... . When this understanding is garnered, a coming of age also takes place. In Alice Walker's "The Flowers", Myop shows this. She changes from a young, innocent girl, to a girl that has been affected by a startling event. Walker's writing style gives the reader the ability to see the loss of innocence Myop experiences. Several factors contribute to the story's central theme of loss of innocence such as its setting, tone, and ... Myop's coming of age. The combination of the change in setting and tone gives an even greater insight into the little girl's loss of innocence. Also, with the chara...

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... writing other Women Alice Walker, through her essay "In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens", and Paule Marshall, in "Poets In The Kitchen", both write about the African-American women of the past and how these women have had an impact on their writing. Walker and Marshall write about an identity they have found with these women because of their exposure to the African culture. ... mothers because they find themselves through each of these women. Walker talks about her mother's garden as an ultimate expression of art. The exotic flowers that were planted there represent her mother's attempt to...

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