Flowers By Alice Walker. The main character a young girl named myop is enjoying a summer morning by gathering flowers when she. The story begins with the child happily exploring a forest.
The flowers by alice walker is a story about the loss of childhood innocence. It seemed to myop as she skipped lightly from hen house to pigpen to smokehouse that the days had never been as beautiful as these. The air held a keenness that made her nose twitch.
Summary the flowers is set in the deep south of the united states of america and was published as part of a short story collection in 1973 it is about the loss of innocence of a ten year old girl named myop flowers are usually a symbol of happiness but here author alice walker instead uses flowers to represent the myop s loss.
It begins with a rosy and light hearted illustration of myop s life and closes. This lesson will provide context for the story and then analyze the setting theme and symbolism. Summary of the flowers can you remember the. The harvesting of the corn and.
