https://padlet.com/shelbypamelahall/nslxcq93bd6v en-us 2018-02-21 15:12:50 UTC 2018-02-22 19:15:59 UTC hello@padlet.com shelbypamelahall https://padlet.com/shelbypamelahall/nslxcq93bd6v/wish/233781137 After completing the reading, make a new post answer the following questions:

Notice the mention of the flower in these passages. What could a flower represent throughout the novel? What other flower mentions happen in the story? Note the character’s names.]]> 2018-02-21 15:14:52 UTC https://padlet.com/shelbypamelahall/nslxcq93bd6v/wish/233781137 https://padlet.com/shelbypamelahall/nslxcq93bd6v/wish/234226137 On both the pages 13, and 300 the book uses images of a flower to represent Growth of Lily. Also on page 11 it talks about Rosaleens tender flower skin. Other characters that flower were June, and August. ]]> 2018-02-22 14:21:44 UTC https://padlet.com/shelbypamelahall/nslxcq93bd6v/wish/234226137 https://padlet.com/shelbypamelahall/nslxcq93bd6v/wish/234232807 the flower mentioned in these passages could represent the coming of age theme and lily's growth. the flower was closed, then bloomed into something beautiful. another mention of a flower is the fact that lily's name is a flower and ROSEaleen has rose in it.]]> 2018-02-22 14:31:06 UTC https://padlet.com/shelbypamelahall/nslxcq93bd6v/wish/234232807 https://padlet.com/shelbypamelahall/nslxcq93bd6v/wish/234239486 The flower goes with the coming of age theme of the novel. Lily is growing with the flower. Her name is Lily which is a flower. Gabriel gave the virgin Mary a Lily. ]]> 2018-02-22 14:40:02 UTC https://padlet.com/shelbypamelahall/nslxcq93bd6v/wish/234239486 https://padlet.com/shelbypamelahall/nslxcq93bd6v/wish/234245301 In the book, the flower represents Lily growing up, and becoming a woman, and she feels that T Ray is not the best person to help her grow through life. The boatwright sister, Lily, and Rosaleen all have connections to flowers and the blossoming of them through their names. At the end of the excerpt, Lily says that she thinks that she could blossom better under the care of the boatwright sisters than she ever would living with T Ray. A Lily is a flower that particularly blooms in the spring and summer season, and the names of the boatwright sisters are the months that are most associated with spring and summer, a time of renewal, and blossoming]]> 2018-02-22 14:47:51 UTC https://padlet.com/shelbypamelahall/nslxcq93bd6v/wish/234245301 https://padlet.com/shelbypamelahall/nslxcq93bd6v/wish/234254723 In the novel, the flower represents Lily growing into a woman, but also represents her want for motherhood. In the beginning, it represents her desperately wanting her mother, to help her through her childhood. However, later in the novel it represents her gaining mother figures and endless love. Lily's name itself is also a flower that symbolizes her blossoming into herself with the guidance and help of the Boatwright sisters and Daughters of Mary. ]]> 2018-02-22 15:00:14 UTC https://padlet.com/shelbypamelahall/nslxcq93bd6v/wish/234254723 https://padlet.com/shelbypamelahall/nslxcq93bd6v/wish/234259449 The novel shows the rose, but also mentions the angel Gabriel delivers a lily to Mary. The symbol of flowers could represent the process Lily takes while she grows and matures. The book also mentions the "Red Rose Snuff" earlier in the novel. ]]> 2018-02-22 15:06:56 UTC https://padlet.com/shelbypamelahall/nslxcq93bd6v/wish/234259449 https://padlet.com/shelbypamelahall/nslxcq93bd6v/wish/234418526 The novel shows Lily as the main character of the novel and also as a symbol of a flower which blossoms throughout the story. in the the beginning she is immature and young, as the story unfolds gains more knowledge for life and imitates a true blossoming flower.]]> 2018-02-22 18:53:37 UTC https://padlet.com/shelbypamelahall/nslxcq93bd6v/wish/234418526 https://padlet.com/shelbypamelahall/nslxcq93bd6v/wish/234427065 Throughout the novel a flower could represent growing up. Other mentions of flowers in the novel would be the story of the angel Gabriel delivering a Lily to Mary.]]> 2018-02-22 19:05:44 UTC https://padlet.com/shelbypamelahall/nslxcq93bd6v/wish/234427065 https://padlet.com/shelbypamelahall/nslxcq93bd6v/wish/234431653 The flower represents coming of age and growing up alone because flowers do not have motherly figures, and in a way they are lonely. Lily is a flower that has not yet bloomed due to the lack of parental figures in her life.]]> 2018-02-22 19:12:54 UTC https://padlet.com/shelbypamelahall/nslxcq93bd6v/wish/234431653