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    <description>The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the The Flowers Group at eNotes.</description>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the flowers, how does this story relate/have significance to Alice...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/flowers/q-and-a/flowers-how-does-this-story-relate-have-38031</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In the flowers, how does this story relate/have significance to Alice Walkers life?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:23:41 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Alice Walker is in short showing that life is not a sugar coated as it...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/flowers/q-and-a/what-lesson-walker-trying-get-reader-learn-quot-37065</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Alice Walker is in short showing that life is not a sugar coated as it seems. The man that she finds was probably lynched which is what happened to blacks when racism and slavery was more prevalent, also explains why he was found so far in the woods. The rose that blossoms from the noose represents the life that can be born from these tragedies. Myop's name is also a key detail  because Myopic means the lack of foresight, discernment, or a...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:27:54 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Myop is a very Naive character and Myopic means to have a lack of...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/flowers/q-and-a/what-significance-name-quot-myop-quot-19849</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Myop is a very Naive character and Myopic means to have a lack of foresight or discernment or a narrow view of something she only sees the what's right in front of her until she runs into the body . It's not a life changing experience but she loses some of her childish innocence.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:19:04 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Walker's brief and haunting story suggests that appearances are...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Walker's brief and haunting story suggests that appearances are deceiving.  Myop is a happy young child enjoying a summer's day.  She is skipping through the woods, carrying flowers, and enjoying life.  However, there are many suggestions early on that this pleasant scene isn't all its cracked up to be.  First, we have Myop &quot;vaguely keeping an eye out for snakes&quot;, suggesting that the woods can be dangerous.  To reinforce that,...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:49:37 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What lesson is Walker trying to get the reader to learn in &quot;The...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/flowers/q-and-a/what-lesson-walker-trying-get-reader-learn-quot-37065</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What lesson is Walker trying to get the reader to learn in &quot;The Flowers&quot;?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:26:43 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The sentence, &quot;the white bubbles disrupt the thin black scale of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The sentence, &quot;the white bubbles disrupt the thin black scale of soil&quot; basically completes the description the author writes of the spring near Myop's home.As far as a literal description goes, Myop is by the edge of the water. At the edge of the water is where little, white, foamy bubbles form. There is soil around the edge of the water. As the water made waves, the white bubbles rose up against the soil. Hence, the white...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 9 Sep 2008 14:15:26 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What does the white bubbles disrupt the thin layer of black soil mean...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/flowers/q-and-a/what-does-white-bubbles-disrupt-thin-layer-black-36235</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What does the white bubbles disrupt the thin layer of black soil mean exactly?  ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 4 Sep 2008 17:17:39 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Walker's intention was to remind readers of racism in this country, and...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/flowers/q-and-a/what-might-intention-story-22603</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Walker's intention was to remind readers of racism in this country, and that the racism has a base in history.  If we forget the history, we are doomed to repeat it.  The history comes in the mention of the sharecropper's cabin and the dead body.  Sharecropping was prevalent after the Civil War.  It is an agricultural system in which a family would farm a certain part of land and share the crops/profits with the owner of the land.  Many...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:32:21 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What might be the intention of the story &quot;The Flowers&quot;?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/flowers/q-and-a/what-might-intention-story-22603</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What might be the intention of the story &quot;The Flowers&quot;?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:24:12 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I think the previous answerer meant to say Myopia, which is the medical...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I think the previous answerer meant to say Myopia, which is the medical name for nearsightedness. However, Myopathy, which is a muscular disease, fits the character as well. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke defines myopathy as a neuromuscular disorderin which the primary symptom is muscle weakness due to dysfunction of muscle fiber. Other symptoms of myopathy can include include muscle cramps, stiffness, and...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:08:46 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Myop could be short for myopathy. Myopathy is a condition that leaves a...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Myop could be short for myopathy. Myopathy is a condition that leaves a person with short-sightedness. Myop revels in her own world. She takes pleasure in her family, but might not see it as clearly as she should.There is also the issue of racism. Myop could be short-sighted in the fact that racism is already a part of her life. She tends not to look into things to deeply.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:31:27 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the significance of the name &quot;MYOP&quot; in The Flowers?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the significance of the name &quot;MYOP&quot; in The Flowers?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:18:56 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The conflict in this story is that of racism with Myop's discovery of...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/flowers/q-and-a/what-conflict-6955</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The conflict in this story is that of racism with Myop's discovery of the remains of a lynching victim. The role of racist violence and the acceptance /approval from law enforcement form the main conflict.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 6 Nov 2007 14:20:04 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the conflict in &quot;The Flowers&quot;?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/flowers/q-and-a/what-conflict-6955</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What is the conflict in &quot;The Flowers&quot;?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 5 Sep 2007 21:53:42 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[First, begin by thinking of the significance of the little girl's name....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[First, begin by thinking of the significance of the little girl's name.  Myop is short for "myopia" a eye condition where one cannot see things far away (near-sightedness).  Little Myop cannot see beyond the beauty of her carefree childhood.

However, one summer morning her romping takes her farther from home than she'd ever been before, a whole mile.  She does not realize (due to her myopia) the remains of a hanged man until she quite...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 7 Apr 2007 13:53:03 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the meaning of The Flowers by Alice Walker?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the meaning of The Flowers by Alice Walker?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 4 Apr 2007 09:32:49 PST</pubDate>
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