Chrysanthemums Essay

in America, began to act on their cravings for independence in an unequalized society. In both short stories, “The Bird Song” written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and “The Chrysanthemums” authored by John Steinbeck, the two women displayed the perfect example of the female race craving to be treated as equal. “The Chrysanthemums” and “The Bird Song” were both written after the great depression when women began to struggle with continuing to be seen as a traditional women or to rebel and be strong

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) One of the risks Elisa takes is trusting the repairman, also by telling him her thoughts and feelings, and by giving him the “Chrysanthemums” plant. At the end of the story, it shows that Elisa feels

John Steinbeck's 'The Chrysanthemums' and D.H. Lawrence's 'The Odour of Chrysanthemums' Women in the 1900s were given little attention. John Steinbeck and D.H Lawrence however have chosen to base their short stories on a single woman character and around a type of flower, which is the chrysanthemum. Though written by male writers, both stories give an insight of the feelings and actions of a female character in that time period and how chrysanthemums can mean an entirely different obsession

the act. Although in modern society the value of ‘saving one’s self for marriage’ is dated and carried out by few, in ‘The Chrysanthemums’ by John Steinbeck, this ideal is presented frequently. The story begins with an awkward conversation between Elisa and her husband. When her husband leaves, a tinker driving up to Elisas’ estate while she is working away on her chrysanthemum garden. In an attempt to fix any of her pots and pans containing holes, the man approaches Elisa. She is first annoyed with

choices that they make. The answers to these questions can be found when looking at John Steinbeck’s “The Chrysanthemum” through a psychoanalytic lens. The story follows Elisa Allen, who appears to be a strong, confident woman, however, beneath the surface, she is dissatisfied with her current life situation. Readers without the benefit of a background in psychology may find “The Chrysanthemums” confusing, as viewing the story from a psychoanalytic lens allows the reader to dig deeper, revealing that

"The Chrysanthemums" is a story by John Steinbeck, written in first person about a woman living on a ranch. The story takes place in the Southwest during the winter, December month of the year. The main characters within the story is the woman gardener, Elisa Allen, Elisa’s husband, Henry, and the man in the wagon. The story came about while Elisa tends to work in her garden, giving care to her Chrysanthemums. Meanwhile, Henry is talking with men about the business they have together. Returning from

powerful and deft portrayal of the common people — the migrant worker, the ranch hand, and the laborer — whose capacity for survival surpassed the attempts of economic and corporate forces to defeat them (Fiorelli, Edward). His short story The Chrysanthemums does not stray from his symbolic realistic style. The first World War had ended and the Great Depression took place leaving women to make up for their unemployed husbands. They did not falter from their domestic role, instead they took on more

its participants were ostracized by the community. Times have certainly changed. In Kate Chopin’s “The Storm” and John Steinbeck’s “The Chrysanthemums”, both written approximately during the 19th century, the characters of both stories depict unfaithfulness in their marriages. Through the use of the plot, imagery, and the 19th century time period, “The Chrysanthemums” and “The Storm” depict a revolutionary era in which women not accept their sexual

Freedom is the ability to speak, act, think, and do what you want without any restrictions from anyone or anything. The stories “The Story of an Hour” and “The Chrysanthemums” have a theme of freedom that is expressed through the use of the main characters Elise and Mrs. Miller (Louise). The two characters are woman who wish for freedom. Though they are women with husbands that love them and beautiful homes they are restricted by their marriage, gender, and the social norm of their time period. These

analysis of my primary sources. In “The Yellow Wallpaper” (1890) by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, “The Chrysanthemums” (1930) by John Steinbeck, and “Girl, interrupted” (1960) by Susanna Kaysen, all three narrators are confined and institutionalized in some way, and their treatments are proved ineffective as illustrated by the misdiagnosis, loss of autonomy and obsession that