place, from the dust and squalor of our lives, and from the bright thing that I destroyed in a blind, childish striking out at God knows what."

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She was upset about hearing the things about her family. She needed to take it out on someone or something. 

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She was upset about hearing the things about her family. She needed to take it out on someone or something. 

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"I had indeed lost my mind, for all the smoldering emotions of that summer swelled in me and burst—the great need for my mother who was never there, the hopelessness of our poverty and degradation, the bewilderment of being neither child nor woman and yet both at once, the fear unleashed by my father’s tears. And these feelings combined in one great impulse toward destruction.
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That her family is living off of her mothers earnings, and her father is upset about it and he start crying. 

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That her family is living off of her mothers earnings, and her father is upset about it and he start crying. 

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"My mother, who was small and soft, was now the strength of the family; my father, who was the rock on which the family had been built, was sobbing like the tiniest child"

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I believe they did that to make some one pay for their sadness and the only one who had something they didn't was Ms. Lottie. 

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I believe they did that to make some one pay for their sadness and the only one who had something they didn't was Ms. Lottie. 

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"And these feelings combined in one great impulse toward destruction."

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They throw pebbles and rock at the marigold to behead them. 

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They throw pebbles and rock at the marigold to behead them. 

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"an expertly aimed stone cut the head off one of the blossoms."

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They are the only thing with color in them in that dull town. "Beyond the dusty brown yard, in front of the sorry gray house, rose suddenly and shockingly a dazzling strip of bright blossoms, clumped together in enormous mounds, warm and passionate and sun-golden."

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She wanted a symbol of her maturity from child to woman.
She also might have wanted to remember Miss Lottie and sort of avenge her flowers since Lottie decided to never plant them again.
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Her eyes were opened to a different perspective that helped her grow up; to go from girl to woman.
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Her childish emotions had piled up; confusion, rage, fear, etc. She had Miss Lottie on her mind and she needed to let those emotions out so she destroyed Miss Lottie's marigolds.
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The classic family during this time is mom stays at home to care for children while dad goes and works. This tradition was broken during this time due to desperation for work. There was mass unemployment because of the depression so she found that her father has a weak spot when it comes to him not being able to provide for his family and it's her mother's turn to play the roll of the strong supportive parent. This is hard on Lizabeth because she needs her mother to help her grow and currently both her parents are out for work either trying to find it or working to keep the job.
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I would say as a reminder to think of others and not put out their light because yours doesn't shine as bright. I would also say so she can figure out why Lottie loved marigolds so much. She would be working and her garden and she would see what joy the flowers brought to Lottie.

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she grows up and realizes that what she is doing won't make her feel better and won't change her situation. she can't act like a child anymore. Innocence and compassion can't go together side by side.

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I think she did it because she was enraged by the fact that miss Lottie still had something she got joy from. She is angry that her family has to go through this and it seems like Lottie hasn't been affected at all. She ripped out the flowers to get away from her own problems but to also show Lottie how Lizabeth wants her to feel. because Lizabeth can't stand to see someone else still find joy in their lives.

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I would say she learned two things. she learns that her mother is the sole provider for the family and she learns that her father has been affected by the depression too. He would never show it to the children and always tried to remain hopeful but when they aren't around he breaks down and feels ashamed that his wife is providing when he feels that is his responsibility.

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They wanted to take their minds off their own problems and make someone else feel as miserable as they do. They see that she has beautiful flowers and is very happy to have them. they are angry because she is able to find joy during this rough time and cannot stand to see someone else experiencing what they want to experience.

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They threw pebbles at them and even beheaded some of her beautiful flowers.

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They look out of place because they are bright and look alive while everything else in the neighborhood is broken down and has nothing to it. It says in the story that " They did not fit in with the crumbling decay of the rest of her yard."

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She is now making her life a bright and beautiful one, while in a hard and dark time.

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She has "bloomed", she has grown out of the childish mindset to a more, mature and logical easy of thinking.

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She learns that his father is extremely sad that he isn't able to give food to his family. he is in despair. Her mother though, gets him in his feet and make him feel that all is okay. Her mother is keeping the family intact.

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The children probably have some family problems, this will let them give off some anger in their lives. Though, they also did it to play, you know, to be mischievous.

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They through rock, knowing that it will make the old lady mad, and will destroy the beautiful flowers.

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The marigolds don't fit in the rugged and impoverished city, it doesn't belong.

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I believe the story ends with that line because it further shows that she understands Miss Lottie and her situation. That she finally understands why she cared for those flowers every summer and why there was that, "vigor with which the old woman destroyed those weeds."

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I think that the reason that the author said that was to show that she learned from her mistake and in memory to miss Lottie's

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Lizabeth matured in a sense. She realized that her childhood and her innocence was over, and she began to see through the eyes of others, for "one cannot have both compassion and innocence."

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She grew up and matured from being a kid

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The reason that i think she destroyed the flowers was to get away from her own problems

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She left her childhood behind and grew into a woman who felt compassion towards others.

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Lizabeth destroyed the garden because she had to do something. She was there, hopeless and helpless in that dusty old town with her father crying and her mother working day in day out. Her, "smoldering emotions of that summer swelled in me and burst." She was confused and conflicted, so she turned to the one thing that was somewhat familiar to a time before she came to that realization, Miss Lottie's marigolds.

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I think that she destroyed Miss Lottie's garden because that was one of the only ways she knew how to let out her anger and fear.

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Lizabeth finds out that her mom is the only thing holding her family together and that her mom was tougher than she seemed

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Lizabeth learned that her father did cry, and that her mother was the strength of the family.

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They threw rocks at the marigolds to try and look brave in front of the other kids.

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1) they wanted something to do
2) She seemed like a witch to them and they thought that would be fun to tease her
3) They were confused about why those Marigolds should be in her yard
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Lizabeth learns that just how tough of a situation her family is. She realizes that her usually soft mother was now the strength of the family, and her father, the man who, "could whisk a child upon his shoulders and go singing through the house... and laugh so loud that the great oak seemed to laugh with him" was broken. That he could crying.

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What do Lizabeth and the other kids do to Miss Lottie's marigolds?

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I think the author ended the story with "And I too have planted marigolds" because the author wanted to explain that Lizabeth learned from her lesson. They are trying to re make the only happiness they had in there town by replanting flowers.

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They demolish those beautiful flowers. The description is great, they say it is like they were chopping off the heads of the flowers. That's intense.
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The author ended the story with 'And I too have planted marigold,' because he wants to show that Lizabeth learned and that she is going to get what she did maybe.

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I think that the reason that they where messing with her was that the where jealous or angry that they did not have them

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I think the author might have said this because maybe in a way she saying i too have done this meaning she has been through similar things like what happens in the story and she can relate

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It shows that she is truly sorry for what she did, and wishes she could undo what she did. With that last line you can also see that the story can now have more to it.

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Lizabeth became a woman after that night, she understood the inportance of maturity and the importance of being a woman.

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I think that she plants marigolds to remind her of what she's done and to help herself continue to grow as a person.

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She gets rid of all the child in her, and becomes a woman.

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It says in the story that they "had a dim notion of what we were, and how little chance we had of being anything else." So they probably did this to vent their emotions.

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A way she changed is that shew started to see the things she was doing wrong and noticing that the things she did was not okay because other people have feelings too.

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After Miss Lottie came outside and saw what Lizabeth had done Lizabeth felt terrible. She said the child in her had left and the woman then came out. Lizabeth said that was the last child thing she was going to do.

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Lizabeth destroyed Miss Lottie's garden because she thought that destroying the marigold would release the anger and sorrow inside of her.

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She wanted to honor Miss Lottie and remind herself that there is always a silver lining

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Lizabeth realizes that she has to grow up and she can't be a kid anymore.

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I think the reason the author ends the story with the line "And I too have planted marigolds." is to show that she has changed, and that now she appreciates the flowers and the memory of Miss Lottie. I think that's the authors way of keeping her alive in a way and to also keep the memory of Miss Lottie alive aswell.

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She had so many mixed emotions which led to anger. She decided to take her anger out on ms. Lottie's marigolds.

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I think they enjoyed tormenting Miss Lottie like that because not only did it give them something to do, it could've been an outlet for the restless energy or abstract frustration about their conditions. The story says that, "Perhaps we had some dim notion of what we were, and how little chance we had of being anything else. Otherwise, why would we have been so preoccupied with destruction."

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She realized that she isnt a child anymore and she changed her mindset

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There was a lot to mocked about Miss Lottie and her home. It was broken down and magically still standing. If you took one good look at her and her son you would think,  "They match their house perfectly with their sinister dispositions." Their attitudes were fitting to the house's look. Those happy and bright flowers had no place on this property or these people.
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The kids throw pebbles/rocks at misses Lottie's marigolds to try to destroy them

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She was angry about everything going on in her life

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Lizabeth probably planted those flowers in memory of Miss Lottie because Miss Lottie change lizabeth.

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I think that she destroyed Miss Lottie's marigold garden to try and make herself maybe feel better about herself and her father.

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Because she wanted to keep a part of Ms. Lottie with her and because she wanted to remind herself that there can always be something good in bad times.

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I think that the author did that to show the sympathy Lizabeth has torwards Miss Lottie

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Lizabeth and the other kids threw pebbles at Miss Lottie's marigolds, which destroyed some flowers.

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Lizabeth later learns that her mom is the rock of the family and her dad becomes the feather, this happened because her mom works a lot and her dad doesn't have a job.

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Thew reason she destroyed the marigolds was because she did it out of anger from all the things she has been going through at home.

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Thew reason she destroyed the marigolds was because she did it out of anger from all the things she has been going through at home.

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Lizabeth changed by becoming more compassionate. She also matured more and became more thoughtful of others.

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She learns that her dad is really not as happy, and as strong as he used to appear to her. She sees her mom is really what is keeping the family going.

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She became more mature and she later got sympathy for Miss Lottie.

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She learns that her parents arent as strong as she thought.

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Lizabeth destroyed Miss Lottie's garden because earlier that night she heard her dad cry. She hated seeing him cry and she hated being so poor and having nothing to look forward to. She then went to Miss Lottie's garden and saw that she had all that joy in her marigolds. I think this made Lizabeth upset because she just wanted to be happy. Lizabeth then starts crying and becomes very angry and rips Miss Lottie's garden up.

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She change from a child mindset to an adult mindset and.

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She learned who Ms. Lottie really was and what was happening. She gained a mature mindset and saw Ms. Lottie as how she truly was, a old tired woman and not a witch

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The kids do that to Miss Lotties garden because they wanna mess around and have fun making Miss Lottie mad.

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Maybe the author ended the story with the line "And I too have planted marigolds" was to show that she was grateful for what she had.

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Out of anger but she learned from that right as Miss Lottie came out of her house.

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Lizabeth and the other kids throw rocks at the marigolds to take them down and destroy them.

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She didn't want to deal with all the stress of her friends destroying Ms.Lottie's garden.

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The marigolds looked out of place, and were easy to see as a target. When you are bored you tend to look for things to do, and when you see something that stands out you naturally want to destroy it.

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Lizabeth learned that her father wasn't as strong as she thought she was which scared her. On the other hand her mother was comforting her father which made her realize that her mother was stronger than she thought she was.

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They use this to resemble that she has brought peace and beuty back into her life

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Lizabeth destroyed Miss Lottie's marigold garden because she was in the spur of the moment. She felt like her life was crumbling around her, and she didn't know where to take out all those emotions she was feeling. She felt like she couldn't tell her brother, feeling pressure of not wanting to seem weak and small, so she took it out on the only person she ever takes her emotions out on, Miss Lottie and her garden.

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That night Lizabeth learns how much her parents are struggling. She learns that her dad feels worthless because he does not have a job. Lizabeth learns that her dad feels terrible for using all of his wife's money. Lizabeth's mom is trying to persuade him that everything is going to be okay.

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Because of all the built up anger and unknown emotions that were made by the things her family were going through and understanding only half of what was really going on in her town was released on the flowers and she tore them apart.

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The kids throw rocks at the flowers, destroying them as it says that they were, "storming the flowers and laughing wildly and senselessly."

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Lizabeth thinks Miss Lotties marigolds look out of place because the marigolds are the only thing with life there in her yard.

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She began to feel simpathy for miss lottie in the end

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She began to feel simpathy for miss lottie in the end

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Because she finally understood why Miss Lottie planted those marigolds and wanted to hold on to that part of her past.

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Because she finally understood why Miss Lottie planted those marigolds and wanted to hold on to that part of her past.

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That her dads is the core of the family but really its the mom, she is a very hard working mom and tries her best and she does her best.