Comments on: Marigolds–1

By: Raymond

Raymond — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:15:38 +0000

it is poigant because it caused her alot of pain and sarrow. and its ironic because she wasnt mad at lizabeth. and its also ironic because when she got older she grew her own marrigolds.

By: Meagan Collins

Meagan Collins — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:42:31 +0000

In the short story, “Marigolds”, Miss Lottie, an old and very poor woman, most prized possession were her marigolds. Lizabeth, a fourteen year old girl, ruins the marigolds after a depressing day. Miss Lottie has spent a lot of time on her marigolds, and she has made them her most important thing. The marigolds were the only beauty amid her poverty-striked life. Its ironic because Lizabeth ruined Miss Lottie’s life so quickly and carelessly. It is poignant that Lizabeth ruined Miss Lottie’s only joy so impulsively.

By: Callum A

Callum A — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:31:38 +0000

Lizabeth destroying Miss Lottie’s marigolds was certainly both poignant and ironic for Miss Lottie. She was obviously upset that her work was ruined, and it had been for nothing. It made her feel great sadness and regret. “[Miss Lottie] had dared to create beauty in the midst of ugliness and sterility” Also, she had worked hard to not only plant the flowers, but to protect them. It was certainly ironic that the very event she tried ever so hard to prevent from taking place, eventually destroyed her marigolds. “Whatever was of love and beauty and joy that had not been squeezed out by life, had been there in the marigolds she had so tenderly cared for.”

By: Chris Bankston

Chris Bankston — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:57:43 +0000

The end to Miss Lottie’s conflict was ironic because her attempt at trying to bring beauty into her impoverished and “ugly” life was ruined by someone who also lived in poverty, someone who actually grew up in poverty. Because of that you would think that Lizabeth would understand what Miss Lottie was trying to do, which was try to bring joy and a purpose amid her poverty. It was pretty poignant because those marigolds were the last things Miss Lottie had to bring joy or purpose to her life. Since Miss Lottie’s home was so old and broken down, she planted the marigolds to bring some type of beauty to her home. But since Lizabeth ruined the marigolds Miss Lottie had really no reason to live, because they were probably what helped her wake up in the morning, what gave her a purpose to go on. Those are the reasons I think the end to Miss Lottie’s conflict were both ironic and poignant.

By: Justin P.

Justin P. — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:45:04 +0000

This end to Miss Lottie’s conflict is poignant for several reasons. One reason is that she had tried her best to preserve the peace wherever she lived and after all that time it came to an end. Another reason is how one of the good kids in lizabeth through the riot out of anger of Miss Lottie. It is ironic in the fact that after this happened Miss Lottie passed away. Another reason it was ironic is beacause lizabeth felt very bad after she was the main one who led the frenzy.

By: Josh Macks

Josh Macks — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:44:12 +0000

The end to her struggle is poignant because she had worked her entire life to preserve beauty, and now in a childish act of anger and destruction it is destroyed. It is also ironic because after all the work to make her neighborhood, and life, less ugly, it is through Lizabeth’s intemperate outburst that the young girl learns a beautiful thing-compassion.

By: ArabiaL

ArabiaL — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:43:31 +0000

In the end Lizabeth destroys Miss Lottie’s marigolds. This ending is poignant because, Miss Lottie planted the marigolds to give her the beauty she had long ago. Then Lizabeth comes and destroy the perfect yellow flowers. The end is also ironic how Miss Lottie isn’t full of rage anymore. While Lizabeth is sad and feeling guilty for what she did

By: Randasia bevelle

Randasia bevelle — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:41:44 +0000

This is the end to Miss Lottie conflict because she’s ot stressful anymore. The flowers reminded her of tings that she wanted and coujld not have. THey also probably brung back bad memories. What Lizabeth did actually helped Miss Lottie out alot. Lizabet didn’t realize it, but she did.

By: Frank H.

Frank H. — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:33:09 +0000

The end to Mrs. Lottie’s conflict was poignant because she had been working her whole life trying to keep the beautiful flowers alive in a poverty stricken part of town. The kids would throw stones at her flowers to ruin them. She would yell, “Y’all git! Go home!”(124). In the end of the story it didn’t matter what she yelled at them, because the flowers had been totally ruined. The end of Mrs. Lottie’s conflict was ironic, because her whole life she had been trying to keep the flowers alive. After Lizabeth destroyed them she had lost hope, and never replanted them. The area again was left to dust and poverty. “For as I gazed at the immoble face with the sad, weary eyes, I gazed upon a kind of reality which is hidden to childhood. The witch was no longer a witch, but only a broken old woman who dared to create beauty in the midst of ugliness and sterility”(126)

By: Mariana S.

Mariana S. — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:32:48 +0000

The end to Miss Lottie’s conflict is both poignant and ironic, because the way it ended was pointless and ridiculous. Lizabeth destroyed the only thing that gave Miss Lottie basically a reason to live. Twice when Lizabeth destroyed a part of Miss Lottie’s marigolds she felt remorseful, but did it again. Lizabeth couldn’t sleep because of the guilt of what she had done which made it poignant. Also it was ironic because even though Lizabeth did it out of spite she never forgets what she did to Miss Lottie that summer. This is why I think the end to Miss Lottie’s conflict is both poignant and ironic.