Answer:
The narrator Lizabeth doesn't seem to be aware of the family's financial struggles nor of the Great Depression that envelops the whole nation. This is because she was just a child. Moreover, it may also be that the whole community was so used to living a life of poverty and struggle that it <em>"was no new thing"</em> for them.
Explanation:
Eugenia W. Collier's short story "Marigold" revolves around the story of a young girl Lizabeth who is the narrator of our story. The story is in the form of reminiscing about the past and how she and her friends, family, and the whole community were living during the Great Depression.
The narrator was just a young girl living a life of a carefree child, unfamiliar with the real issues and conditions of life as a black person and during the Great Depression. But it wasn't entirely like she isn't familiar with the economic crisis, but more like the black community were so used to living a life of poverty that the Depression doesn't even seem like a new thing to them. Admitting that <em>"Poverty was the cage in which we all were trapped"</em>, she also stated, <em>"The Depression that gripped the nation was no new thing to us, for the black workers of rural Maryland had always been depressed."
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She also points out <em>"We children, of course, were only vaguely aware of the extent of our poverty. Having no radios, few newspapers, and no magazines, we were somewhat unaware of the world outside our community." </em>This might have been one of the reasons why she wasn't aware of the crisis, along with the fact that she was just a young, carefree girl living and enjoying her childhood.
<em>Interesting question. Here are the revised sentences, complete with commas (when they are needed).</em>
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<em>After I finished the Chicago Marathon, my legs were tired.</em>
<em>Muhammed Ali was the greatest athlete ever.</em>
<em>My mom told me to clean my room, wash the dishes, and take out the garbage.</em>
<em>I want to listen to my iPod in class, but my teacher won't let me.</em>
<em>If I had the chance, I would change our mascot to a gorilla.</em>
<em>No, I don't want to go to Taco Bell for lunch.</em>
<em>The fireworks were fun to watch.</em>
<em>Marcus Brutus, who was tricked by Cassius, was the last conspirator to stab Caesar.</em>
<em>Antony, thinking the conspirators would kill him, fled after he saw Caesar's dead body.</em>
With these lines, Ishmael is describing the perception of human mortality and all that it represents.
We can arrive at this answer because:
- Ishmael is showing how the notion of mortality prevents him from doing what he feels like when he attends a funeral.
- That's because when he stops in front of coffin warehouses or realizes he's in the back of a funeral, he recognizes how fleeting human life is.
- This sense of recognition of his mortality shows Ishmael that one day, he will be inside the coffin.
- This prevents him from being disrespectful and acting as he pleases at funerals, as she does not want to be disrespected on the day of his death.
In this case, the notion of mortality is presented imposingly in the lines presented above. This makes the reader understand that the concept of death will be very important in the story.
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