Read the passage below from “Marigolds” and answer the question.

I had indeed lost my mind, for all the smoldering emotions of that summer swelled in me and burst—the great need for my mother who was never there, the hopelessness of our poverty and degradation, the bewilderment of being neither child nor woman and yet both at once, the fear unleashed by my father’s tears. And these feelings combined in one great impulse toward destruction.

What state of mind is revealed by the quote, “all the smoldering emotions of that summer swelled in me and burst"?

1 Bitterness as the narrator realizes the depths of her family’s poverty.
2 An overflow of anger and resentment towards the narrator’s neglectful parents.
3 An overwhelming feeling of helplessness caused by the narrator’s new understanding of the world.
4 Euphoria at the thought of becoming a woman.

An overwhelming feeling of helplessness caused by the narrator’s new understanding of the world is revealed by the quote, “all the smoldering emotions of that summer swelled in me and burst"

These are all of her (the narrator: Lizabeth) feelings that are going on inside of her. Most of these feelings are bad. She describes them as "smoldering" like fire. That means they stay in her and are never ending (they lasted all summer). She says it worked, she's trying to decide if she'll ruin Miss Lotti's flowers.

What is Marigolds about?

Marigold, by Eugenia Collier is about a crisis of a 14-year-old African-American girl, Lizabeth (narrator), who doesn't know who she is. The contradiction of the story is that Lizabeth, who grew up in a poor society in Maryland during the Great Depression, is trying to understand who she is. The story is about compassion, love, and hope associated with adulthood. It touches not only the theme, but also the pain and defeat that accompanies it. It shows not only the innocence and wonder of being a child, but also the wild and intense feelings of an adolescence.

The correct answer is option 3.

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