[12] Writing Back To Morrision

A quote that I have noticed came from the beginning if the book, write before the actual story began.

"I had planted them too down into the earth. It never occurred to either of us that the earth itself might have been unyielding. We had dropped our seeds in our own little plot of black dirt just as Pecola's father had dropped his seeds in his own plot of black dirt. Our innocence and faith were no more productive than his lust of despair."

I felt that this quote really showed more on how people blame each other for mistakes, but when they really think about it, espically after accepting the fact that it could really have been their fault, it shows that maybe there is more to what is happening and that they can't really control it. They have faith and hope that the marigolds would grow but because they didn't, that desire that didn't happen, and that disappointment equals to the amount of happiness they couldn't be able to feel. What I am trying to say is, the blame really isn't towards the marigolds, but the fact that the person planted them in the earth in an area it wouldn't grow, but didn't really know it wouldn't have grow. It could also symbolize the relationship between Claudia and her sister and her family, that they may all seem very different but also very similar at the same exact time.