Mrs. Flowers wanted Marguerite to foster her ability to express herself with confidence. She told Marguerite that self-expression was a form of communication and that language was what separated human beings from the lower animals.
In order to encourage Marguerite to express her inner thoughts, Mrs. Flowers lent her some books to use for personal read-aloud exercises. She urged Marguerite to read aloud using different types of intonation or diction; Mrs. Flowers not only wanted Marguerite to develop her own unique voice, but also to hone her own style of delivery and address.
To that end, Mrs. Flowers also lent a book of poems to Marguerite and encouraged her to choose a poem that she could memorize; during her next visit, Marguerite would recite the selected poem for her new friend. Mrs. Flowers' goal was to highlight to her young protege the role education could play in enriching one's life. She maintained that one should "always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy."
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