The Chrysanthemums
The human mind interacts with many people during a lifetime, and so it chooses to remember only the most important memories and the ones who leave a lasting impact on ones life. Sometimes, however, there are certain surprising moments that effect us in an unforgettable way and creates a lasting impression at times that we least expect them to just like in the case of Elisa Allen In John Steinbeck’s, The Chrysanthemums. While Elisa wasn’t expecting any visitors, a man showed up and affected her strong and independent feelings to make her realize that she is lonelier than expected.
First off, the narrator of the story shows that Elisa is a strong woman that could complete any task that needs physical strength with ease. He shows her strengths while she is working in the garden on her flowers and describes: “even her work with the scissors was overeager, overpowerful. The chrysanthemum stems seems too small and easy for her energy.”(202) This shows the reader how the narrator of the story is trying to prove that the woman is not afraid to get her hands dirty which we can see by the way she handles the flowers and that she is strong and powerful like a man. Her experience, knowledge in gardening and physical traits give Elisa her strengths, especially when she adds that her fingers know which buds to pluck and which to leave on the stem.
Furthermore, the narrator tries to reach the reader indirectly by showing that Elisa is an independent and confident about her talents with crops and flowers. When Elisa’s husband told her that she’s having a strong new crop coming, her response was “Yes. They’ll be strong this coming year. In her tone and on her face there was a little smugness.” (203) The tonality and the facial expressions that the narrator describes, shows that Elisa is confident about what she is best at and knows that her interaction with flowers are necessary because she is the only person that can be this efficient. Elisa is confidant that her crops
First off, the narrator of the story shows that Elisa is a strong woman that could complete any task that needs physical strength with ease. He shows her strengths while she is working in the garden on her flowers and describes: “even her work with the scissors was overeager, overpowerful. The chrysanthemum stems seems too small and easy for her energy.”(202) This shows the reader how the narrator of the story is trying to prove that the woman is not afraid to get her hands dirty which we can see by the way she handles the flowers and that she is strong and powerful like a man. Her experience, knowledge in gardening and physical traits give Elisa her strengths, especially when she adds that her fingers know which buds to pluck and which to leave on the stem.
Furthermore, the narrator tries to reach the reader indirectly by showing that Elisa is an independent and confident about her talents with crops and flowers. When Elisa’s husband told her that she’s having a strong new crop coming, her response was “Yes. They’ll be strong this coming year. In her tone and on her face there was a little smugness.” (203) The tonality and the facial expressions that the narrator describes, shows that Elisa is confident about what she is best at and knows that her interaction with flowers are necessary because she is the only person that can be this efficient. Elisa is confidant that her crops