“Myop carried a short, knobby stick…and worked out the beat
of a song on the fence around the pigpen.”
Myop’s
young and carefree mind allows her to see the good present in everything. She
has neither worries nor concerns. She is able to see the beauty in a piece of
wood and turn it into a musical instrument. She is able to sing and dance
around her parents’ farm feeling safe and secure. She is playful with animals
and sees all the good that is present around her, unaware of the danger that is
present in the outside world. The ten year old is in her own peaceful world
that she has created where there is no bad.
“The air was damp, the silence close and deep.”
As Myop
walks through the forest, a mile away from her home, the atmosphere is not as
bright and exciting as it was shortly before. The damp air directs the idea
that something bad is approaching and the deep silence creates a scary mood.
The silence represents the transition of Myop growing up. Her turning point in
life to grow up is near. It will be quiet and quick when she sees the
realization of what people in the world are truly capable of, the darkness that
is present among her.
“Myop laid down her flowers. And the summer was over.”
Alice
Walker’s main character Myop is a young ten year old girl who has no cares in
the world and is free and joyous. She is innocent. Never has she done horrible
wrongs or witnessed anything wrong. However, after coming upon what seems to be
a lynching of a man, her eyes have become open to the violence of humanity within
the world, particularly racism. She processes the dead corpse in front of her
and at that very moment she begins to grow up and see the world in a different
light. She must leave her carefree childhood behind.
golden-bright metallic or lustrous like gold
full of
happiness prosperity or vigor (The Flowers, ln 3)
rooted-to become fixed or established
to pull
tear or dig up by roots (The Flowers, ln 11)
haunts-a place frequently visited (The Flowers, ln 19)
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