Lizabeth remembers the poverty of her childhood hometown but also the marigolds in Miss Lottie's yard.
Explanation:
The short story "Marigolds" by Eugenia Collier is a story of a little girl's childhood experience. In the story, Lizabeth talks of how her community is impoverished, "<em>—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</em>". But despite the background image of poverty all around her, she could also remember "<em>a brilliant splash of sunny yellow against the dust—Miss Lottie’s marigolds</em>". Through her remembering of the marigolds amidst the poverty of her childhood hometown, Lizabeth develops the theme of beauty appreciated even in the worse circumstances.
