Marigolds (short story)

How does the narrator describe the Marigold and how might this hint at the theme of the story?

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From the text:

And one other thing I remember, another incongruency of memory—a brilliant splash of sunny yellow against the dust—Miss Lottie’s marigolds.

This hints at the theme of poverty.

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Marigolds