Marigolds

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Marigolds

• Eugenia Collier

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Conflict

• The struggle between opposing forces.
• External Conflict
• Person vs. person
• Person vs. nature
• Person vs. society
• Internal Conflict
• Person vs. himself/herself

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Plot

• The chain of related events that take place in a
  story.

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Plot

• Exposition
• Lays the groundwork for the plot and introduces
  essential background information.
• Rising Action
• Complication arise, conflicts are introduced, and
  suspense builds.
• Climax
• The turning point in the action, usually
  involving an important decision, event, or
  discovery that affects the final outcome.
• Falling Action
• Events that occur after the climax.
• Resolution/Denouement
• Conflicts are resolved and mysteries are solved.

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Setting

• The time and place of a story.
• Why does the setting in Marigolds play such an
  important role in the story? Could the story be
  set in a different time or place and still be
  effective?

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Symbol

• A person, place, activity, or object that stands
  for something beyond itself.
• What do the marigolds symbolize to Miss Lottie?
  What do they symbolize to the grown-up Lizabeth?