By using the context, we can determine that the meaning of the word "futile" in "Marigolds" is "fruitless" or "pointless".
"Marigolds" is a short story by Eugenia W. Collier (born in 1928 in Baltimore). This is where the word "futile" appears in the story:
<em>"I suppose that </em><em>futile </em><em>waiting was the sorrowful background music of our impoverished little community when I was young."</em>
What the narrator, Lizabeth, means is that is was pointless<u> to wait for things to get better, for poverty to just disappear.</u>
The context and setting of the story is the <u>Great Depression</u>. Lizabeth and her family live in a very <u>poor neighborhood</u>, and things are only getting worse due to the <u>awful economic situation</u> of the country.
Thus, waiting seemed futile, fruitless, pointless. Nothing was going to change.
Well it really depends on what those decisions but Imma say yes mainly because your parents know whats best for you.But a decision that my parents have made for me that I didnt agree with would be them deciding what I am ready to handle such as movies.
