Marigolds is a short story that was written by Eugenia W. Collier. Collier reports that she wrote the story during a time in which she was quite unhappy. However, she won the Gwendolyn Brooks Prize for Fiction for it, and she now considers Marigolds her favorite piece of fiction. The Three Graces, here in a painting by Sandro Botticelli, were the goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility in Greek mythology. ...

The tells the story of an incident during the adolescence of a young African-American girl, Lizabeth, growing up in Maryland. Marigolds is not autobiographical, but many people think it is. Collier explains that her adolescence was much easier than that of the story’s narrator. African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans, Black Americans or blacks, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to West and Central Africa. ... State nickname: Old Line State; Free State Other U.S. States Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Governor Robert L. Ehrlich (R) Official languages English Area 32,160 km² (42nd)  - Land 25,338 km²  - Water 6,968 km² (21%) Population (2000)  - Population 5,296,486 (19th)  - Density 165 /km² (5th) Admission... Autobiography (from the Greek auton, self, bios, life and graphein, write) is biography, the writing of a life story, from the viewpoint of the subject. ...

Synopsis

Lizabeth could be called the leader in her group of friends. So naturally, they follow her example. When the children take part in throwing stones at Ms. Lottie's flowerbed of marigolds, Lizabeth sees it as her last act of childhood. Unfortunately, Lizabeth lives during the Great Depression of the 1920s and 1930s, and the times are hard for Lizabeth's family. Her father has been out of work for years, and that night, Lizabeth hears him cry for the first time. Amid the stress and fighting with her brother, Joey, Lizabeth returns to the flowerbed. There, she tramples on them violently. She now sees herself as no longer a child: Species About 20, see text : also numerous garden hybrids and cultivars The marigolds, genus Calendula L., are a genus of about 20 species of annual or perennial herbaceous plants in the daisy family Asteraceae, native to the Mediterranean region and Macaronesia. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America as the Roaring Twenties. // Events and trends Technology John T. Thompson invents Thompson submachine gun, also known as Tommy gun John Logie Baird invents the first working mechanical television system (1925) Charles Lindbergh becomes the first person to... // Events and trends The 1930s were spent struggling for a solution to the global depression. ...

I know that that moment marked the end of innocence.

Lizabeth is horrified to learn that Ms. Lottie woke up and snuck up on the teenager while the latter destroyed the flowers.

For the article about the flower, see marigold. Species About 20, see text : also numerous garden hybrids and cultivars The marigolds, genus Calendula L., are a genus of about 20 species of annual or perennial herbaceous plants in the daisy family Asteraceae, native to the Mediterranean region and Macaronesia. ...