Chrysanthemum Cineraiifolium

1. In "The Chrysanthemums," the interaction between Elisa and the traveling repairman helps develop the story's theme about taking risks. Describe their interaction and explain how it helps to develop the story's theme. Be sure to use specific details from the text to support your ideas. (10 points)

Everything is everything in the world of short stories. Steinbeck's The Chrysanthemums is full of thick rhetoric that raises questions and stirs the mind and imagination. Everything from the title, to the last line needs to be thought about more than once. The story isn't just about a farmer's wife who likes pretty flowers. Not in the least! The Chrysanthemums is a story about how Elisa Allen is forced to a life that she feels is trapping her. The story is set in the early twentieth century and these times don't allow for just any woman to leave her ordinary, socially and politically correct life. Feminism is a large part of the story, and main character Elisa Allen's language, actions, and even the way she is described play a large

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MyHang Phan Professor Floridia English 102 10/21/2014 Lost in the Valley The short story "The Chrysanthemums" by John Steinbeck is about a woman who struggles with the roles and expectations of a female in the mid-1930. The story takes place in the Salinas Valley where a young beautiful woman named Elisa lives with her husband, Henry. Henry is a businessman who takes care of the orchard; meanwhile, Elisa spends her time tending to her chrysanthemums. Elisa wears heavy clothes de-sexualizing her.

Prompt: How do the chrysanthemums as well as other symbols throughout the short story show women’s role in society?

What is a team work? Team work can be defined as when actions of individuals are brought together for the purpose of a common goal. Each person in a team puts his efforts to achieve the objectives of large group. Teams make efforts to achieve the success but not necessarily the success is achieved every time. Within a team every member plays a role to achieve the team’s objectives. These roles add new and important dimensions to interactions of team members. Bruce Tuckman’s team development theory provides a way to tackle the tasks of making a team through the completion of the project. On the part of the team every member played an important role to achieve the success at

Through out history many things have evolved when it comes to comprehending human interactions. From courtship traditions set by our ancestors to the way we express our independence, engage in partner preferences and selection process. Few things prevail the test of time, but the one thing that does not change is how quickly and unknowingly we let a relationship become mundane. “The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck reflects a relationship that is no different. During the time the novel was written women were viewed as an accessory to the good life and had no real impact on society or the world that surrounded them.

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John Steinback created a masterpiece that describes a most peculiar case of a strong minded woman bound by a rural area during the 1920’s and 30’s. The narrator writes about a rather troubled protagonist who seems to have a lot of ambition built up inside to change her ways of just being an old fashioned marital wife. Her biggest problem could be the fact she is being repressed by the primitive ideology that men work and women nurture. Studying the characters and point of view of “The Chrysanthemums” allows for a better understanding to how truly alone our protagonist, Elisa, may feel.

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