Which sentence from "Marigolds" develops the idea that the narrator is learning the importance of understanding what makes a person unique?

"I suppose that futile waiting was the sorrowful background music of our impoverished little community when I was young."

" ... I gazed upon a kind of reality which is hidden to childhood. The witch was no longer a witch but only a broken old woman who had dared to create beauty in the midst of ugliness and sterility."

"One day returns to me with special clarity for some reason, perhaps because it was the beginning of the experience that in some inexplicable way marked the end of innocence."

"I did not join the merriment when the kids gathered again under the oak in our bare yard. Suddenly, I was ashamed."

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Anastasia Christensen

27 August, 11:57

Which sentence from "Marigolds" develops the idea that the narrator is learning the importance of understanding what makes a person unique?

"I suppose that futile waiting was the sorrowful background music of our impoverished little community when I was young."

" ... I gazed upon a kind of reality which is hidden to childhood. The witch was no longer a witch but only a broken old woman who had dared to create beauty in the midst of ugliness and sterility."

"One day returns to me with special clarity for some reason, perhaps because it was the beginning of the experience that in some inexplicable way marked the end of innocence."

"I did not join the merriment when the kids gathered again under the oak in our bare yard. Suddenly, I was ashamed."

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Nathaly · Answer 1

Answer: " ... I gazed upon a kind of reality which is hidden to childhood. The witch was no longer a witch but only a broken old woman who had dared to create beauty in the midst of ugliness and sterility."