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Read the passage below from “Marigolds” and answer the question.

I had indeed lost my mind, for all the smoldering emotions of that summer swelled in me and burst—the great need for my mother who was never there, the hopelessness of our poverty and degradation, the bewilderment of being neither child nor woman and yet both at once, the fear unleashed by my father’s tears. And these feelings combined in one great impulse toward destruction.

What state of mind is revealed by the quote, “all the smoldering emotions of that summer swelled in me and burst"?

Bitterness as the narrator realizes the depths of her family’s poverty.
An overflow of anger and resentment towards the narrator’s neglectful parents.
An overwhelming feeling of helplessness caused by the narrator’s new understanding of the world.
Euphoria at the thought of growing older.

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The state of mind is revealed by the quote, “all the smoldering emotions of that summer swelled in me and burst" is an overwhelming feeling of helplessness caused by the narrator’s new understanding of the world. This is the feeling of knowing new aspect of her life.

The passage clearly shows that narrator was not aware of her family's situation. She suddenly came to know the truth of their poverty. This feeling of realization that they are poor has made her emotionally week. She is not at all mentally stable to make correct decision or think positively. She has mixed feelings of helplessness, anger and hopelessness.

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