Question

How do we know that lizabeth is on the verge of becoming and adult?

Answer 1

going back a bit in the story we see that ''she heard her father crying because he couldn't provide for the family and this made her realize that adults were also vulnerable 

it also made her angry and this is why she destroyed Miss Lottie's flowers 

when she finished she saw Miss Lottie looked up and saw Miss Lottie and how devasted she was that her flowers had been destroyed 

she linked her father's crying and Miss lottie's upset and suddenly feels sorry for Miss Lottie and has started looking at things with an adult rather than a childish/teenage view
In this way, we realize that Lizabeth is on the verge of becoming an adult. 

Answer 2

We can know that Lizabeth is irreversibly on the verge of becoming an adult when she reached the crossroads in her life, which enabled her to show compassion to Miss Lottie.

• Lizabeth's compassionate side erupted shortly after she led the children to destroy Miss Lottie's marigolds.  

• Perceiving the low spirits into which Miss Lottie sunk, just as her father did when he complained of financial difficulties, she felt compassion for both.

Thus, while the child in her sulked, the adult in her started showing remorse over her childish behavior, and she felt some moments of restlessness in her spirit that marked a turning point in her adolescence.

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