Question

What does Lizabeth realize about what it means to grow up? A Growing up means fighting to overcome obstacles in life. B Growing up means accepting responsibility for your actions. C Growing up means learning important lessons from the past. D Growing up means understanding other people beside yourself.

Answer 1

Answer:

The option that best expresses what Lizabeth realizes about what it means to grow up is:

B Growing up means accepting responsibility for your actions.

Explanation:

Lizabeth is the main character in the short story "Marigolds" by author Eugenia Collier. She is a 14-year-old who lives in an extremely poor neighborhood. The story is set during the Great Depression.

Lizabeth leads other children to attack the garden in Miss Lottie's house. The garden, full of marigolds, is the only beautiful sight to be seen around the neighborhood. They also call Miss Lottie a witch. As if that wasn't enough, Lizabeth ends up destroying the whole garden after hearing her father cry for not being able to provide for his family. Lizabeth is, in a way, projecting her frustrations and disappointments onto the garden. However, for the first time, she feels guilty for what she has done. Now that she is growing and maturing, finally crossing the bridge between childhood and womanhood, she can understand her actions have consequences. And she feels truly bad. The short story focuses on Lizabeth's changing her perception of life, the world, her family, and herself.