Eugenia Collier

Can you imagine fighting and living through the beginning of the American Revolution? Authors James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier published in 1974, My Brother Sam Is Dead. This book occurred in Redding, Connecticut in 1776 during the American Revolution. My Brother Sam Is Dead is a story of a sixteen-year-old, Sam Meeker, which decided to join the army to fight against the British. While his younger brother, Tim Meeker must decide between his brother’s loyalty to become an independent

Being wise about the decisions you make is important; making better decisions can lead to better results. In the two stories Marigold by Eugenia Collier and The Bet by Anton Chekhov, both characters don’t make the best choices, which don’t have the best outcome. In Marigolds by Eugenia Collier, the main character, Lizbeth, destroys something that belongs to another person out of anger. In the story The Bet by Anton Chekhov, the banker lets his confidence allow him to agree to something that he regrets

the moment you lost your innocence? In the short story “Marigolds” by Eugenia Collier, a young girl named Lizabeth loses her innocence. She matured into an adult due to the things that happened to her in the story. She overheard upsetting information from her parents and took it out on something beautiful. At that moment, she regretted what she had done. She regretted destroying something beautiful and innocent. Eugenia Collier has a unique style of writing because she uses immaculate imagery, goes

by Langston Hughes, it shows a mother talking to her son about never giving up and in “Marigolds”(1964), a short story by Eugenia Collier, talks about a young girl overcoming adversity. Both authors portray how the power of words influences the story. Both authors develop the idea of resilience through symbolism, point of view, and metaphor. Langston Hughes and Eugenia Collier use symbolism to convey the theme of resilience. In “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes, the mother describes her life as stairs

Being thankful for what you already posses is essential for living a happy life, as it is healthy to focus on the things you already have and to not focus on the things others have. In the story “Marigolds” by Eugenia W. Collier and the story “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs, both authors gives examples as to why it is important to be thankful for what you already have, and to not dwell on what others might have that you don't. In the story “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs, the author uses irony

Have you ever seen such beauty, in such a dark time? In “Marigolds”, the author Eugenia Collier faces challenges, and chooses not so good ways to overcome them. She was confused on why Miss Lottie had marigolds in her garden, until she grew up and understood, and had them herself. She realized that once she destroyed them, she took the only light in the poor woman's world. Collier's style in “Marigolds” is different, because she uses flashbacks, sets her story up in chronological order but as a flashback

figurative language. Words that put a picture in your mind so you know what it looks like. Eugenia uses imagery in the story when she explains flashbacks and foreshadowing. “When I think of the hometown of my youth, all that I seem to remember is dust--the brown, crumbly dust of late summer--arid, sterile dust that gets into the eyes and makes them water, gets into the throat and between the toes of bare brown feet” (Collier 16). She also uses diction throughout the story. Diction is the choice and use of

it, that it results in negative consequences. Jealousy is an extremely strong emotion, often beyond our control. In the short stories “Marigolds” by Eugenia Collier and “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant, the two authors clearly portray the negative effects that jealousy can have on one’s life. Throughout the short story “Marigolds,” Eugenia Collier uses symbolism to show how jealousy can take control of the mind and make it do impulsive things, which we later regret. Among the small, run down town

The transformations in people are caused by a variety of circumstances. Within the variety of these circumstances, stress is the most influential one. In Eugenia Collier’s short story Marigolds, it tells the narrative of a young African-American girl living in rural Maryland. Due to her frustration with life, she destroys Miss Lottie’s marigolds. In the story Marigolds, the author uses the narrator’s transformation and characterization to convey that identity is only found in times of crisis. The

The transformation in people's lives is caused by a variety of factors. There are a variety of these factors, but none is more influential than stress. In Eugenia Collier’s short story Marigolds, it tells the narrative of a young African-American girl living in rural Maryland. Due to her frustration with life, she tears up Miss Lottie’s marigolds. In the story Marigolds, the author uses the narrator’s transformation and characterization to convey that identity is only found in times of crisis. The