Chrysanthemum

In the short story The Chrysanthemums by John Steinbeck, the main character is a housewife named Elisa Allen. In the beginning of the story, Elisa is working in her flowerbed cutting Chrysanthemums. Her husband Henry is off to the side making a deal with some businessmen and when he finishes he walks over to talk to Elisa. He talks to her about her flowers and the sale he just made. He then tells her they are going to go into town to celebrate later. Henry leaves, and then an unnamed tinkerer…

She dreamed of traveling like the peddler man, she drove his wagon from Seattle to Los Angeles. When Elisa heard of the people he met in his ravels she got very excited, she even offered to give him a pot with a Chrysanthemum in it for the lady down the road. Elisa could have asked him for the address of the lady that was interested in the flower and take it to her herself, but she chooses to stay trapped in her mind. In the story the author writes " Elisa She relaxed…

It's been 10 years since that day. The thing I regret most is not looking to see what was lying in the road. I'm almost sure it was my chrysanthemums, but I can never be certain. Why would he have thrown them out? In a way they symbolized what I was experiencing, the longing to do something, to mean something. And maybe giving them to him was my way of asking whether he believed in my ability to do so. I thought he did; but seeing them there, or rather imagining it, planted a seed of doubt in me…

In the story the Chrysanthemums are important because they represent Elisa. She is a woman who maintains her house clean and has no involvement with the business her husband takes. I mean she is 35 years already and has no children but loves her husband very much. Although, she believes her husband does not see how valuable she can be. The fact that she mentions she wants to see the fights and her husband insists she will not enjoy being there represent the place she has. The husband sees her…

“The Chrysanthemums”, a short story by John Steinbeck depicts the typical life of people living in the late 1920s or early 1930s. Steinbeck focuses on Henry Allen and his wife Elisa Allen, who live on a small ranch in The Salinas Valley, California. It starts with Elisa doing what she loves to do, work on her flower garden, although she wishes Henry would care more about her talent of gardening. Even though Henry did end up complimenting her flowers she was not satisfied because she knew it was…

“The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck is a story about a strong woman named Elisa, who is limited to live her full self. Although the two key men in the story are less interesting and talented than she, their lives are far more fulfilling and busy. The author conveys to the audiences the picture of inequality society in gender through characters, conflicts, point of view, and settings of the story. Steinbeck has done a great job at describing characters by juxtaposing different genders. Henry…

Steinbeck is one of many author that uses imagery for their story, in “The Chrysanthemums” the theme of the story was uses through imagery and symbolism. His imagery reinforces his theme of loneliness and confinement in the story. In “The Chrysanthemums”, the valley was surrounded by mountains and fog, which describe as if she was living inside of the pot. The house that Elisa lives in is surrounded by fences and the flower chrysanthemums is also surrounded by fence inside the fence. As if she…

Elisa is a lonely woman leading what seems like a mechanical life, her pride and focus is on her garden of chrysanthemums. They lived in Salinas Valley in the 1930’s where her husband raised cattle and she did nothing more then plant her garden and wonder about life outside of Salinas Valley. Henry, Elisa’s husband thinks like a business man and doesn’t share her glee to the garden. the tinker on the other hand in the process of trying to earn a buck, honeypots her with feign interest in them.…

“The Chrysanthemums” “The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck is a story about a woman named Elisa Allen, frustrated with her life of isolation. Allen enjoys working in her garden, but her gardening capabilities aren’t satisfying, as she would rather be traveling and meeting new people. “The Chrysanthemums” tone changes from hopeful to one of isolation, and that tone is created by a combination language elements including, contextual symbolism, figurative images using similes and metaphors, and…

by what we are not, and start defining ourselves by who we are. ” Watson called out the gender inequality to the whole society and also motivated females for their rights. It has become common today to discuss the female roles. The story "The Chrysanthemums" written by John Steinbeck, the movie Mona Lisa Smile starring Julia Roberts and the novel The Bean Trees written by Barbara Kingsolver tell the different stories, but they explore life though the similar theme…