"Marigolds" is a story told using flashbacks. It's told by an adult character who looks back on her childhood. What does the narrator learn as she
looks back on some of the decisions she made when she was a young
girl?

Lizabeth learns that marigolds are very rare flowers.

Lizabeth learns that her brother was a bad influence because he blackmailed her into
destroying the flowers.

Lizabeth gains an understanding that Miss Lottie was doing the best with what she
had to make beauty in her world.

The soil in their community wasn't good for growing marigolds