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Analyzing Conflict in "Marigolds" by Eugenia W. Collier

Dive into the heart of the story "Marigolds" by exploring internal and external conflicts faced by the characters. Learn to make inferences about character motivations, enhancing your reading skills.

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Analyzing Conflict in "Marigolds" by Eugenia W. Collier

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  1. Marigoldsby Eugenia W. Collier Feature Menu Introducing the Story Literary Focus: Conflict Reading Skills: Making Inferences

  2. Marigoldsby Eugenia W. Collier

  3. MarigoldsIntroducing the Story “. . . one cannot have both compassion and innocence.” from “Marigolds” by Eugenia W. Collier

  4. MarigoldsIntroducing the Story The narrator of this story lives in a small town in Maryland during the Great Depression. Because her family has always been poor, Lizabeth is unaware of new family hardships. She cannot explain why her neighbor’s lovely flowers should anger her so. [End of Section]

  5. MarigoldsLiterary Focus: Conflict Conflict is the struggle at the heart of a story. • Internal conflict—characters struggle with opposing needs, desires, or emotions. • External conflict—characters struggle with something outside themselves (other characters, society, or nature).

  6. MarigoldsLiterary Focus: Conflict Conflict is most intense when characters face both internal and external struggles. In this story, Lizabeth • takes part in an external confrontation with Miss Lottie • struggles with contradictory desires that she doesn’t fully understand [End of Section]

  7. MarigoldsReading Skills: Making Inferences A character’s motivation helps explain the conflicts that occur. • When you read, think about why characters behave as they do. • As you consider the reasons for their actions, you are trying to determine their motivation.

  8. MarigoldsReading Skills: Making Inferences Often writers don’t make direct explanations about a character’s motives. The reader makes inferences, or educated guesses. Clues from the text:What characters say and don’t say. How characters act. Prior knowledge: What you know about people and how they behave. Inference about a character’s motivation. + =

  9. MarigoldsReading Skills: Making Inferences While you read this story, look for clues that may help you infer the motives of the characters. • Look for reasons behind the children’s behavior as individuals and in groups. • Don’t forget to consider deeper motives behind the neighbor’s garden work. [End of Section]

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