Question

In Alice Walker’s short short story "The Flowers," what is the strongest indication that the story’s events have changed the main character?
A) the image of the main character fleeing in fear
B) the author’s indication that the main character has wandered far from home
C) the discovery of a skeleton by the main character, a child
D) the story’s last sentence stating that the summer was over

Answer 1

Answer:

D.the story’s last sentence stating that the summer was over.

Explanation:

The last line, And the summer was over, ends her innocence completely. A harsher and more aware experience will take over Myop from that moment. The passage began with Myop a merry child with not a care in the world. But after the experience of seeing the gruesome decaying body of a dead man, she lays down the flowers she picked in her merry state beside the dead man. And the summer was over means that the innocence of the merry Myop had come to an end.