1. innocence
1.1. People can do nothing wrong and still get harassed by others
1.1.1. "Miss Lottie was enraged now. She began struggling to her feet, leaning on a rickety cane and shouting. “Y’all git! Go on home!” Then the rest of the kids let loose with their pebbles, storming the flowers and laughing wildly and senselessly at Miss Lottie’s impotent rage." (page 3)
1.2. Being hated for no reason van make people destroy your things
1.2.1. "I opened my swollen eyes and saw in front of me a pair of large, calloused feet; my gaze lifted to the swollen legs...And there was no rage in the face now, now that the garden was destroyed and there was nothing any longer to be protected." (page 5)
2. anger
2.1. Anger can make you do things you shouldn't
2.1.1. "I leaped furiously into the mounds of marigolds and pulled madly, trampling and pulling and destroying the perfect yellow blooms."(page 5)
2.2. Anger can hurt others
2.2.1. "Then I lost my head entirely, mad with the power of inciting such rage, and ran out of the bushes in the storm of pebbles, straight toward Miss Lottie."(page 3)
3. Maturity
3.1. Maturity can help you see the bad side of something you were going to do
3.1.1. "I leaped furiously into the mounds of marigold and pulled madly... I scrambled to my feet and just stood there and stared at her, and that was the moment when childhood faded and womanhood began." ( page 5)
3.2. Maturity can make you do better decision
3.2.1. "For one does not have to be ignorant and poor to find that life is as barren as the dusty yard of our town. And I too have planted marigold." (page 5)
4. regret
4.1. Regret can make someone feel super bad about what they did
4.1.1. " ... again under the oak in our bare yard. Suddenly I was ashamed, and I did not like being ashamed." (page 3)
4.2. You wont realize what you did and when you do you'll regret it
4.2.1. "I leaped furiously into the mounds of marigold and pulled madly... And then I was sitting in the ruined little garden among the uproot and ruined flowers, crying and crying, and it was too late to undo what I have done." (page 5)