The loss of innocence is a clear message Alice Walker achieves to reveal in her story, “The Flowers”. More particularly, the way she chooses to do so, through a mood switch, wonderfully highlights the underlying hardship of the story. The narrator introduces the readers to Myop as a very sweet young girl. “It seemed to Myop as she skipped lightly […] that the days had never been as beautiful as these” (Walker 119). The choice of diction selected by the author allows the readers to visualize a calm, serene environment, and character. The words “skipping” and “beautiful” purposely tries to…