1. Poverty
1.1. Being poor was common in that time
1.1.1. "We children, of course, were only vaguely aware of the extent of our poverty."(pge,1)
1.2. Since she was poor that what caused her to be "angry"
1.2.1. " I lay on the pallet, still as stone with my hands over my ears, wishing that I too could cry and be comforted."(pge,4)
2. Maturity
2.1. her loss of innocence gave her maturity
2.1.1. "that was the moment when childhood faded and womanhood began."(pge,5)
2.2. maturity changes the way you view things
2.2.1. The years have taken me worlds away from that time and that place, from the dust and squalor of our lives ,and from the bright thing that destroyed ina blind, childish striking out at God knows what."(pge,5)
3. Compassion
3.1. Compassion is a very important pat to growing up
3.1.1. "only through the loss of innocence can one gain compassion."
3.2. the reason she felt bad when she destroyed Ms.lotties marigolds was because she was just trying to create something beautiful in an ugly situation
3.2.1. "The witch was no longer a witch but only a broken old woman who had dared to create beauty in the midst of ugliness."(pge,5)
4. Innocence
4.1. losing your innocence is a way of maturing
4.1.1. "perhaps because it was the beginning of the experience that in some inexplicable way marked the end of innocence."(pge2)
4.2. the loss of innocence is a way of acceptance
4.2.1. "Innocence involves an unseeing acceptance of things at face value,"(pge,5)