Name: ____________________________
Period: _________________
English 1
NOTES
“Marigolds” – Dialectical Journal
Prompt: Discuss how Eugenia Collier uses characterization in the short story “Marigolds” to
reveal that the mark of a mature person is their compassion for others.
Set-up and Evidence
Analysis
Set up
Look for:
 Context (tells where in the story the quote
comes from – more than just “in the
beginning/middle/end”)
 A form of the word “Characterization”
 Either “mature” or “immature”
Evidence
Look for:
 Quotation marks around the evidence
 Evidence is DIRECT QUOTE from text
 Evidence shows either maturity/immaturity
and is about Lizabeth
 No comma/period inside ending quotation
marks
 Citation with the page number, followed by
period
Look for:
 Complete sentences (at least 2)
 Form of “Characterization”
 Maturity/immaturity
 Compassion/selfishness
 Students need to explain HOW the
evidence shows the maturity/
compassion or immaturity/ selfishness
of their evidence
 They need to refer directly back to the
evidence and be specific to that quote.
Example
Example
In the story “Marigolds,” Eugenia Collier
characterizes Lizabeth as mature when she
feels ashamed for her childish actions: “The
woman in me flinched at the thought of the
malicious attack that I had led” (124).
This shows that Lizabeth is mature because she
feels ashamed of her childish actions. She
realizes that mocking Miss Lottie was a hurtful
thing to do. Because she starts thinking about
how her actions affected Miss Lottie, we can
see she is maturing because she is no longer
thinking just about herself.