Marigolds by Eugenia Collier

1. childhood

1.1. the author believes that you need to be a child for as long as you can but eventually need to grow up

1.1.1. "ran out of the bushes in the storm of pebbles, straight toward Miss Lottie, chanting madly, “Old witch, fell in a ditch, picked up a penny and thought she was rich!”

1.2. the author believes that childhood can have tough times.

1.2.1. "wishing that I too could cry and be comforted."

2. simple pleasures

2.1. the author believes that you should make the best out of tough times with simple plesures

2.1.1. "a broken old woman who had dared to create beauty in the midst of ugliness and sterility."

2.2. the author believes that you need to have some simple plesures in life

2.2.1. "and i too have planted marigolds"

3. maturity

3.1. the author believes that maturity comes on its own time but it has to come eventually

3.1.1. "that was the moment when childhood faded and womanhood began"

3.2. the author believes that maturity isn't the same experience for everyone.

3.2.1. "I leaped furiously into the mounds of marigolds and pulled madly"

4. growth

4.1. the author belives that growth takes time and in order to grow you need to overcome.

4.1.1. "that was the moment when childhood faded and womanhood began"

4.2. you need to be at your worst to grow into your best.

4.2.1. "The child in me sulked and said it was all in fun,but the woman in me flinched at the thought of the malicious attack that I had led."