The yellow flowers reflected the happiness her heart yearned for. In the story “The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck, a woman named Elisa, is disappointed with her life and also wants to be more equal to men. Through her love for her flowers, Elisa teaches the reader to make more of the life given before it’s too late. Starting off in a gloomy setting, Elisa is a married woman with no children, but has a garden of yellow chrysanthemums to tend to. Her husband, Henry, owns steer that he is looking to sale. As he associates with mysterious men, Elisa tends to her garden. While admiring the chrysanthemum’s beauty, a man comes along and interrupts. He claims to be a poor, traveling man that travels year round and fixes pots and pans to make a living. This man requests to fix Elisa’s broken pots and pans.
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I never knew before how strong.” (9) While sitting in the wagon conversing with her husband, Elisa realizes just how strong of a woman she is. She is strong due to the fact that although her life is not like the women of her time, she still is able to hold her head high. After stating to her husband that she is strong, Elisa turned her face away from him and began to cry. She cries because her life did not turn out the way she wanted to be and she realizes that she did not make the most of her life while she could. In the story “The Chrysanthemums”, Elisa tended to her flowers which symbolized the love and compassion she would have had for her children if she had any. Elisa wanted to be the same as the women in her society, while also being more equal to men. She craved excitement in her life such as the men do in the fights. Throughout her life, she never felt like she lived up to her full potential, which let her to be a strong, but sad woman. In this way, the story conveys to the reader to make more of the life given before it’s too late like Elisa
At first, Elisa is …show more content…
I never knew before how strong.” (9) While sitting in the wagon conversing with her husband, Elisa realizes just how strong of a woman she is. She is strong due to the fact that although her life is not like the women of her time, she still is able to hold her head high. After stating to her husband that she is strong, Elisa turned her face away from him and began to cry. She cries because her life did not turn out the way she wanted to be and she realizes that she did not make the most of her life while she could. In the story “The Chrysanthemums”, Elisa tended to her flowers which symbolized the love and compassion she would have had for her children if she had any. Elisa wanted to be the same as the women in her society, while also being more equal to men. She craved excitement in her life such as the men do in the fights. Throughout her life, she never felt like she lived up to her full potential, which let her to be a strong, but sad woman. In this way, the story conveys to the reader to make more of the life given before it’s too late like Elisa