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The story "Marigolds" is told in a flashback. Lizabeth recounts the details of the incident with Miss Lottie for the reader years after they have happened. How is this important to the development of Lizabeth's character? Question 23 options: Lizabeth is older now and realizes that she may not have made the best decisions. Lizabeth feels sorry for herself now and thinks that Miss Lottie is still angry. There were so many kids and so little to do, their behaviors should have been overlooked. All of these

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Answer: In the short story "Marigolds" Lizabeth tells the story with flashbacks as she now understands now that she is older that the decisions she made were not the best.

Explanation: In "Marigolds" Lizabeth was at a strange age as she was a child and a woman at the same time. Her destroying the marigolds was her last tantrum as a child. After that, she understood what she did was wrong, she could now see humanity in Miss Lottie. She could identifiy with Miss Lottie as an adult as she could not do before. In the story, Lizabeth shows that her actions were wrong and that she now understands. She is now different because of the experiences she had. Life is not always beautiful but you could always plant some Marigolds to give a little beauty to an otherwise sad existence.