In marigolds, what does lizabeth most likely mean in the following excerpt from paragraph 7? for the most part, those days are ill-defined in my memory, running together and combining like a fresh watercolor painting left out in the rain. question 17 options: a) she realizes that her days growing up poor in rural maryland are what inspired her to become a painter. b) she is not sure if she remembers the exact details of everything that happened, but she can recall the way that she felt when she was growing up. c) memories of the dry dirt and dust from growing up have mixed together with later days once the rain finally fell on their area. d) none of the events of the story she is about to tell about miss lottie’s marigolds are things that actually happened to her.

The comparison the narrator makes between her memories and "a fresh watercolor painting left out in the rain" is a simile that aims to convey that her memory of "those" days isn't totally clear, they intertwined with each other and may slide, vanish or dissolve like a fresh watercolor painting. However, the narrator began the sentence saying "For the most part", meaning that not all their memories are unclear and there are things they can recall. In conclusion, b) She is not sure if she remembers the exact details of everything that happened, but she can recall the way that she felt when she was growing up.

b) She is not sure if she remembers the exact details of everything that happened, but she can recall the way that she felt when she was growing up.

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