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What Are The Similarities Between Lizabeth And Marigolds

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The main characters of both stories are similar because they are emotional. Similarly, in "Marigolds", When Lizabeth thinks of the marigolds she feels. "chaotic emotions of adolescence, illusive as smoke'' (Collier). She cannot explain the exact feeling she gets when thinking of the marigolds because she gets many feelings. Lizabeth's emotions flow and change like smoke. Similarly, The Indian boy is also emotional when getting his license. The same day a white man named Wally Jim killed himself by driving into a tree, and the Washington state trooper asked them why did he do it. "Don’t know but when we look in the mirror and see the history of our tribe in our eyes, taste failure in the tap water, and shake within old tears, we understand completely'' …show more content…

In ''Marigolds'' the tone is ashamed. When Lizabeth runs to the oak tree and sat down after attacking Miss Lottie thinking about what she did. ''The women in me flinched at the thought of the malicious attack I had led'' (Collier). Lizabeth knows what she did is wrong. Ashamed at what she did to an old lady, she could not stop thinking about the attack even after she left Miss Lottie's yard. She was stunned at what she did and could not believe it. The other story has proud tone. When the Indian boy gets in a fight with Frenchy St. John and punches him in the face, while going to the principal's office he says. ''He wasn't the warrior that day. I was. And I chanted It is a good day to die, it's a good day to die, all the way to the principal's office'' (Alexie). He Is proud and has a fire in his heart, ready to take on the world. He chanted all the way down to the principal's office knowing he was getting in to some major trouble but he did not care. He would have beat up the principal too if he could. He was ready to take on the whole world that day. The authors use different and similar tone to express what is being …show more content…

In ''Marigolds'' the point of view is third person omniscient. When Lizabeth thinks of her past she gets ''a strange nostalgia'' (Collier). This is one of the perspectives in the story. She tells the reader she gets a strange nostalgia when thinking of her past. When Miss Lottie gets one of her marigolds beheaded. ''Miss Lottie was enraged now'' (Collier). This is the second perspective of another character other than Lizabeth. This makes the story is third person point of view. Similarly, in "Indian Education'' the point of view is the same. When the Indian boy is talking about his cousin sniffing rubber cement. " It felt good, that buzz in his head'' (Alexie). We could not have known this unless the Indian boy's cousin told the Indian boy. This is one of the perspectives in the story. When the Indian boy shoots his first basketball shot. "It felt good, that ball in my hands" (Alexie). These are the thoughts of another character in the story. This gives the reader more than one perspective in the story. Both stories share the same point of

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