Describe two elements of the setting of "marigolds," and discuss how they affect lizabeth.

As the story begins, Lizabeth recalls how her mother and her father left Lizabeth and her brother home alone while they went to work. Lizabeth's brother suggests that the two should go bother Miss Lottie because it "was always fun." The brother and sister gather a group of friends and head to Miss Lottie's house. Once there, the group proceeds to throw rocks at the marigolds planted outside Miss Lottie's house. Eventually, Miss Lottie comes out and chases the children away.

Later that night, Lizabeth overhears her father relate how helpless he feels that he can't provide for his family. Hearing her father cry incites Lizabeth into a rage, and she sneaks out and races to Miss Lottie's house in order to destroy all of Miss Lottie's marigolds. Miss Lottie comes outside and discovers what Lizabeth has done. Looking back on that moment, Lizabeth recalls how Miss Lottie was nothing more than "a broken old woman who had dared to create beauty in the midst of ugliness and sterility." This event marked the end of Lizabeth's innocence as a child.

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at the beginning of the story, elisa just has the small idea of wanting more attention, but as the story progressed, her desire for more attention grew larger. before she talked to the man with the wagon she was just focused on her chrysanthemums but when she talked to him and got some attention she enjoyed it, so she decided to get all dolled up for henry. but when they were on the way to dinner she was so upset because she saw the flowers on the side of the road and realized the man didn't take interest in her like she thought.