Characters
This character went into the marigold garden in the middle of the night and destroyed Mrs. Lottie's flowers.
Lizabeth
Intending or intended to do harm
Malicious
“Hey, Lizabeth, let’s go somewhere.”
Joey
"...illusive as smoke, yet as real as the potted geranium before me now."
Simile
This character has a stern and scary demeaner, but they show a softer side when it comes to gardening.
Mrs. Lottie
Useless
Futile
"Whenever the memory of those ______ flashes across my mind, a strange nostalgia comes with it and remains long after the picture has faded."
Marigolds
“Git ‘long! John Burke! John Burke, come help!”
Mrs. Lottie
"Her smooth skin was a dark reddish brown, and her face had Indian-like features..."
Imagery
This person is the brother of the main character, Lizabeth, who sees her leaving the house in the middle of the night.
Joey
Without a clearly defined shape or form?
Amorphous
"_______ was the cage in which we were tapped..."
Poverty
“She’s fooling with them crazy flowers.”
Lizabeth
Loss of Innocence or Racial Diversity
This character is portrayed as a strong individual but has a moment of weakness in the middle of the night.
Lizabeth's dad
Effort, energy, and enthusiasm
Vigor
"But the room was too crowded with fear to allow me to sleep, and finally, feeling the terrible aloneness of ______., I decided to awaken Joey." (this a time in the morning)
4am
“Twenty-two years, Maybelle, twenty-two years,” he was saying, “and I got nothing for you, nothing, nothing.”
Lizabeth's father
"But God was chary with miracles in those days..."
Allusion
This is the name of the older woman's son who sits on the rocking chair all day. (I need the full name)
John Burke
Temptation to go somewhere or do something
Lure
“Look, we ain’t starving. I git paid every week, and Mrs. Ellis is real nice about giving me things. She gonna let me have Mr. Ellis’s old coat for you this winter—”
Maybelle (Lizabeth's mother)