Difficulty in "The Flowers" by Alice Walker

I believe that Alice Walker, the author of “The Flowers,” is conveying the theme of difficulty. It is very hard for Myop to process the experience she has, as she is only 10 years old. Myop seems to be a joyous, carefree child. She is enjoying her summer day, picking beautiful flowers in the wooded area behind her home (Walker 120). When she stumbles upon the deceased man by accident, her heel gets stuck in his broken skull. Because she did not see what she had gotten lodged in, the author Alice Walker writes that Myop “reached down quickly, unafraid to free herself” (120), this could…