Marigolds By Eugenia Collier

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and as her fear and anger build up, they move her to an act of destruction. But this act also taught her a lesson in life.
Childhood is meant to be a time of learning and reaching to find that person you want to be as an adult. It seems that every act as a child is based on innocence and ignorance. Innocence involves an unseeing acceptance of things at face value, an ignorance of the area below the surface. As a child, even an act of destruction is seen as innocence. During childhood, violence seems to come so normal to children, as if second nature. They tend to think it's their only way of letting go and forgetting their problems in life. They don't know what harm they may be causing to others around them or even to themselves. As they grow up and learn more about life and people in general, they seem to find better and more productive ways of dealing with their problems and emotions. As Lizabeth blindly tore through the marigolds of her neighbor, Miss Lottie, she ...

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