The figurative language used in the passage above is a symbolism as well as a metaphor for the Law of Peace which now extended to all the nations of the Iroquois. One could say that it also symbolized the protection that peace affords under the Iroquois Constitution that has been extended to all members of the Iroquois Nations. See more explanation below.
<h3>Further explanation with regard to the above?</h3>
The Iroquois constitution was the outcome of the Confederacy of the Five Nations, which included the
- Mohawk,
- Onondaga,
- Seneca,
- Oneida, and
- Cayuga Native American tribes.
It was one of the first systems of governance in North America. The Great Tree of Peace was one of their most important traditions.
The tree itself represented the five nations' understanding and maintenance of peace (On the words of The Covenant:
"The tree signifies law and the law is peace among all nations"). The branches, on the other hand, were viewed as the security that peace provided to all Confederacy members ("The branches of this tree signify shelter, giving each individual protection and security under the law. These branches are tended by those among the people who are men").
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Lizabeth understands the destroying of Mrs. Lottie' marigolds as her final act of childhood, the final act of innocence.
Lizabeth feelings that led her to destroy the marigolds were "the great need for my mother who was never there, the hopelessness of our poverty and degradation, the bewilderment of being neither child nor woman and yet both at once, the fear unleashed by my father’s tears".
The story is situated during the Great Depression. Her mother is never home because she has to work, her father cries because he can't provide for his family. You add the hopelessness of their poverty and the fact that she is going through defining times between being a woman and a child she doesn't understand at the moment, she must have felt confused and lonely, which leads to the destruction of the marigolds as an impulse she can't control.
Before she has stated that she hated those marigolds because they have the nerve to be beautiful in the midst of ugliness, they didn't match with the house, the times, and what she was feeling inside.
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