ELISA

John Steinbeck, the hidden feelings of main characters Mrs. Mallard and Elisa are brought to the surface at a time when the very identity of their lives is threatened. Through a series of choices they discover who they really are and what they really desire—“good” for themselves or the true good of the other. Mrs. Mallard meets a fateful end after satisfying her selfishness and rejoicing in her husband’s death, while Elisa, whose true love for Henry overpowers her own longing for adventure,…

Elisa I know my grandmother enjoys cooking dinuguan and singing unfamiliar songs from the 50’s. I know that she wears red lipstick- always slightly smudged- and smells like rose water. I know the basics. However, I didn’t realize just how much I didn’t know. Imagining someone so old, wise, and experienced at your age is a bit unsettling. My lola has been an important figure to me my whole life, and it’s hard to register the fact that she’s lived so many different experiences even before me.…

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 was living inside the cage, but she feels happy and safe in those cages. The two characters Elisa and tinker, play an important part of the story and show what chrysanthemum mean in the story. Steinbeck uses the characters to bring out how a person would…

their true individual self. Each female characters male spouse controls and has abusive power over them which restrains them from becoming their true self. Due to the stereotypical gender roles for women Celie, Elisa and Minny are unable to decide and be who they desire to be. Celie, Elisa and Minny are struggling to find their self-identity until they encounter and form a relationship with another who empowers and gives them the strength needed to seek their true individual self. Each female…

John Steinbeck once stated, “A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.” This quote is much like the short stories and novels that he has written in his lifetime, they are a journey his readers endure and no two of them are alike. The short story that spoke the most to me that I have read would have to be “The Chrysanthemums” along with the…

depressing fashion, each character also finishes their respective story dramatically different. In each story, both characters react to the events that cause the epiphany in similar ways, such as how Mrs. Mallard reacts to her husband “passing” and Elisa finding a male she is comfortable around. The protagonist in The Story of an Hour, Mrs. Mallard, whose husband had supposedly passed away due to a railroad accident, has her epiphany when she was…

The woman’s name is Elisa, she is described as “blocked and heavy”, and wearing a man’s hat, clodhopper shoes, and a figure printed dress mostly covered by an apron. The apron holding snips, the trowel and scratcher, seeds and a knife she worked with. Being a lady she wore big leather gloves to protect her hands (350). Her husband Henry Allen owns the foothill ranch at which they live, where most of any kind of work to be done has been done. In the beginning of the story Elisa is depicted as the…

to done” (paragraph 3). The valley is also described as a “closed pot” (paragraph 1) which hints that the ranch is isolated from any sign of civilization. To pass the time, Elisa work in her garden. While it give her something to do, this doesn’t satisfy her. Elisa is trying find joy in her life. Near the end of the story, Elisa wanted to drink wine and watch the fights. She previously didn’t want to do those things, but she change her mind as she is trying to find some kind of fulfillment…

moving toward each other? One dimensional diffusion Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay 14. In the “sandwich” analogy of the direct ELISA, what is the “bread”? Antibodies What is the filling? Antigens 15. Describe some advantages of using the ELISA technique to process a large number of samples. The advantage of Sandwich ELISA is that the sample does not have to be purified before analysis, and the assay can be very sensitive. 16. Which patient(s)…

Elisa, who’s face is described as “lean and strong and her eyes were as clear as water” (Steinbeck 272). Elisa soon meets a traveling fix it man, who starts to annoy her, but she changes her feelings towards the man when he shows interest in her chrysanthemums. “The irritation and resistance melted from Elisa’s face.”(Steinbeck 275). Elisa becomes attracted towards the man, “Her hesitant finger almost touched the cloth…